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Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This Presidential permit authorizes Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to continue operating and maintaining existing cross-border oil pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada border in Pembina County, North Dakota. It supersedes and revokes the 1994 permit, allowing transport of crude oil and petroleum products (but not natural gas) with updated conditions including throughput flexibility, regulatory compliance, and national security provisions.
Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Energy to continue operating and maintaining existing pipeline border facilities in Pembina County, North Dakota, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada. It supersedes and revokes the 2017 permit issued during the prior administration, while maintaining standard regulatory conditions including inspection access, compliance with pipeline safety laws, and presidential authority to take possession for national security purposes.
Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Three Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This presidential permit authorizes Enbridge Energy to continue operating and maintaining three existing crude oil and petroleum product pipelines at the U.S.-Canada border in Pembina County, North Dakota. It supersedes and revokes the 1991 permit while allowing increased operational flexibility on throughput volumes and directional flow without requiring additional presidential approval.
Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to operate and maintain existing 30-inch pipeline border facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada. It supersedes and revokes the 1991 permit, allows flexible throughput capacity and bidirectional flow, and subjects operations to federal, state, and local oversight including pipeline safety regulations.
Authorizing Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. To Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This Presidential Permit authorizes Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. to continue operating and maintaining existing cross-border pipeline facilities in Pembina County, North Dakota, for transporting crude oil and petroleum products between the U.S. and Canada. It supersedes and revokes the 2008 permit while imposing standard conditions regarding inspection access, regulatory compliance, national security takings, and liability indemnification.
Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to review and revise regulations related to environmental permitting, energy efficiency standards, and housing programs to reduce barriers to residential construction. It mandates development of best practices for state and local governments to streamline permitting and promotes single-family home construction in Opportunity Zones through tax incentive alignment.
Celebrating American Greatness With American Motor Racing
This executive order directs federal agencies to plan and facilitate an INDYCAR street race called the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. for America's 250th birthday celebration in 2026. It requires the Secretaries of Interior and Transportation to designate a race route within 14 days and expedite permits, with the Interior Department bearing publication costs.
Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
This Executive Order establishes a second emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and five unions, after a first emergency board's recommendations were rejected. The board takes effect January 16, 2026, and must report within approximately 60 days after receiving final settlement offers from the parties.
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
This Executive Order establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and five unions. The board must report within 30 days, and during its 120-day existence neither party may change the disputed working conditions without mutual agreement.
Additional Measures To Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
This executive order expands federal intervention in Washington D.C. following a declared crime emergency two weeks prior. It directs multiple agencies to create specialized law enforcement units, hire additional personnel, establish a recruitment portal, ready National Guard forces for civil disturbance response, investigate HUD housing safety compliance, and review D.C. police procedures.
Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline licensing, environmental reviews, and regulatory requirements for U.S. commercial space launches, reentries, and spaceport infrastructure. It sets specific deadlines for regulatory reforms at DOT, FAA, Commerce, DOD, and NASA, and creates new leadership positions to accelerate commercial space activity by 2030.
Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
This executive order creates a White House Task Force, chaired by the President and vice-chaired by the Vice President, to coordinate federal planning for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The task force brings together cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials to oversee security, transportation, visa processing, and emergency response, with administrative support from DHS and a reporting deadline of October 1, 2025 for agency plans.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
This executive order redirects federal homelessness policy toward civil commitment, institutional treatment, and enforcement-based approaches. It directs multiple agencies to prioritize grants to jurisdictions that ban urban camping and drug use, reverses "housing first" and harm reduction policies, and seeks to roll back judicial precedents and consent decrees that limit civil commitment of mentally ill homeless individuals.
Authorizing Junction Pipeline Company, LLC To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Toole County, Montana, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This Presidential Permit authorizes Junction Pipeline Company, LLC to construct, connect, operate, and maintain a 30-inch diameter pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border in Toole County, Montana, for importing crude oil and petroleum products from Canada into the United States. The permit imposes standard conditions including regulatory compliance, inspection access, national security takeover provisions, and environmental indemnification requirements.
Authorizing Steel Reef US Pipelines LLC To Operate and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Burke County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada
This presidential permit authorizes Steel Reef US Pipelines LLC to operate and maintain existing 8.625-inch pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Canada border in Burke County, North Dakota, for exporting natural gas liquids (but not natural gas) into Canada. The permit imposes standard conditions including regulatory compliance, inspection access, national security provisions, and indemnification requirements.
Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba
This memorandum reissues and amends Trump-era NSPM-5 to tighten U.S. policy toward Cuba, directing agencies to restrict financial transactions with Cuban military-controlled entities, enforce the tourism ban, expand internet access for Cubans, and oppose international efforts to lift the embargo. It sets multiple deadlines for regulatory adjustments and reports while explicitly maintaining the statutory embargo framework.
Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
This executive order terminates the national emergency declared in 2004 and revokes six sanctions executive orders targeting Syria, effective July 1, 2025, while expanding a separate sanctions framework to hold the former Assad regime accountable. It directs waivers under the Syria Accountability Act, CBW Act, and Caesar Act to ease export controls and other restrictions, and mandates review of terrorism designations including for Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism status.
Presidential Permit Authorizing the City of Eagle Pass, Texas, To Expand and Continue To Maintain and Operate a Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing at the Camino Real International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Eagle Pass, Texas to expand and continue operating the Camino Real International Bridge Land Port of Entry, adding a second span with six vehicle lanes. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, federal agency inspections, donation of inspection facilities to CBP, and diplomatic coordination with Mexico before construction begins.
Authorizing the City of Laredo, Texas, To Expand and Continue To Maintain, and Operate a Vehicular Border Crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge Land Port of Entry
This presidential permit authorizes the City of Laredo, Texas to expand its vehicular border crossing at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge with two new 4-lane commercial spans over the Rio Grande. The permit imposes conditions including environmental mitigation, federal inspection facility donations, diplomatic notification requirements, and a 5-year construction commencement deadline.
Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC, To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
This Presidential Permit authorizes Green Corridors, LLC to build and operate a commercial elevated freight guideway crossing the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas, connecting to Monterrey, Mexico. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, indemnification of the U.S., inspection facility provisions for CBP, and multiple agency approval requirements before design or construction can begin. The permit expires if construction has not commenced within 5 years.
Leading the World in Supersonic Flight
This executive order directs the FAA to repeal the 50-year ban on overland supersonic flight within 180 days and establish interim noise-based certification standards. It also mandates rulemaking for permanent supersonic aircraft noise standards within 18-24 months, coordinates federal R&D through OSTP, and directs international engagement to align global supersonic regulations.
Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
This executive order establishes a federal task force and directs multiple agencies to strengthen U.S. airspace security against threats from unmanned aircraft systems (drones). It mandates new rulemaking for flight restrictions over critical infrastructure, expands law enforcement and homeland security capabilities for drone detection and countermeasures, and prioritizes counter-UAS training for major upcoming sporting events including the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Unleashing American Drone Dominance
This executive order accelerates U.S. drone industry growth by mandating FAA rulemaking for beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial operations, establishing an eVTOL pilot program, prioritizing domestic drone procurement across federal agencies and the military, restricting foreign supply chain risks, and expanding export financing for American-made unmanned aircraft systems.
Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base
This executive order directs a comprehensive federal effort to rebuild the U.S. nuclear industrial base, including expanding domestic uranium conversion and enrichment capabilities, restarting closed nuclear plants, accelerating advanced reactor licensing, developing nuclear workforce training, and establishing spent fuel recycling and reprocessing programs. It sets specific capacity targets of 5 gigawatts in reactor uprates and 10 new large reactors under construction by 2030, while invoking Defense Production Act authorities to secure nuclear fuel supply chains.
Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers
This executive order directs the Department of Transportation to enforce existing English-language proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers, rescind Obama-era guidance that limited enforcement, revise out-of-service criteria to make English violations immediately disqualifying, review non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses for fraud patterns, and identify additional actions to improve truck driver working conditions.
