Executive Order Tracker

Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security
5/23/2025

Within 90 days (Aug. 21, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy shall designate one or more sites owned or controlled by the Department of Energy within the United States, including national laboratories, for the use and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Energy shall identify all useful uranium and plutonium material within the Department of Energy’s inventories that may be recycled or processed into nuclear fuel for reactors in the United States.”
• “[T]he Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of OMB, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, determine a strategy which addresses:

(i) optimizing the value of the United States International Development Finance Corporation to provide equity and other financing of American nuclear energy technology;

(ii) increasing the effectiveness of the United States Trade and Development Agency, as consistent with law, by expanding grant financing for United States nuclear technology pilots, fuel supplies, and project preparation to recently graduated high income economies of national strategic interest;

(iii) leveraging the Export-Import Bank of the United States and other relevant agencies to increase financing for projects utilizing United States civil nuclear technology exports throughout the project lifecycle;

(iv) holding trade missions and reverse trade missions and leveraging other trade promotion tools to remove trade barriers and increase the market competitiveness of the United States nuclear industry; and

(v) achieving competitive parity in the global market for high-level advocacy and representation from the Federal Government to foreign governments of potential import countries to include alignment on nuclear-related bilateral issues, focusing on countries with the highest probability of nuclear deployment within the next 4 years based on industry assessment and established commercial criteria such as the strength of the country’s financial and regulatory system.”

“[T]he Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of OMB, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, determine a strategy that:

(i) leverages United States participation in the multilateral development banks to support client country access to financial and technical assistance for the generation and distribution of nuclear energy and a reliable fuel supply; and

(ii) supports such assistance at relevant institutions to make financial support available on competitive terms, strengthen the capacity of such institutions to assess, implement, and evaluate nuclear energy projects, and support adoption of nuclear energy technologies and fuel supply chains that meet or exceed the quality standards in the United States or a country allied with the United States.”

“[T]he Secretary of State or his designee shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, and after review by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, implement a program to enhance the global competitiveness of American nuclear suppliers, investors, and lenders to compete for nuclear projects around the globe, including actions to:

(i) expedite the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with potential export countries;

(ii) promote broad adherence to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage;

(iii) identify statutory and regulatory burdens on exports of American nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services that are not addressed by this or other Executive Orders and recommend appropriate remedial action; and

(iv) encourage favorable decisions by potential import countries on the use of American nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services.”

Within 240 days (Jan. 18, 2026):

• “[T]he Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Secretaries of the military departments, prepare and submit to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs recommendations for legislative proposals and regulatory actions regarding the distribution, operation, replacement, and removal of advanced nuclear reactors and spent nuclear fuel on military installations.”

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Restoring Gold Standard Science
5/23/2025

Within 30 days (Jun. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP Director) shall, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, issue guidance for agencies on implementation of “Gold Standard Science” in the conduct and management of their respective scientific activities.”
• “[A]gency heads and employees shall adhere to the following rules governing the use, interpretation, and communication of scientific data, unless otherwise provided by law:

(a) Employees shall not engage in scientific misconduct nor knowingly rely on information resulting from scientific misconduct.

(b) Except as prohibited by law, and consistent with relevant policies that protect national security or sensitive personal or confidential business information, agency heads shall in a timely manner and, to the extent practicable and within the agency’s authority:

(i) subject to paragraph (ii), make publicly available the following information within the agency’s possession:

(A) the data, analyses, and conclusions associated with scientific and technological information produced or used by the agency that the agency reasonably assesses will have a clear and substantial effect on important public policies or important private sector decisions (influential scientific information), including data cited in peer-reviewed literature; and

(B) the models and analyses (including, as applicable, the source code for such models) the agency used to generate such influential scientific information. Employees may not invoke exemption 5 to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5)) to prevent disclosure of such models unless authorized in writing to do so by the agency head following prior notice to the OSTP Director.

(ii) risk models used to guide agency enforcement actions or select enforcement targets are not information that must be disclosed under this subsection.

(c) When using scientific information in agency decision-making, employees shall transparently acknowledge and document uncertainties, including how uncertainty propagates throughout any models used in the analysis.

(d) Where employees produce or use scientific information to inform policy or legal determinations they must use science that comports with the legal standards applicable to those determinations, including when agencies evaluate the realistic or reasonably foreseeable effects of an action.

