Secretary of War
Executive orders directing the Secretary of War · 18 in Trump 47 · 18 all terms.
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18 shown · Trump 47
Establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission
This executive order establishes a 2-year advisory commission of senior military leaders' spouses to advise the President on policies affecting military spouses and families, focused on housing, employment, healthcare, education, and deployment support. The Department of War provides administrative support and funding, with annual reports required.
Securing America's Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials
This executive order tightens restrictions on defense supply chain waivers under 10 U.S.C. 4872, requiring domestic or allied sourcing of critical materials for military equipment. It mandates comprehensive supply chain mapping, accelerates domestic source qualification, and establishes mitigation plan requirements for any remaining waivers, with most provisions taking effect January 1, 2027 or within 90-180 days of signing.
Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks
This executive order mandates a government-wide transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to protect against future quantum computing threats. It sets specific deadlines for federal agencies to migrate high-value assets and high-impact systems to PQC standards, requires new procurement rules for contractors, and establishes coordination roles across OMB, NIST, CISA, and NSA.
Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation
This executive order establishes a comprehensive national quantum strategy, directing multiple agencies to accelerate U.S. leadership in quantum information science and technology (QIST) through research investment, domestic supply chain development, workforce expansion, and international alliance-building. It creates the QC-ADDS program for quantum computing development, mandates security protections against adversarial threats, and requires numerous agency plans and reports with specific deadlines spanning 30 days to 5 years.
Presidential Determination and Delegation of Authority Under Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended
This determination invokes Section 708 of the Defense Production Act to address systemic constraints in the munitions industrial base, including limited production capacity, fragile supply chains, and production bottlenecks. It delegates authority to the Secretary of War to make voluntary agreements and plans of action with industry to expand munitions, missiles, and defense equipment production, subject to consultation and approval requirements.
Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
This executive order directs federal agencies to strengthen cybersecurity defenses using advanced AI tools, establishes a voluntary framework for frontier AI model developers to collaborate with government on security assessments, creates an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse for vulnerability coordination, and prioritizes criminal enforcement against AI-enabled cyberattacks. It emphasizes collaboration with industry rather than mandatory regulation.
Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
This executive order rescinds two 1970s-era orders governing off-road vehicle use on federal lands (EO 11644 and EO 11989), directing agencies to replace their vague environmental and social criteria with regulations grounded in existing statutory authorities. The action aims to reduce regulatory barriers to energy production, timber harvesting, utility maintenance, and recreational access on federal lands.
Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity
This proclamation declares the U.S. commitment to dismantling cartels and foreign terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere through military coordination with 17 partner nations under the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition. It calls for depriving these groups of territory, financing, and resources; training partner militaries; and countering external malign influences. The document contains no specific deadlines, funding mechanisms, or legal authorities beyond general statements of policy intent.
Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
This executive order directs multiple Cabinet departments to combat transnational cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes targeting Americans—including scam centers, ransomware, sextortion, and financial fraud often backed by foreign regimes. It mandates reviews and action plans to create a new operational cell for interagency coordination, establishes a Victims Restoration Program, and authorizes diplomatic consequences including sanctions, visa restrictions, and trade penalties against nations that tolerate such criminal activity.
Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate- Based Herbicides
This Defense Production Act order delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize and allocate materials, services, and facilities for domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides. It designates both as critical to national defense, citing defense supply chains (semiconductors, batteries, munitions) and agricultural productivity, while shielding the sole domestic producer from regulatory actions that would threaten its corporate viability.
Presidential Waiver of Statutory Requirements Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended
This memorandum invokes the Defense Production Act to waive standard statutory requirements (sections 303(a)(2)-(a)(6)) for critical defense supply chains, citing the need to avert shortfalls that would impair national defense. It covers broad defense industrial base sectors including aircraft, ground systems, shipbuilding, space systems, microelectronics, and workforce training, referencing the 2018 EO 13806 industrial base assessment.
Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet
This executive order directs the Department of War (DOW) to prioritize coal-fired power generation for military and defense-industrial facilities by entering into long-term Power Purchase Agreements with coal plants. It frames coal as essential to national security and grid resilience, building on prior energy emergency declarations and coal-industry executive orders from 2025.
Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy
This executive order establishes an 'America First Arms Transfer Strategy' that redirects U.S. arms sales policy to use foreign military purchases as a tool to expand domestic defense production capacity, streamline export processes, and prioritize sales to allies that invest in self-defense or contribute to U.S. economic security. It creates an interagency task force, sets multiple deadlines for strategy implementation, and amends a 2013 executive order to reassign congressional notification responsibilities between the Secretaries of War and State.
Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting
This executive order restricts stock buy-backs and dividends for underperforming defense contractors, mandates new contract terms linking executive compensation to production and delivery metrics rather than short-term financial performance, and creates an enforcement framework through the Secretary of War to identify and remediate contractor underperformance. It also directs the SEC Chairman to consider amending Rule 10b-18 to remove safe harbor protections for identified contractors.
Ensuring American Space Superiority
This executive order establishes a comprehensive U.S. space policy prioritizing lunar return by 2028, permanent lunar presence by 2030, missile defense integration, commercial space growth targeting $50 billion in new investment, and space nuclear power deployment. It revokes the Biden-era National Space Council EO 14056 and mandates acquisition reforms across NASA and Commerce, with multiple implementation deadlines spanning 60–180 days.
Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States
Proclamation 10998 expands and modifies travel restrictions on foreign nationals from countries deemed to have deficient screening and vetting capabilities. It continues full or partial entry suspensions for 19 countries from prior proclamations, adds 8 new countries to full suspension (including Syria and PA-document holders), imposes partial suspensions on 15 additional countries, and narrows family-based visa exceptions while adding new exceptions for athletes and DOJ witnesses. The proclamation takes effect January 1, 2026, with 180-day review cycles.
Designating Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
This executive order designates illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), directing the Attorney General, Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Homeland Security to take enforcement, financial sanctions, military-chemical response, and intelligence actions against fentanyl trafficking networks. The order reframes fentanyl from a drug enforcement issue to a national security and counterterrorism priority with potential military and WMD-intelligence tools.
Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar
This executive order declares U.S. policy to guarantee Qatar's security and territorial integrity against external attack, treating any armed attack on Qatar as a threat to the United States. It directs the Secretaries of War and State, along with the DNI, to maintain joint contingency planning with Qatar and coordinate diplomatic, economic, and military responses if needed.