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance
This executive order directs a comprehensive, interagency effort to rebuild U.S. commercial and defense shipbuilding capacity, expand the maritime workforce, and counter China's dominance in global shipbuilding. It mandates numerous reports and legislative proposals within 30-210 days, including a Maritime Action Plan, tariffs on Chinese-origin ship-to-shore cranes and cargo handling equipment, enforcement of harbor maintenance fees, financial incentives for domestic shipbuilding, maritime prosperity zones, and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
This executive order designates coal as a 'mineral' under EO 14241, directs federal agencies to identify and eliminate regulations that discourage coal production and use, prioritizes coal leasing on federal lands, promotes coal exports, accelerates coal technology development including for AI data centers and steel production, and requires multiple agency reports on coal resources and infrastructure within 30-90 days.
Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
This executive order excludes numerous federal agencies and subdivisions from federal labor-management relations statutes, amending EO 12171 to remove collective bargaining coverage from major departments including State, Defense, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Homeland Security, and others. It also delegates authority to the Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Transportation to suspend labor relations coverage for their subdivisions, requires termination of grievance proceedings for affected employees, and mandates a 30-day agency review for additional exclusions.
Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful
This executive order establishes a federal interagency task force to combat crime in Washington, D.C. through enhanced immigration enforcement, police support, and prosecution policies, while directing the Interior Secretary to implement a beautification program including monument restoration, encampment removal, and graffiti cleanup. It reinstates enforcement priorities from a prior Trump-era monument protection order and explicitly targets the District's sanctuary-city policies.
Establishing the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026
This executive order creates a White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026, chaired by the President and vice-chaired by the Vice President, with members spanning major cabinet departments and White House offices. The Task Force will coordinate federal agency planning for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup, with agencies required to submit planning reports by June 1, 2025, and the Task Force terminating on December 31, 2026.
Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council
This executive order establishes the National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior with the Secretary of Energy as vice chair. The council comprises 18 cabinet-level and senior White House officials to advise the president on expanding domestic energy production across all sources including fossil fuels, nuclear, and critical minerals, with a mandate to deliver a National Energy Dominance Strategy and specific recommendations within 100 days.
Emergency Measures To Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
This executive order directs federal agencies to override California state water policies to maximize water deliveries to Southern California for wildfire response, while also expediting disaster relief for Los Angeles wildfire survivors and North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims. It mandates reviews of federal funding to California, fast-tracks environmental compliance for water projects, and requires housing and debris removal plans for affected communities.
Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator to immediately end DEI hiring initiatives and return to merit-based hiring for safety-critical aviation positions. It also orders a review of past performance of all individuals in critical safety positions, with replacement of those deemed to lack requisite capability.
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
This proclamation declares a national emergency at the southern border, invoking military construction authority and deploying Armed Forces to support DHS in achieving 'complete operational control.' It mandates additional physical barrier construction, potential regulatory waivers for counter-drone operations, and revocation of Biden's 2021 border emergency termination. The order includes 30- and 90-day reporting requirements and raises the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
Unleashing American Energy
This executive order revokes numerous Biden-era climate and environmental executive orders, pauses Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure spending, directs agencies to rescind regulations burdening domestic energy and mineral development, eliminates the social cost of carbon, expedites LNG export approvals and federal permitting, terminates the American Climate Corps, and mandates review of state EV emissions waivers and appliance efficiency standards.
Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government approach to coordinate federal economic development programs for economically distressed, rural, Tribal, and disaster-affected communities. It directs 11 agencies to improve community engagement, create a unified technical assistance network, and give preference to covered communities in funding opportunities, with specific deliverables due within one year.
Authorizing Southwebb Bridge Company LLC To Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Vehicular and Pedestrian Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico
This October 3, 2024 Presidential Permit authorizes Southwebb Bridge Company LLC to build, maintain, and operate a new vehicular and pedestrian border crossing (Laredo 4/5 International Bridge) near Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border. The permit imposes extensive conditions including environmental mitigation, inspection facility funding, diplomatic notification requirements, and a 5-year construction commencement deadline.
Investing in America and Investing in American Workers
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize high labor standards—including prevailing wages, project labor agreements, union neutrality, and workforce development—when awarding federal financial assistance under the Investing in America agenda (infrastructure, CHIPS, and clean energy laws). It establishes an interagency task force to coordinate implementation and requires agencies to embed job quality criteria into grant-making processes.
White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience
This executive order establishes the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and the President's economic policy advisor, with membership from 31 cabinet-level officials and agency heads. The Council is tasked with coordinating federal efforts to strengthen supply chain resilience, conducting quadrennial reviews of critical industries, and submitting its first report to the President by December 31, 2024. The order supersedes the review process from the prior administration's EO 14017 while reaffirming its underlying supply chain principles.
Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums
This executive order establishes a White House interagency working group to expand Registered Apprenticeship programs across federal agencies and their grant/procurement processes, while also revoking a 2017 Trump order to restore Labor-Management Forums for federal employee union collaboration. It requires agencies to review procurement and grants for apprenticeship opportunities, develop workforce plans incorporating apprenticeships, and submit implementation plans for labor-management forums within 180 days.
Ensuring the People of East Palestine Are Protected Now and in the Future
This executive order directs multiple federal agencies to continue response and recovery efforts following the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. It establishes a Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator, mandates regular reporting on cleanup and public health, holds a major disaster declaration request in abeyance, and requires agencies to consider whether circumstances warrant a public health emergency declaration.
Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize domestic manufacturing when commercializing technologies developed with federal R&D funding. It establishes new reporting requirements, tightens waiver processes for Bayh-Dole Act domestic manufacturing requirements, and creates coordination mechanisms across defense, energy, health, and other research agencies to strengthen U.S. industrial competitiveness and supply chain resilience.
Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
This proclamation revokes the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for international air travelers to the United States, effective May 12, 2023. It directs four Cabinet secretaries to review and potentially revise or revoke related agency regulations and guidance.
Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government framework to advance environmental justice by requiring federal agencies to identify and address disproportionate environmental and health burdens on underserved communities. It mandates new Environmental Justice Strategic Plans, creates a White House Office of Environmental Justice with a Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer, expands the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council to 25 cabinet-level and agency members, and establishes new requirements for data collection, community engagement, and toxic chemical release notification.
Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
This executive order directs federal agencies to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and take additional steps to reduce gun violence, including clarifying firearms dealer licensing requirements, promoting safe storage and red flag laws, improving ballistics data reporting, and developing support programs for gun violence survivors.
Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
This executive order strengthens and extends the Biden Administration's equity mandate by requiring federal agencies to establish Equity Teams within 30 days, submit annual Equity Action Plans starting September 2023, and embed equity considerations across budgeting, procurement, AI development, and program delivery. It sets a 15% federal procurement goal for small disadvantaged businesses by FY2025, revokes Trump-era Opportunity Zone executive orders, and mandates coordination through a new White House Steering Committee on Equity.
Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services
This executive order establishes the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities within the Institute of Museum and Library Services to advise on cultural policy, and directs 25 federal agencies and White House offices to coordinate with the NEA, NEH, and IMLS on arts and humanities initiatives. The Committee is advisory, composed of federal agency heads and up to 25 presidential appointees, and terminates after two years unless extended.
Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This executive order establishes a new White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation to coordinate implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's energy and infrastructure provisions. It also restructures interagency coordination by amending previous executive orders to expand the National Climate Task Force's mission, add the new Senior Advisor to multiple interagency bodies, and prioritize clean energy deployment, environmental justice, and domestic manufacturing.
Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment
This memorandum establishes the Biden Administration's policy and organizational framework for the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), a G7-aligned initiative to mobilize public and private financing for high-standard infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries. It directs a whole-of-government approach across multiple agencies, with four priority areas: climate and energy security, digital connectivity, health and health security, and gender equality and equity. The memorandum creates a Special Presidential Coordinator role, mandates specific strategy development by multiple cabinet secretaries, and requires a presidential report within 180 days.
Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies
This executive order directs federal agencies to inventory and conserve mature and old-growth forests on federal lands, develop reforestation targets for 2030, combat international deforestation through trade and foreign assistance reforms, and expand nature-based climate solutions across government. It emphasizes science-based forest management, indigenous knowledge, and sustainable economic development for timber communities.
Revoking Proclamation 10315
This proclamation revokes Proclamation 10315, which had suspended entry of noncitizens from eight southern African countries due to the Omicron variant. The revocation takes effect December 31, 2021, based on CDC guidance that vaccinated individuals are protected against severe disease and that the variant is already prevalent in the United States.
Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery To Rebuild Trust in Government
This executive order directs federal agencies to modernize service delivery and reduce administrative burdens on the public, framing inefficient government processes as a "time tax" on citizens. It mandates specific digital upgrades across agencies—from online passport renewal to streamlined disaster assistance applications—and establishes a framework for designating High Impact Service Providers (HISPs) with ongoing accountability for customer experience improvements.
Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
This executive order directs the federal government to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 through transforming federal procurement and operations, including 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030, 100% zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035, and net-zero emissions buildings by 2045. It establishes new governance structures including a Federal Chief Sustainability Officer and requires agencies to set targets, develop sustainability plans, and incorporate environmental justice considerations.
The National Space Council
This executive order reconstitutes the National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President, with a broad membership of cabinet secretaries and senior officials. It establishes the Council's advisory and coordination functions for national space policy across civil, commercial, and national security sectors, creates a Users' Advisory Group of non-Federal industry representatives, and revokes two Trump-era executive orders on the same body.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States for noncitizens who were physically present in eight Southern African countries (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) during the 14 days before entry, due to concerns about the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The restrictions took effect November 29, 2021, with exemptions for lawful permanent residents, certain family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other specified categories.
Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
This executive order establishes an Infrastructure Implementation Task Force within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It directs agencies to prioritize efficient spending, domestic manufacturing, high labor standards, equitable investment through the Justice40 Initiative, climate resilience, and coordination with state/local/Tribal/territorial governments.
Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This proclamation revokes country-specific COVID-19 travel bans and replaces them with a vaccination-based system for international air travelers. Beginning November 8, 2021, most noncitizen nonimmigrants traveling to the United States by air must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with limited exceptions subject to CDC-determined testing, masking, quarantine, and vaccination requirements.
White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Black Americans through interagency coordination, evidence-based policy, and a Presidential Advisory Commission. It revokes a 2012 Obama-era initiative on the same topic, expanding the scope to explicitly include economic opportunity and workforce development alongside K-12 and higher education.
Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks
This executive order sets a national goal that 50 percent of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles. It directs EPA and the Department of Transportation to consider developing new emissions and fuel economy standards for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles beginning with model years 2027-2030, with specific target deadlines for proposed and final rules.
Promoting Competition in the American Economy
This executive order establishes a whole-of-government competition policy to combat excessive market concentration across the economy. It creates a White House Competition Council and directs dozens of specific actions by agencies including the FTC, DOJ, USDA, HHS, DOT, FCC, and others to address anti-competitive practices in labor markets, agriculture, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and technology.
Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States as nonimmigrants for noncitizens who were physically present in India during the 14 days before entry, effective May 4, 2021, due to widespread COVID-19 transmission and concerning variants. It includes exemptions for lawful permanent residents, certain family members of U.S. citizens/residents, crew members, diplomats, and others, with monthly review by HHS to recommend continuation, modification, or termination.
Worker Organizing and Empowerment
This executive order establishes a White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, chaired by the Vice President and comprising 23+ cabinet and agency officials, to identify and recommend federal policies that promote union organizing and collective bargaining. It revokes two Trump-era workforce councils and directs the new task force to submit recommendations within 180 days.
Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
This executive order establishes the White House Gender Policy Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal efforts advancing gender equity and equality across domestic and foreign policy. The Council, led by two presidentially designated Co-Chairs and comprising cabinet members and senior officials from 36 agencies, must develop a government-wide strategy within 200 days and requires agencies to designate senior gender equity coordinators within 30 days. The order also mandates creation of a National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and terminates a prior administration's working group on women's global development.
America's Supply Chains
This executive order directs a comprehensive, two-phase review of U.S. supply chain vulnerabilities across critical sectors including semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, and pharmaceuticals (100-day review), followed by deeper one-year assessments of defense, public health, ICT, energy, transportation, and agricultural supply chains. It establishes a coordinated interagency process to identify risks and recommend policies to strengthen domestic manufacturing, reduce foreign dependencies, and build resilient, diverse supply chains.
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Executive Order 14008 establishes climate change as a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy and national security while creating a sweeping government-wide domestic climate framework. It creates new White House offices and interagency bodies, sets a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, pauses new oil and gas leasing on federal lands pending review, and mandates numerous agency reports and plans within 60-120 days. The order also establishes a Civilian Climate Corps, targets conserving 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, and creates mechanisms to prioritize environmental justice and economic revitalization of fossil fuel communities.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of noncitizens who were physically present in the Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, Brazil, or South Africa during the 14 days before entry, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, family members of citizens/residents, and other categories. It amends prior COVID-19 travel proclamations to establish a monthly review process and takes effect January 26, 2021 (for most countries) and January 30, 2021 (for South Africa).
Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel
This executive order mandates mask-wearing on domestic public transportation and at airports, and establishes policies for COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for international travelers entering the United States. It directs multiple federal agencies to implement these public health measures consistent with CDC guidelines and to submit implementation plans within specified timeframes.
Protecting Worker Health and Safety
This executive order directs the Department of Labor to strengthen COVID-19 workplace protections through revised OSHA guidance, potential emergency temporary standards, enhanced enforcement, and multilingual outreach. It also extends coordination to state-level worker protection programs and explores protections for workers not covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
This executive order establishes climate action and environmental justice as core federal priorities, directing agencies to review and reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks from 2017-2021. It revokes the Keystone XL pipeline permit, restores Arctic drilling protections, initiates national monument boundary reviews, creates an Interagency Working Group to establish social costs of greenhouse gases, and suspends or revokes numerous prior executive orders on energy infrastructure and environmental regulation.
National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
This Space Policy Directive establishes a national strategy for developing and using space nuclear power and propulsion (SNPP) systems to advance U.S. space dominance. It sets four ambitious goals including lunar surface fission power demonstration, uranium fuel processing capabilities, nuclear thermal propulsion foundations, and advanced radioisotope power systems, with a coordinated roadmap targeting milestones through 2030.
The National Space Policy
This December 9, 2020 memorandum establishes a comprehensive National Space Policy that supersedes the 2010 Obama-era policy (PPD-4). It directs federal agencies to promote commercial space industry growth, strengthen the domestic space industrial base, ensure assured access to space, develop space nuclear power, improve cybersecurity for space systems, and advance international cooperation. The policy sets specific goals including returning Americans to the Moon by 2024 with sustained presence by 2028, and eventual human missions to Mars, while emphasizing protection of space assets and deterrence of hostile interference.
Protecting Jobs, Economic Opportunities, and National Security for All Americans by Ensuring Appropriate Support of Innovative Technologies for Using Our Domestic Natural Resources
This October 31, 2020 memorandum directs the Secretary of Energy to produce two reports within 70 days assessing the economic, trade, and national security impacts of banning or restricting hydraulic fracturing and related technologies. It also directs OMB to review agency compliance with Executive Order 13211 (energy effects statements for regulations) and identify priority agencies within 30 days.
Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council
This executive order creates the United States One Trillion Trees Interagency Council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, to coordinate federal efforts supporting the World Economic Forum's global initiative to grow and conserve one trillion trees by 2030. The Council is tasked with developing tracking methodologies, identifying legal barriers, finding funding opportunities, and requiring member agencies to report regularly on tree-related activities.
Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems
This Space Policy Directive-5 establishes cybersecurity principles for U.S. space systems, directing executive agencies to foster practices that protect government and commercial space assets from cyber threats. It mandates risk-based, cybersecurity-informed engineering for space systems throughout their lifecycle, with specific requirements for encryption, access protection, jamming/spoofing defenses, supply chain security, and information sharing. The directive applies to government national security space systems, civil space systems, and private space systems.
To Take Certain Actions Under the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act and for Other Purposes
This proclamation modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) effective July 1, 2020, replacing NAFTA tariff treatment. It also makes technical corrections and updates rules of origin for existing free trade agreements with Singapore, Colombia, Korea, and Panama, and corrects prior inadvertent omissions in GSP-related tariff treatment for Thailand, Argentina, and Ukraine.
Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
This executive order directs federal agencies to use emergency authorities to expedite infrastructure projects and environmental permitting in response to COVID-19 economic damage. It mandates reporting on expedited transportation, Army Corps, and federal lands projects, and encourages use of emergency procedures under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Clean Water Act to accelerate approvals.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in Brazil during the 14 days before seeking entry, due to widespread COVID-19 transmission. It takes effect May 28, 2020, with exemptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other specified categories.
Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources
This executive order establishes U.S. policy that Americans have the right to engage in commercial exploration and use of space resources, explicitly rejects the 1979 Moon Agreement as binding customary international law, and directs the State Department to negotiate international agreements supporting public and private space resource recovery.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland during the 14 days before entry, effective March 16, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. It expands prior COVID-19 travel restrictions (Proclamations 9984, 9992, and 9993) to these two countries due to sustained person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and other categories.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry into the United States of all aliens physically present in the 26-country Schengen Area during the 14 days before attempted entry, effective March 13, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, due to COVID-19 transmission risks. It expands prior travel restrictions from China and Iran, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, certain visa holders, and others.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus
This proclamation suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in Iran during the 14 days before seeking entry to the United States, expanding similar restrictions previously applied to China. It takes effect March 2, 2020, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, certain visa categories, and others, and amends the earlier China-focused Proclamation 9984.
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
This executive order directs federal agencies to develop profiles and plans to protect critical infrastructure from disruptions to Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services like GPS. It mandates development of voluntary standards for responsible PNT use, vulnerability testing, pilot programs, and research into backup PNT technologies independent of satellite systems.
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk
This proclamation suspends entry of immigrants and nonimmigrants who were physically present in mainland China during the 14 days before attempted U.S. entry, effective February 2, 2020, with exceptions for lawful permanent residents, close family members of U.S. citizens/residents, and certain other categories. It directs agencies to implement visa restrictions, prevent boarding of covered travelers, and facilitate medical screening and quarantine.
Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States
This executive order establishes combating human trafficking and online child exploitation as an executive branch priority, creating a dedicated Domestic Policy Council position, directing improved prevalence estimates, enhancing interagency coordination for prosecution, and mandating proposals to overcome information-sharing barriers for detecting child sexual abuse material online. It also directs victim protection efforts including housing strategies and prevention education partnerships with schools.
Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska
This memorandum directs development of national strategies to map and characterize the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and Alaska's shoreline, aiming to advance economic, security, and environmental interests through ocean exploration. It requires three proposed strategies within 180 days covering EEZ mapping, Alaska shoreline mapping, and streamlined permitting for ocean research activities.
Establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
This executive order creates a White House Council chaired by HUD to identify and reduce federal, state, local, and tribal regulatory barriers to affordable housing development. The Council must report within 12 months on its findings and recommendations, and is scheduled to terminate on January 21, 2021 unless extended.
Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
This executive order establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders within the Department of Commerce and creates the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a federal interagency working group. Both entities are tasked with broadening AAPI access to economic resources and opportunities, including business development, federal procurement, workforce advancement, and trade with the Asia-Pacific region, while also advancing data collection and research on AAPI populations.
America's Cybersecurity Workforce
This executive order establishes programs to grow and strengthen the federal and national cybersecurity workforce through rotational assignments, skills assessments, competitions, and education awards. It mandates adoption of the NICE Framework for cybersecurity skills standards across government contracts and encourages its voluntary use in private-sector and academic training. The order also creates reporting mechanisms and deadlines for multiple agencies to assess workforce gaps and implement workforce development initiatives.
Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth
This executive order directs federal agencies to streamline permitting and reduce regulatory barriers for energy infrastructure projects, particularly oil, gas, and LNG facilities. It mandates specific rulemakings and guidance updates regarding Clean Water Act Section 401 certifications, LNG safety regulations and rail transport, rights-of-way renewals on federal lands, and requires multiple reports on regional energy market barriers and investment trends.
Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
This executive order directs federal agencies to tie higher education grant funding to campus free speech protections and mandates new transparency tools for student borrowers. It requires the Education Department to launch a loan information website by January 1, 2020, expand the College Scorecard with program-level earnings and debt data, and report on risk-sharing options for student loans.
Establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council
This executive order establishes the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, chaired by the Secretary of HUD, to coordinate across federal agencies to promote investment in economically distressed communities and qualified opportunity zones created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Council is tasked with assessing agency actions, streamlining regulations, and producing multiple reports with recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes.
Ocean Policy To Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States
This executive order revokes the 2010 National Ocean Policy (EO 13547) and establishes a new interagency Ocean Policy Committee co-chaired by CEQ and OSTP to coordinate federal ocean activities. It prioritizes economic growth, security, and environmental interests in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters while requiring agencies to review their regulations for consistency within 90 days.
National Space Traffic Management Policy
This Space Policy Directive establishes a national framework for space traffic management (STM), directing the Department of Commerce to assume civil responsibility for space situational awareness data and collision avoidance services from the Department of Defense. It sets goals for advancing space safety science and technology, mitigating orbital debris, encouraging commercial space leadership, and developing international standards for space operations.
Streamlining Regulations on Commercial Use of Space
This 2018 Space Policy Directive directs multiple Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to streamline federal regulations governing commercial space activities, including launch/re-entry licensing, remote sensing, spectrum policy, and export controls. It sets specific deadlines for regulatory reviews, legislative proposals, and reports to reduce burdens on the U.S. commercial space sector while protecting public safety and national security.
Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility
This executive order directs federal agencies to review welfare programs and regulations to promote work requirements, reduce bureaucracy, and increase state flexibility in administering public assistance. It establishes nine 'Principles of Economic Mobility' and mandates specific agency reviews and reports within 90 days.
Reinvigorating America's Human Space Exploration Program
This Space Policy Directive–1 amends the 2010 National Space Policy to shift NASA's human space exploration goals from a flexible 'far-reaching milestones' framework to a specific sequence: return humans to the Moon for long-term exploration, then Mars and other destinations, emphasizing commercial and international partnerships. It represents a structural redirection of U.S. space policy toward the Artemis program's foundational architecture.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a three-year pilot program testing integration of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) into national airspace with selected state, local, and tribal governments. The program aims to evaluate regulatory models, encourage innovation, and inform future federal UAS policy while coordinating with defense, homeland security, and law enforcement agencies on safety and security risks.
Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects
This executive order overhauls federal environmental review and permitting for infrastructure projects by establishing a "One Federal Decision" framework, setting a two-year goal for completing reviews of major projects, creating performance accountability scorecards tracked by OMB, and revoking the previous administration's Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. It mandates interagency coordination through lead agencies, quarterly permitting timetables, and automatic escalation of missed milestones to senior officials, with potential budgetary penalties for poor performance.