(e) Employees shall be transparent about the likelihood of the assumptions and scenarios used. Highly unlikely and overly precautionary assumptions and scenarios should only be relied upon in agency decision-making where required by law or otherwise pertinent to the agency’s action.

(f) When scientific or technological information is used to inform agency evaluations and subsequent decision-making, employees shall apply a “weight of scientific evidence” approach.

(g) Employees’ communication of scientific information shall be consistent with the results of the relevant analysis and evaluation and, to the extent that uncertainty is present, the degree of uncertainty should be communicated. Communications involving a scientific model or information derived from a scientific model should include reference to any material assumptions that inform the model’s outputs.

(h) Once the guidance on Gold Standard Science is established and promulgated pursuant to section 3 of this order, it shall, among other things, form the basis for employees’ evaluation of all scientific and technological information called for in this order except where otherwise required by law.”

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Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base
5/23/2025

Within 30 days (Jun. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, shall utilize the authority provided to the President in section 708(c)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4558(c)(1)), which has been delegated to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National Defense Resources Preparedness), to seek voluntary agreements pursuant to section 708 of the DPA with domestic nuclear energy companies. The Secretary of Energy should prioritize agreements with those companies that have achieved objective milestones (e.g., Department of Energy-approved conceptual safety design reports, the ability to privately finance their fuel, or the demonstrated technology capability) for the cooperative procurement of LEU and HALEU, including as needed by the Federal Government for tritium production, naval propulsion, and nuclear weapons.”

Within 90 days (Aug. 21, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense as appropriate, shall update the Department of Energy’s excess uranium management policy to align with the policy objectives of this order and the Nuclear Fuel Security Act, factoring in the national security need to modernize the United States nuclear weapon stockpile. The Secretary of Energy shall prioritize contracting for the development of fuel fabrication facilities that demonstrate the technical and financial feasibility to supply fuel to qualified test reactors or pilot program reactors within 3 years from the date of such applications.”

Within 120 days (Sep. 20, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Director of OMB, shall develop a plan to expand domestic uranium conversion capacity and expand enrichment capabilities sufficient to meet projected civilian and defense reactor needs for low enriched uranium (LEU), high enriched uranium (HEU) and high assay, low enriched uranium (HALEU), subject to retention of such stockpiles as are necessary for tritium production, naval propulsion, and nuclear weapons. The plan shall be implemented based on the timeframes set forth in the plan.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall seek to increase participation in nuclear energy-related Registered Apprenticeships and Career and Technical Education programs by:

(i) using apprenticeship intermediary contracts and allocating existing discretionary funds, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to engage industry organizations and employers to perform a gap analysis of apprenticeship programs, and facilitate the development of Registered Apprenticeship programs, in nuclear energy-related occupations that are underrepresented;

(ii) encouraging States and grantees to use funding provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), as amended, to develop nuclear engineering and other nuclear energy-related skills and to support work-based learning opportunities, including issuing related guidance to State and local workforce development boards and others regarding use of such funds for such purposes; and

(iii) consistent with applicable law, establishing nuclear engineering and other nuclear energy-related skills training and work-based learning as a grant priority in Employment and Training Administration and Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education discretionary grant programs.”

• “[A]ll executive departments and agencies that provide educational grants shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider nuclear engineering and other nuclear energy-related careers as a priority area for investment.”

“[T]he Secretary of Energy shall take steps to increase access to research and development infrastructure, workforce, and expertise at Department of Energy National Laboratories for college and university students studying nuclear engineering and other nuclear energy-related fields, and Department of Defense personnel affiliated with nuclear energy programs.”

Within 180 days (Nov. 19, 2025):

• “[T[he Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, prioritize funding for qualified advanced nuclear technologies through grants, loans, investment capital, funding opportunities, and other Federal support. Priority shall be given to those companies demonstrating the largest degrees of design and technological maturity, financial backing, and potential for near-term deployment of their technologies.”

Within 240 days (Jan. 18, 2026):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), shall prepare and submit to the President, through the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a report that includes:

(i) a recommended national policy to support the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste and the development and deployment of advanced fuel cycle capabilities to establish a safe, secure, and sustainable long-term fuel cycle;

(ii) a review of relevant statutory authorities to identify any legislative changes necessary or desirable to achieve the national policy recommended under subsection (a)(i) of this section;

(iii) an evaluation of the reprocessing and recycling of spent nuclear fuel from the operation of Department of Defense and Department of Energy reactors and other spent nuclear fuel managed by the Department of Energy, along with a discussion of steps the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy are taking or must take to improve such reprocessing and recycling processes;

(iv) an analysis of legal, budgetary, and policy considerations relevant to efficiently transferring spent nuclear fuel from reactors to a government-owned, privately operated reprocessing and recycling facility;

(v) recommendations for the efficient use of the uranium, plutonium, and other products recovered through recycling and reprocessing;

(vi) recommendations for the efficient disposal of the wastes generated by recycling or reprocessing through a permanent disposal pathway;

(vii) a recommended process for evaluating, prior to disposal, nuclear waste materials for isotopes of value to national security, or medical, industrial, and scientific sectors;

(viii) a reevaluation of historic and current nuclear reprocessing, separation, and storage facilities slated for decommissioning and that are identified as having valuable materials, isotopes, equipment, licenses, operations, or experienced workers, and that may have potential fuel cycle or national security benefits if operations are continued or increased; and

(ix) a program to develop methods and technologies to transport, domestically and overseas, used and unused advanced nuclear fuels and advanced nuclear reactors containing such fuels in a safe, secure, and environmentally sound manner, including any legislation required to support this initiative.”

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Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy
5/23/2025

Within 60 days (Jul. 22, 2025)

• “[T]he Secretary [of Energy] shall issue guidance regarding what counts as a qualified test reactor for purposes of this order.”

Within 90 days (Aug. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary [of Energy] shall take appropriate action to revise the regulations, guidance, and procedures and practices of the Department, the National Laboratories, and any other entity under the Department’s jurisdiction to significantly expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under the Department’s jurisdiction. The Secretary shall ensure that the Department’s expedited procedures enable qualified test reactors to be safely operational at Department-owned or Department-controlled facilities within 2 years following the submission of a substantially complete application.”

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Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
5/13/2025

Summary: Directs reforms at the NRC, including its mission, personnel (including a reduction in force), regulations, and basic operations.

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Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Discussions with the People’s Republic of China
5/12/2025

Immediately:

• “The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative, as applicable, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, and the Chair of the United States International Trade Commission, are directed to take all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this order, consistent with applicable law, including through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register and adopting rules and regulations, and are authorized to take such actions, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement this order. Each executive department and agency shall take all appropriate measures within its authority to implement this order.”

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Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients
5/12/2025

Within 30 days (June 11, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other relevant executive department and agency (agency) officials, communicate most-favored-nation price targets to pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring prices for American patients in line with comparably developed nations.

(b) If, following the action described in subsection (a) of this section, significant progress towards most-favored-nation pricing for American patients is not delivered, to the extent consistent with law:

(i) the Secretary shall propose a rulemaking plan to impose most-favored-nation pricing;

(ii) the Secretary shall consider certification to the Congress that importation under section 804(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) will pose no additional risk to the public’s health and safety and result in a significant reduction in the cost of prescription drugs to the American consumer; and if the Secretary so certifies, then the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall take action under section 804(j)(2)(B) of the FDCA to describe circumstances under which waivers will be consistently granted to import prescription drugs on a case-by-case basis from developed nations with low-cost prescription drugs;

(iii) following the report issued under section 13 of Executive Order 14273 of April 15, 2025 (Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First), the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall, to the extent consistent with law, undertake enforcement action against any anti-competitive practices identified within such report, including through use of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as appropriate;

(iv) the Secretary of Commerce, and the heads of other relevant agencies as necessary, shall review and consider all necessary action regarding the export of pharmaceutical drugs or precursor material that may be fueling the global price discrimination;

(v) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall review and potentially modify or revoke approvals granted for drugs, for those drugs that maybe be unsafe, ineffective, or improperly marketed; and

(vi) the heads of agencies shall take all action available, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to address global freeloading and price discrimination against American patients.”