Reviving the National Space Council
This executive order revives the National Space Council, which had been dormant since 1993, and places the Vice President as its chair. The Council is tasked with coordinating national space policy across civilian, military, and commercial sectors, with membership drawn from key cabinet departments and agencies.
Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture with 21+ agency heads as members. The Task Force must identify and recommend legislative, regulatory, and policy changes to promote agriculture, economic development, and quality of life in rural America, submitting a report within 180 days. It also revokes the Obama-era White House Rural Council (EO 13575).
Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council
This National Security Presidential Memorandum reorganizes the National Security Council (NSC) and Homeland Security Council (HSC), establishing their membership rosters, the Principals Committee, Deputies Committee, and Policy Coordination Committees. It elevates the White House Chief Strategist to regular attendance at NSC/PC meetings, merges NSC and HSC staff under a single Executive Office of the President structure, and replaces the Obama-era Presidential Policy Directives and Presidential Study Directives system with National Security Presidential Memoranda.
Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young People
This memorandum amends a 2014 Obama-era initiative by renaming the 'My Brother's Keeper' program to the 'Task Force on Improving the Lives of Boys and Young Men of Color and Underserved Youth,' expanding its membership to include 23 specified agency heads and officials, adding reporting requirements including annual status reports and biennial reviews, and broadening the scope to explicitly include 'underserved youth' alongside boys and young men of color.
Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience
This executive order establishes the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area to protect marine ecosystems and Alaska Native subsistence communities from climate change impacts. It withdraws specified offshore areas from oil and gas leasing, creates an interagency task force and tribal advisory council, mandates consideration of traditional knowledge in federal decisionmaking, and directs the Coast Guard to develop shipping route protections and update spill response plans.
Safeguarding the Nation From the Impacts of Invasive Species
This executive order updates and strengthens federal coordination on invasive species by amending Executive Order 13112. It maintains the National Invasive Species Council with expanded membership, adds new priorities including climate change and public health impacts, and mandates a new management plan with specific reporting requirements.
Establishing a Community Solutions Council
This executive order establishes a new Community Solutions Council to coordinate federal community investment programs across agencies, replacing two prior Obama-era councils. The Council is led by two Co-Chairs (one from the White House/OMB, one rotating among eight major agencies every four years) and includes 34+ members spanning nearly the entire Cabinet and key White House offices. It builds on existing place-based initiatives like Promise Zones and StrikeForce, with a mandate to foster interagency collaboration, scale evidence-based practices, and center locally led visions in federal policymaking.
Coordinating Efforts To Prepare the Nation for Space Weather Events
This executive order establishes a coordinated federal framework to prepare for and mitigate space weather events such as solar flares and geomagnetic disturbances that threaten critical infrastructure including GPS, satellites, aviation, and the electrical power grid. It assigns specific roles to multiple agencies, creates a new NSTC subcommittee for coordination, and mandates several plans and assessments within 60-180 days to enhance forecasting, infrastructure protection, and emergency response capabilities.
Global Entrepreneurship
This executive order establishes the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) Program under the Commerce Department to leverage successful entrepreneurs' networks for mentoring and policy advocacy worldwide. It also creates a Global Connect Initiative and interagency Steering Group to expand internet access in developing countries, with reporting requirements through 2020.
Promoting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
This memorandum establishes a Federal Interagency Reentry Council co-chaired by the Attorney General and the White House Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal efforts reducing recidivism and removing barriers to employment, housing, and reintegration for formerly incarcerated individuals. It directs agencies to review hiring and occupational licensing procedures to avoid automatic disqualification based on criminal records, and requires a federal strategic plan within 100 days.
Strengthening the Senior Executive Service
This executive order reforms the Senior Executive Service (SES) by creating a PMC Subcommittee to oversee changes including: capping performance award spending at 7.5%, streamlining hiring processes, requiring SES pay to exceed subordinate GS employees, establishing a 15% rotation goal for SES members, and phasing in talent management and succession planning across all agencies by FY 2018.
Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic
This executive order establishes an Arctic Executive Steering Committee to coordinate federal Arctic policy across agencies during the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It mandates improved interagency coordination, tribal consultation with Alaska Native governments, and a report identifying overlaps and gaps in Arctic policy implementation.
Expanding Federal Support for Predevelopment Activities for Nonfederal Domestic Infrastructure Assets
This memorandum directs federal agencies to expand support for predevelopment activities—such as planning, feasibility studies, and environmental review—for nonfederal domestic infrastructure projects. It requires specific departments to clarify funding eligibility, develop guidance, and submit implementation plans within 60 days to encourage public-private partnerships and innovative infrastructure investment.
Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees
This memorandum establishes the White House Task Force on New Americans, co-chaired by the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to develop a coordinated federal strategy for integrating immigrants and refugees into American communities. The Task Force must submit an Integration Plan within 120 days and a status report within one year, with responsibilities including reviewing agency policies, disseminating best practices, and measuring equitable access to services.
Creating and Expanding Ladders of Opportunity for Boys and Young Men of Color
President Obama established the My Brother's Keeper Task Force, an interagency initiative chaired by the Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary with the Deputy Secretary of Education as Executive Director, to improve life outcomes for boys and young men of color through better coordination of federal programs, data sharing, and public-private partnerships. The Task Force is directed to create assessment tools, evaluate federal policy impacts, and report back with recommendations within 90 days and a status report within one year.
Establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review
This memorandum establishes a Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force co-chaired by the OSTP and Domestic Policy Council directors to produce a comprehensive energy policy review every four years, with the first report due January 31, 2015 focusing on U.S. energy infrastructure challenges. The Task Force includes representatives from 23 agencies and is directed to engage stakeholders and recommend executive and legislative actions.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum extends the federal government's authority to provide aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S. air carriers when commercial coverage is unavailable on reasonable terms. It approves such coverage until January 15, 2014, and delegates authority to the Secretary of Transportation to extend through December 31, 2014 if Congress extends the underlying statutory deadline.
Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change
This executive order directs federal agencies to integrate climate change preparedness and resilience into their operations, programs, and investments. It establishes a new interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, creates a State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force, mandates updated Agency Adaptation Plans, and requires modernization of federal programs to remove barriers to climate-resilient investment.
Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
This executive order establishes an interagency working group to improve coordination among federal agencies, state/local/tribal partners, and private industry on chemical facility safety and security. It mandates multiple assessments, pilot programs, and regulatory reviews to modernize risk management practices, enhance information sharing, and reduce duplicative reporting requirements following chemical facility tragedies.
Expanding National Service Through Partnerships to Advance Government Priorities
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Expanding National Service, co-chaired by the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council. It directs federal agencies to develop partnerships with CNCS to expand national service and volunteer opportunities aligned with the six focus areas of the Serve America Act, and requires specific reports and guidance within set timeframes.
Combating Wildlife Trafficking
This executive order establishes a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking co-chaired by the State Department, Interior Department, and Attorney General to develop a national strategy against wildlife trafficking. It also creates an Advisory Council of non-governmental experts to advise the Task Force, with specific deadlines for initial meetings, strategy production, and council establishment.
Establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Council on Native American Affairs, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to coordinate federal policy across 30+ agencies to support tribal self-governance and improve quality of life for Native Americans. It establishes a formal structure for interagency coordination on economic development, healthcare, education, justice, and environmental protection while mandating three annual meetings.
Modernizing Federal Infrastructure Review and Permitting Regulations, Policies, and Procedures
This memorandum directs federal agencies to modernize infrastructure permitting and review regulations to cut aggregate timelines for major projects in half while improving environmental and community outcomes. It mandates a 60-day prioritization effort and 120-day comprehensive modernization plan by an interagency steering committee, building on Executive Order 13604 reforms.