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Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards
5/9/25

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Energy to consider using all lawful authority to rescind various efficiency standards for products, including: toilets, dishwashers, and clothes washers. Also, directs the Secretary of Energy to publish in the Federal Register a notice clarifying the Waiver of Federal Preemption of State regulations covered by the application of “Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Waiver of Federal Preemption of State Regulations Concerning the Water Use or Water Efficiency of Showerheads, Faucets, Water Closets and Urinals,” 75 Fed. Reg. 80289 (December 22, 2010).

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Keeping Promises to Veterans and Establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence
5/9/2025

Within 120 days (September 6, 2025):

• “The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary)] shall… present an action plan to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to meet [the following] directives and restore the capacity to house up to 6,000 homeless veterans at the National Center for Warrior Independence by January 1, 2028.”

“(a) designate a National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA Campus in which homeless veterans in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and around the Nation can seek and receive the care, benefits, and services to which they are entitled;

(b) work with other municipalities and VA facilities to ensure that homeless veterans outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area who want to avail themselves of the National Center for Warrior Independence are provided the means to do so;

(c) in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the heads of any other relevant executive departments or agencies, ensure that funds that may have been spent on housing or other services for illegal aliens are redirected to construct, establish, and maintain this National Center for Warrior Independence;

(d) work to restore self-sufficiency and the warrior ethos among homeless veterans through any guidance, requirements, or services needed to ensure that homeless veterans can access housing, receive substance abuse or addiction treatment, and return to productive work and community engagement”

Within 60 days (July 8, 2025):

• “The Secretary shall take steps to… [submit] a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, with a plan to reduce wait times for Veterans Health Administration appointments that explores options like expanding office hours, offering weekend appointments, and increasing the use of virtual healthcare options;”

Within 30 days (June 8, 2025):

• “[direct] a feasibility study at the Manchester VA Medical Center and within 180 days of this order, submitting to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, an action plan to expand services to support a full-service medical center in New Hampshire so that it is no longer the only State in the contiguous United States without such a center; and

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Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp
5/9/25

Summary: Orders measures to prevent the migration and expansion of invasive carp in the Great Lakes Basin and the surrounding region.

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Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register
5/9/2025

Within 15 days (May 24, 2025):

• “The Archivist, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reflecting average publication times for different categories of documents [in the Federal Register].”

Within 45 days (June 23, 2025):

• “The Archivist, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, shall review the fee schedules for publication in the Federal Register and, working with the Director of the Government Publishing Office, take steps to ensure that fees are based on the actual costs of publication and account for increased efficiencies achieved as a result of this order. The Archivist, acting through the Office of the Federal Register, shall promptly file a report with the Director of OMB calculating the percentage difference in fees between any proposed new fee schedule and the prior one.

Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations
5/9/2025

Within 365 days (May 9, 2026):

• “The head of each agency, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a report containing:

(i) a list of all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable by the agency or the Department of Justice; and

(ii) for each criminal regulatory offense identified in subsection (a)(i) of this section, the range of potential criminal penalties for a violation and the applicable mens rea standard for the criminal regulatory offense.

(b) At the same time the head of each agency provides to the Director of OMB the report required by subsection (a) of this section, the agency head shall publicly post the report on its agency webpage.

(c) The head of each agency shall periodically, but not less than once a year, update the report described in subsection (a) of this section.

• Within 30 days of the submission of the report described in section 4(a) of this order, the head of each agency, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall submit a report to the Director of OMB summarizing the information submitted under section 4(a) of this order and assessing whether the applicable mens rea standards for criminal regulatory offenses enforced by the agency are appropriate. If consistent with the statutory authorities identified pursuant to the review described in subsection (a) of this section, the report should present a plan for changing the applicable mens rea standards and adopting a generally applicable background mens rea standard, and provide a justification for each criminal regulatory offense for which the agency proposes to deviate from its default mens rea standard.

Within 45 days (June 23, 2025):

• in consultation with the Attorney General, each agency should publish guidance in the Federal Register describing its plan to address criminally liable regulatory offenses. Each agency’s guidance should make clear that when the agency is deciding whether to refer alleged violations of criminal regulatory offenses to the Department of Justice, the agency should consider factors such as:

(a) the harm or risk of harm, pecuniary or otherwise, caused by the alleged offense;

(b) the potential gain to the putative defendant that could result from the offense;

(c) whether the putative defendant held specialized knowledge, expertise, or was licensed in an industry related to the rule or regulation at issue; and

(d) evidence, if any is available, of the putative defendant’s general awareness of the unlawfulness of his conduct as well as his knowledge or lack thereof of the regulation at issue.”

Establishing Project Homecoming
5/9/25

Summary: Establishes a policy for aliens to return to their country of origin.

Within 60 days (July 8, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Homeland Security shall supplement existing enforcement and removal operations by deputizing and contracting with State and local law enforcement officers, former Federal officers, officers and personnel within other Federal agencies, and other individuals to increase the enforcement and removal operations force of the Department of Homeland Security by no less than 20,000 officers in order to conduct an intensive campaign to remove illegal aliens who have failed to depart voluntarily.”

Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines
5/5/2025

Within 180 days (November 1, 2025)

• “[T]he Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA Commissioner), shall review existing regulations and guidance that pertain to the development of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing and shall take steps to eliminate any duplicative or unnecessary requirements in such regulations and guidance; maximize the timeliness and predictability of agency review; and streamline and accelerate the development of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing. The FDA Commissioner’s review shall encompass all regulations and guidance that apply to the inspection and approval of new and expanded manufacturing capacity, emerging technologies that enable the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials, and associated raw materials in the United States. The FDA Commissioner shall:

(a) evaluate the current risk-based approach to prior approval of licensure inspections, including when such inspections are necessary, and seek to improve upon this approach to ensure all required inspections are prompt, efficient, and limited to what is necessary to ensure compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and other Federal law;

(b)  identify and undertake measures necessary to expand, as practicable, existing programs that provide early technical advice before a facility is operational;

(c)  identify and undertake measures necessary to improve enforcement of data reporting under section 510(j)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(j)(3)), including consideration of publicly displaying the list of facilities, including foreign facilities, that are not in compliance;

(d)  provide clearer guidance regarding the requirements or recommendations for site changes, including moving production from a foreign to domestic facility, and validation of new or updated components necessary in manufacturing; and

(e)  review and, as appropriate, seek to update any other relevant compliance policies, guidance documents, and regulations.”

Within 90 days (August 3, 2025):

• “[T]he FDA Commissioner shall develop and advance improvements to the risk-based inspection regime that ensures routine reviews of overseas manufacturing facilities involved in the supply of United States medicines, which shall be funded by increased fees on foreign manufacturing facilities to the extent consistent with applicable law.  Additionally, the FDA Commissioner shall publicly disclose the annual number of inspections that the FDA conducts on such foreign facilities, with specific detail by country and by manufacturer.”

Within 180 days (November 1, 2025):

• “[T]he Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall take action to update regulations and guidance that apply to the inspection and approval of new and expanded manufacturing capacity of pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials, and associated raw materials in the United States to eliminate any duplicative or unnecessary requirements and maximize the timeliness and predictability of agency review.”

Within 180 days (November 1, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of the Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall review the nationwide permits issued under section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1344) and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) to determine whether an activity-specific nationwide permit is needed to facilitate the efficient permitting of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.”

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Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research
5/5/2025

Within 120 days (September 2, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of OSTP, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6627 and in coordination with the APNSA and the heads of relevant agencies, shall revise or replace the 2024 ‘United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential’ to:

(i) strengthen top-down independent oversight; increase accountability through enforcement, audits, and improved public transparency; and clearly define the scope of covered research while ensuring the United States remains the global leader in biotechnology, biological countermeasures, and health research:

(ii) incorporate enforcement mechanisms, including those described in section 7 of this order, into Federal funding agreements to ensure compliance with all Federal policies governing dangerous gain-of-function research; and

(iii) provide for review and revision at least every 4 years, or as appropriate.”

Within 90 days (August 3, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of OSTP, in coordination with the APNSA and the heads of relevant agencies, shall revise or replace the 2024 “Framework for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening” (Framework) to ensure it takes a commonsense approach and effectively encourages providers of synthetic nucleic acid sequences to implement comprehensive, scalable, and verifiable synthetic nucleic acid procurement screening mechanisms to minimize the risk of misuse.  The heads of all agencies that fund life-science research shall ensure that synthetic nucleic acid procurement is conducted through providers or manufacturers that adhere to the updated Framework.  To ensure compliance, the updated Framework shall incorporate the enforcement mechanisms described in section 7 of this order.  The Framework shall be reviewed and revised at least every 4 years, or as appropriate.”