Amendments to Executive Order 12777
This executive order re-delegates authority for adjusting oil spill liability limits under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. It assigns specific responsibilities to different cabinet secretaries based on facility type—Coast Guard department for vessels and marine facilities, EPA Administrator for non-transportation onshore facilities, Transportation Secretary for non-marine transportation facilities, and Interior Secretary for offshore facilities—each with CPI adjustment authority and congressional reporting duties.
Delegation of a Reporting Authority
This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of Transportation the President's authority under MAP-21 section 1306 to make specified reports to Congress regarding transportation programs. It is a routine administrative delegation with no substantive policy changes.
Improving Availability of Relevant Executive Branch Records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
This memorandum directs federal agencies to improve sharing of relevant records with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to prevent prohibited individuals from obtaining firearms. It establishes deadlines for DOJ guidance, agency reporting, and creates a working group to coordinate implementation of the 2007 NICS Improvement Amendments Act.
Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force
This executive order establishes a cabinet-level task force chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate long-term rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy. The task force is required to produce a comprehensive rebuilding strategy within 180 days of its first meeting, after which it will terminate 60 days later.
Establishment of an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy
This executive order creates an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy, chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, to coordinate federal support for U.S. businesses competing for international contracts against foreign firms. The Task Force brings together 15 agencies to prioritize advocacy cases, coordinate senior-level engagement with foreign officials, raise business awareness of available services, and report progress every 180 days.
Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council
This executive order creates the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and its Steering Committee to institutionalize collaboration between federal field offices and local partners—including state/local/tribal governments, private sector, and nonprofits—to address homeland security challenges ranging from disaster response to terrorism prevention. The Council advises on priorities, promotes best practices, and convenes annually, while the Steering Committee sets its scope, selects members, and reports to the President yearly.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
President Obama approved continued federal aviation insurance coverage for U.S. commercial air carriers through September 30, 2013, with delegated authority to the Secretary of Transportation to extend through December 31, 2013 if private insurance remains unavailable on reasonable terms. This continues a long-standing program under 49 U.S.C. chapter 443 that provides government-backed insurance when commercial markets cannot.
Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
This executive order establishes a federal working group and mandates coordinated procedures to accelerate broadband infrastructure deployment on federal lands, buildings, and rights of way, with special attention to tribal lands and underserved communities. It requires agencies to develop uniform contract templates, improve permitting efficiency, and implement 'dig once' policies for highway construction projects.
Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources
This executive order creates an interagency working group chaired by the Domestic Policy Council Director to coordinate federal agency efforts supporting safe and responsible development of unconventional domestic natural gas resources, such as shale gas. It aims to streamline policy coordination across 13+ agencies while maintaining environmental and public health safeguards.
Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects
This executive order creates a Steering Committee to streamline federal permitting and review processes for infrastructure projects, requiring agencies to develop performance plans with measurable timelines and track progress on a public dashboard. It mandates coordination across federal agencies, state/local/tribal governments, and stakeholders to reduce decision times while maintaining environmental and community protections.
National Defense Resources Preparedness
This executive order delegates authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to various cabinet secretaries for prioritizing and allocating resources (food, energy, health, transportation, water, and other materials) in support of national defense. It establishes frameworks for loan guarantees, industrial base expansion, voluntary agreements, a National Defense Executive Reserve, and labor coordination during emergencies, while revoking and replacing Executive Order 12919 from 1994.
Establishing a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities
This executive order establishes a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) within HUD to coordinate federal technical assistance to local communities, helping them compete for federal resources and develop economic strategies. The Council is co-chaired by the HUD Secretary and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with broad membership across federal agencies.
Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force On Travel and Competitiveness
This executive order establishes visa processing targets to boost U.S. travel and tourism, including a 40% capacity increase in China and Brazil and 80% of applicants interviewed within 3 weeks. It also creates a Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness to develop a National Travel and Tourism Strategy within 90 days.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum extends the federal government's program providing aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S. air carriers when such coverage cannot be obtained commercially on reasonable terms. The President determines that continuation of U.S. commercial air transportation is necessary for air commerce, national security, and foreign policy, and approves the Secretary of Transportation to provide this coverage through September 30, 2012.
Establishment of the SelectUSA Initiative
This executive order establishes SelectUSA, a Department of Commerce-based initiative to coordinate federal efforts to attract and retain domestic and foreign business investment in the United States. It creates a Federal Interagency Investment Working Group spanning nearly every cabinet department and major economic agency to promote the U.S. as a business location, serve as an investment ombudsman, and provide information to investors.
Establishment of the White House Rural Council
This executive order creates the White House Rural Council, chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and comprising 25 federal agencies, to coordinate federal policy and investment in rural communities. The Council is tasked with streamlining federal spending, improving economic opportunities, and enhancing quality of life in rural America through better interagency collaboration.
Establishing the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
This executive order creates an intergovernmental task force to coordinate restoration of Gulf Coast ecosystems damaged by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and address long-term ecological decline. The Task Force includes federal agencies, five Gulf State representatives, and tribal representatives, and is charged with developing a regional restoration strategy within one year.
Establishing a Task Force on Skills for America's Future
This memorandum establishes an interagency Task Force on Skills for America's Future, co-chaired by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and two White House policy assistants, to develop recommendations for improving workforce training partnerships between community colleges, businesses, labor unions, and other stakeholders. The Task Force is charged with identifying scalable approaches to career training, stackable credentials, and public-private partnerships, but has no dedicated funding or enforcement authority beyond voluntary agency coordination.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum extends the federal government's authority to provide aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S. air carriers for domestic and international operations through September 30, 2011, when commercial insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms. The President determines this coverage is necessary for air commerce, national security, and foreign policy, and directs the Secretary of Transportation to notify all air carriers and publish the determination in the Federal Register.
Classified National Security Information Program for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities
This executive order establishes a formal program for sharing classified national security information with state, local, tribal, and private sector entities involved in critical infrastructure protection. It sets security standards for access and safeguarding, designates Homeland Security as the executive agent, and creates an advisory committee to resolve policy disputes and facilitate information sharing.
Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes
This executive order establishes a National Ocean Council to coordinate federal stewardship of oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes, implementing recommendations from the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. It creates a framework for coastal and marine spatial planning to manage competing uses of marine environments while promoting ecosystem-based conservation. The order directs executive agencies to align their decisions with national ocean policy priorities and to participate in regional planning processes.
Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States
This executive order directs a risk-based overhaul of how the U.S. regulates dangerous biological agents and toxins (BSAT). It mandates creating a highest-risk "Tier 1" subset of pathogens, revising security regulations, coordinating federal oversight across multiple agencies, and establishing an advisory panel to guide implementation.
Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution
This memorandum directs federal agencies to free up 500 MHz of spectrum over 10 years for wireless broadband use, with the Commerce Department and NTIA leading coordination with the FCC. It mandates a Plan and Timetable by October 1, 2010, establishes an interagency steering group, and requires research into spectrum-sharing technologies, with progress reporting to the National Economic Council, OMB, and OSTP.
Establishing the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council
This executive order establishes the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council within HHS, chaired by the Surgeon General, to coordinate federal prevention and wellness efforts. It mandates development of a national health strategy and requires annual reports to Congress through 2015 on progress toward disease prevention goals.
Improving Energy Security, American Competitiveness and Job Creation, and Environmental Protection Through a Transformation of Our Nation's Fleet of Cars And Trucks
This memorandum directs EPA and NHTSA to develop joint fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks (model year 2014, final rule by July 30, 2011) and passenger cars/light-duty trucks (model years 2017-2025). It also requests EPA review of non-greenhouse gas vehicle emissions regulations and DOE promotion of advanced vehicle infrastructure and voluntary standards.
Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development
President Obama established an interagency task force co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce and NASA Administrator to develop an economic development action plan for Florida's Space Coast and other aerospace communities affected by the end of the Space Shuttle program. The task force must submit a comprehensive plan by August 15, 2010, recommending how to invest $40 million in transition assistance funding, and will terminate after 3 years unless extended.
Establishing an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses
This memorandum creates an Interagency Task Force on Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses, co-chaired by the Secretary of Commerce, OMB Director, and SBA Administrator. The Task Force must deliver proposals within 120 days to increase small business contracting, and a website for transparency must be developed within 90 days to track small business participation in federal procurement.
A 21st Century Strategy for America's Great Outdoors
This memorandum establishes the America's Great Outdoors Initiative, led by Interior, Agriculture, EPA, and CEQ, to reconnect Americans—especially children—with nature through community-based conservation, public-private partnerships, and interagency coordination. It mandates listening sessions across the country and requires three reports: an initial strategy report by November 15, 2010, and annual progress reports by September 30, 2011 and 2012.
A Comprehensive Federal Strategy on Carbon Capture and Storage
This memorandum establishes an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage co-chaired by DOE and EPA to develop a plan within 180 days to overcome barriers to deploying CCS technology. It aims to bring 5-10 commercial demonstration projects online by 2016, with the goal of widespread cost-effective CCS deployment within 10 years.
Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government
This executive order establishes a government-wide initiative to increase veteran hiring in the federal workforce by creating an interagency Council on Veterans Employment, requiring agencies to develop operational plans and designate veterans employment offices, and mandating training for HR personnel and hiring managers on veterans' preferences and special hiring authorities.
Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
This executive order mandates federal agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy and water efficiency, eliminate waste, and adopt sustainable practices in buildings, fleets, and procurement. It establishes a comprehensive framework with specific reduction targets, reporting requirements, and oversight mechanisms through the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Management and Budget.
Federal Leadership On Reducing Text Messaging While Driving
This executive order prohibits federal employees from text messaging while driving government vehicles, privately-owned vehicles on official business, or when using government-supplied electronic equipment. It also directs federal agencies to encourage contractors and grant recipients to adopt similar bans, and requires agencies to implement compliance measures within 90 days.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum extends the federal government's authority to provide aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S. flag air carriers through August 31, 2010, when commercial insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms. The President determines this coverage is necessary for air commerce, national security, and foreign policy, and directs the Secretary of Transportation to notify all affected air carriers and publish the determination in the Federal Register.
Establishing a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers
This executive order creates a White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers to coordinate federal assistance for areas hit hard by auto industry job losses. The council includes cabinet secretaries and senior officials across multiple agencies, and is tasked with aligning federal programs to support automotive workers and communities. It automatically terminates after two years unless extended by the President.
Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration
This executive order establishes a coordinated federal framework to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. It creates a Federal Leadership Committee led by the EPA, mandates multiple agency reports on pollution control, agricultural practices, climate adaptation, and public access, and requires an annual action plan starting in 2010.
Establishing a White House Council on Women And Girls
This executive order creates a White House Council on Women and Girls to coordinate federal policy across agencies on issues affecting women and girls, including pay equity, healthcare access, educational opportunity, and workforce participation. The Council is advisory, composed of Cabinet secretaries and senior officials, and must submit an interagency plan within 150 days.
Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
This executive order creates the White House Office of Urban Affairs within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal urban policy across departments and agencies. The Office is tasked with developing a comprehensive urban policy agenda, ensuring federal spending in urban areas is effective, and engaging with state/local officials and private stakeholders.
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
President Obama directed the Secretary of Transportation and NHTSA Administrator to publish a final rule by March 30, 2009 increasing fuel economy standards for model year 2011 vehicles, as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. The memorandum also instructed consideration of legal, scientific, and preemption issues—including consistency with Massachusetts v. EPA—before finalizing rules for later model years.
Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States
This executive order establishes an interagency Working Group co-chaired by the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services to review and evaluate security practices at facilities handling biological select agents and toxins. The group must submit recommendations within 180 days on improving physical, facility, and personnel security across federal and nonfederal laboratories, then terminates 60 days after that report.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum extends federal aviation insurance coverage for U.S.-flag commercial air carriers through August 31, 2009, authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to provide insurance or reinsurance when commercial coverage is unavailable on reasonable terms. The President delegates authority to the Secretary to extend the program in additional periods as needed. The directive requires immediate notification to all air carriers and Federal Register publication.
Provision of Marine War Risk Insurance Coverage
This memorandum approves the provision of U.S. government-backed marine war risk insurance for vessels operating in the Black Sea for 90 days when private insurance is unavailable on reasonable terms. It delegates authority to the Secretary of Transportation, requires consultation with the Secretary of State and OMB for large exposures, and mandates immediate notification to U.S.-flag vessel operators and Federal Register publication.
Transformation of the National Air Transportation System
This executive order directs the Secretary of Transportation to lead implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), a modernized air traffic control system. It establishes interagency coordination requirements across Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security, and NASA, with specific deadlines for creating support staff and an advisory committee.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide federal aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S.-flag air carriers from December 27, 2007 through August 31, 2008, with a possible extension to December 31, 2008 if commercial insurance is unavailable on reasonable terms. The President delegates authority to the Secretary to extend coverage based on determinations of national security, air commerce, or foreign policy necessity.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.
Establishing an Interagency Working Group on Import Safety
This executive order creates a temporary interagency working group led by HHS to review and recommend improvements to U.S. import safety procedures. The group must deliver recommendations to the President within 60 days through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, then disband.
Partial Resumption of Travel to Lebanon To Promote Peace and Security
This determination partially lifts a 22-year-old ban on U.S. air transportation to Lebanon, allowing only U.S. government-contracted carriers to fly passengers (including non-citizens) and humanitarian goods to and from Lebanon. All other prohibitions from the 1985, 1992, and 1998 determinations remain in effect.
National Security Professional Development
This executive order establishes a framework to improve national security workforce capabilities by requiring a National Strategy for professional development, creating an interagency Steering Committee chaired by OPM, and directing agency heads to enhance education, training, and cross-government assignment opportunities for security professionals. It specifically assigns implementation roles to Defense, State, Intelligence, and Homeland Security for their respective personnel systems.
Cooperation Among Agencies in Protecting the Environment With Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Motor Vehicles, Nonroad Vehicles, and Nonroad Engines
This executive order requires the Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate their regulatory actions affecting greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles and nonroad engines. It mandates joint rulemaking where practicable, inter-agency consultation at least 30 days before publication, and establishes OMB monitoring with semiannual reporting to the President.
Assignment of Functions Relating to the Transfer of a Ship to the Government of Greece
This memorandum delegates the President's authority under Section 1019 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to the Secretary of Transportation, allowing the transfer of a ship to the Government of Greece. The Secretary of Transportation is directed to consult with the Secretary of State as appropriate and to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide federal aviation insurance or reinsurance to U.S.-flag air carriers for domestic and international operations through December 31, 2007, when commercial insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms. It delegates authority to the Secretary to extend coverage beyond August 31, 2007, based on determinations of necessity for air commerce, national security, or foreign policy.
National Aeronautics Research and Development
This executive order establishes a national policy to advance U.S. aeronautics research and development through 2020, directing the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to review federal aeronautics R&D funding, develop a national plan, and coordinate across government agencies and with private sector partners. The order emphasizes technological leadership, infrastructure maintenance, workforce development, and technology transition from research to applications.
Strengthening Surface Transportation Security
This executive order designates the Secretary of Homeland Security as the lead federal official for surface transportation security, mandating development of a comprehensive sector-specific security plan, mode-specific annexes, risk assessments, and technology coordination to protect mass transit, rail, commercial vehicles, pipelines, and related infrastructure from terrorist attacks.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This memorandum determines that U.S.-flag commercial air service is necessary for national interests and approves federal aviation insurance coverage for U.S. air carriers through December 31, 2006, with delegated authority to the Secretary of Transportation to extend coverage under specified conditions.
Creation of the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council
This executive order establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Council within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate federal support for recovery and rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Council, chaired by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and comprising 23 cabinet-level officials and senior advisors, is tasked with reviewing issues, providing guidance, and making recommendations to the President on Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The Council automatically terminates three years after signing unless extended.
2005 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
This executive order amends the Manual for Courts-Martial to update military justice procedures, including capital case requirements, joint command jurisdiction, sealed exhibit handling, blood alcohol limits for military DUI offenses, new offenses for patronizing prostitutes and WMD-related threats/hoaxes, and replacing 'Transportation' with 'Homeland Security' in relevant references.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
This determination extends federal aviation insurance coverage for U.S.-flag commercial air carriers through August 31, 2005, with conditional extension authority to December 31, 2005, when commercial insurance is unavailable on reasonable terms. It delegates authority to the Secretary of Transportation to make findings and extend coverage based on national security, air commerce, and foreign policy interests.
Committee on Ocean Policy
This executive order establishes the Committee on Ocean Policy within the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate federal agency activities on ocean-related matters, advance environmental/economic/security interests, and facilitate consultation with state, tribal, local, and international stakeholders. The Committee comprises cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and presidential assistants but functions solely in an advisory capacity without regulatory authority.
Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order makes minor amendments to Executive Order 13173, updating the membership of the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley by adding the Secretary of Defense and Director of National Drug Control Policy, making the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the chair, requiring designated staff for 2004-2006, and adding 'regulations' to the Task Force's analytical duties. It also adds standard language disclaiming judicial enforceability.
Establishment of Great Lakes Interagency Task Force and Promotion of a Regional Collaboration of National Significance for the Great Lakes
This executive order creates the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, chaired by the EPA Administrator, to coordinate federal restoration and protection efforts across 10 cabinet-level agencies. It establishes a regional working group of Great Lakes program offices and requires a report to the President by May 31, 2005, while promoting collaboration with states, tribes, local governments, and Canada.
Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria
This executive order declares a national emergency and imposes sanctions on Syria, blocking property of individuals and entities supporting Syrian government activities including terrorism, occupation of Lebanon, WMD programs, and undermining Iraq stabilization. It prohibits export of munitions, most commerce-controlled items, and other U.S. products to Syria, with limited exceptions for food and medicine, and restricts Syrian-owned air carrier operations in U.S. airspace.
Issuance of Permits With Respect to Certain Energy-Related Facilities and Land Transportation Crossings on the International Boundaries of the United States
This executive order transfers authority for approving permits for oil, gas, coal, and other fuel pipelines crossing U.S. borders from the President to the Secretary of State, while also creating a new permitting process for land transportation border crossings (roads, rail) that don't require physical construction connecting to foreign countries. It amends Executive Order 11423 to establish a 90-day interagency review process with specific consultation requirements.
Delegation of Certain Authority Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, Public Law 108-136
This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of Homeland Security the President's authority under Section 1034 of the FY2004 NDAA to provide a specified report to Congress, and directs coordination with the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation on the report's contents.
Amending Executive Order 13257 To Implement the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
This executive order amends a 2002 trafficking order to implement the 2003 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. It assigns specific responsibilities to the Secretary of State, Secretary of Homeland Security, and other agencies for coordinating anti-trafficking policies, preventing sex tourism, regulating federal contracts and grants, and conducting research on human trafficking.
Human Service Transportation Coordination
This executive order establishes an Interagency Transportation Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility to improve coordination of federal transportation services for people with disabilities, low-income individuals, and older adults. The Council, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation and comprising nine cabinet-level officials, is tasked with reducing duplication, improving access, and reporting on progress within one year.
Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order amends EO 13212 to expand its scope beyond energy production to include pipeline safety projects. It establishes an interagency task force within the Department of Energy to monitor and expedite permitting for energy-related and pipeline safety projects, coordinate federal-state-tribal-local permitting, and perform functions under section 60133 of title 49 regarding pipeline repair.
Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security
This executive order makes extensive technical amendments to 80 prior executive orders to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and transfer functions from agencies like the Attorney General's office, Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others to the new Secretary of Homeland Security. It also fully rewrites Executive Order 13231 on critical infrastructure protection, establishing the National Infrastructure Advisory Council under DHS and clarifying cybersecurity responsibilities across government.
Determination Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
President George W. Bush modified a long-standing moratorium to allow qualified Mexican-domiciled motor carriers to obtain U.S. operating authority for cross-border scheduled bus services and cross-border truck services, implementing NAFTA obligations effective immediately. The modification maintains the domestic-cabotage prohibition (no U.S. point-to-point services) and requires DOT to work with DOJ and homeland security agencies on application reviews.
Environmental Stewardship and Transportation Infrastructure Project Reviews
This executive order establishes a framework to expedite environmental reviews for high-priority transportation infrastructure projects while maintaining environmental protections. It creates an interagency Transportation Infrastructure Streamlining Task Force led by the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate reviews, identify regulatory inefficiencies, and recommend process improvements.
Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
This notice continues for one year the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with associated authorities delegated to the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation for reserve call-ups and military personnel waivers, and emergency construction authority for the Secretary of Defense.
Activities To Promote Personal Fitness
This executive order directs eight federal departments and the Office of National Drug Policy to review their policies and programs related to public personal fitness, and to propose modifications or new initiatives within 90 days. It establishes an interagency working group chaired by HHS to coordinate federal fitness promotion activities and eliminate overlap, while explicitly limiting the order to internal executive branch management without creating enforceable rights.
Amendment to Executive Order 13223, Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the
This executive order amends a post-9/11 mobilization order to give the Secretary of Transportation parallel authority to the Secretary of Defense for managing Coast Guard reserve personnel, including involuntary activations, without requiring presidential approval for each action.
Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism
This executive order establishes a temporary Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, composed of senior officials from 15 executive branch entities. The Task Force is charged with identifying ways Americans can prepare for terrorist attacks and volunteer to support officials, and must report its recommendations to the President within 40 days before automatically terminating 30 days after submission.
Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age
This executive order establishes the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board to coordinate federal efforts protecting information systems for critical infrastructure across sectors including energy, finance, transportation, and healthcare. It creates a voluntary public-private partnership framework, establishes the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) for private sector input, and assigns specific security oversight roles to OMB, Defense, and the CIA while preserving existing agency authorities.
Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
This executive order creates the Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President, headed by an Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, and establishes the Homeland Security Council to advise the President on homeland security matters. It assigns broad coordination responsibilities across detection, preparedness, prevention, protection, response, and recovery from terrorist threats and attacks, while amending prior executive orders to integrate the new council into national security structures.
Delegation of Authority To Compensate Air Carriers for Losses Resulting From the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
This memorandum delegates presidential authority under the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to the Secretary of Transportation to compensate air carriers for direct and incremental losses from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the resulting ground stop order. It is a procedural delegation with no substantive policy changes beyond assigning implementation authority.
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, this determination authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide federal aviation insurance or reimburse insurance cost increases to U.S. air carriers when commercial insurance is unavailable on reasonable terms. It also delegates authority to the Secretary to extend this emergency coverage in 60-day increments.
Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces To Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation
This executive order, issued three days after 9/11, invokes presidential authorities to activate Ready Reserve military units for up to 24 months and delegates significant personnel management powers to the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation, including suspending normal officer promotion, retirement, and separation rules.
Determination Under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
President Bush modified a moratorium on motor carrier operating authority to allow U.S.-domiciled enterprises owned or controlled by Mexican persons to obtain permits for truck and bus services between U.S. points, implementing NAFTA obligations. The Department of Transportation was directed to immediately accept and expedite applications for such authority.
Actions To Expedite Energy-Related Projects
This executive order directs federal agencies to expedite permit reviews and other actions for energy-related projects while maintaining safety and environmental protections. It establishes a broad interagency task force, chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality chairman and housed at the Department of Energy, to monitor and coordinate these efforts across federal, state, tribal, and local levels.