Within 180 days (November 1, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of OSTP, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the APNSA, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall develop and implement a strategy to govern, limit, and track dangerous gain-of-function research across the United States that occurs without Federal funding and other life-science research that could cause significant societal consequences. This strategy shall include actions to achieve comprehensive, scalable, and verifiable nucleic acid synthesis screening in non-federally funded settings. Any gaps in authorities necessary to achieve the goals of this strategy shall be addressed in a legislative proposal to be sent to the President, through the Director of OSTP and the APNSA, within 180 days of the date of this order.”

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
5/1/2025

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Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission
5/1/2025

Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles
4/29/2025

Sec. 5. Implementation. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall take all necessary steps to update guidance, systems, and enforcement mechanisms, including to revise, suspend, or rescind any regulations that may be inconsistent with this order, to reflect the policy set forth in this order.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative, shall provide additional guidance as necessary to ensure consistent interpretation and application of the policy set forth in this order.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to determine whether changes to the HTSUS are necessary and to coordinate with the Chair of the United States International Trade Commission to implement all necessary changes to execute this order.

Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States
4/29/25

Summary: Adjusts various automobile and automotive part tariffs.

Within 30 days (May 29, 2025):
“(2)(a)…the Secretary [of Commerce] shall establish a process by which manufacturers seeking an import adjustment offset amount shall submit to the Secretary:

(i) documentation certifying the number of automobiles the manufacturer projects it will assemble in the United States, as well as a list of all plant locations where the projected automobiles will undergo final production;

(ii) documentation certifying the manufacturer’s projected cost of tariffs due to imported automobile parts subject to Proclamation 10908, broken down by tariff costs the manufacturer will incur directly and tariff costs the manufacturer will incur from its suppliers;

(iii) documentation detailing the total import adjustment offset amount requested within the schedule determined by the Secretary in accordance with this proclamation;

(iv) documentation identifying the importer(s) of record, including importer of record numbers, eligible to use that manufacturer’s import adjustment offset amount, as well as the amount of the manufacturer’s offset amount allotted to each importer of record; and

(v) a certification, signed by a senior officer of the manufacturer, attesting under penalty of perjury that the information submitted under subsections (i) through (iv) is true, complete, and accurate to the best of the manufacturer’s knowledge, and that the manufacturer has conducted reasonable due diligence to verify the accuracy of the assertions and facts contained in its submissions.

(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of CBP, shall issue such regulations, guidance, and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of this proclamation and Proclamation 10908, and may establish standards for determining United States content and for validating manufacturer certifications.

(4) The Secretary, in consultation with the United States International Trade Commission and CBP, shall determine whether modifications to the HTSUS are necessary to effectuate this proclamation and may make such modifications through notice in the Federal Registerif needed.

(5) CBP shall begin providing approved importers with an import adjustment offset amount as soon as practicable and may request information from importers of record as necessary to implement a particular manufacturer’s import adjustment offset amount.

(6) Should an importer claim and receive any import adjustment offset amount from CBP in excess of the amount approved by the Secretary, CBP may assess monetary penalties in the maximum amount permitted by law.

(7) The Secretary shall continue to monitor imports of automobiles and automobile parts. The Secretary also shall, from time to time, in consultation with any senior executive branch officials the Secretary deems appropriate, review the status of such imports with respect to national security. The Secretary shall inform the President of any circumstances that, in the Secretary’s opinion, might indicate the need for further action by the President under section 232. The Secretary shall also inform the President of any circumstance that, in the Secretary’s opinion, might indicate that the duty rate provided for in Proclamation 10908, or any proclamation issued pursuant thereto, is no longer necessary.”

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Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcements to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens
4/28/2025

“The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law. This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers.
…Sec. 3…(a) The Attorney General and other appropriate heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall take all appropriate action to maximize the use of Federal resources to:

(i) provide new best practices to State and local law enforcement to aggressively police communities against all crimes;

(ii) expand access and improve the quality of training available to State and local law enforcement;

(iii) increase pay and benefits for law enforcement officers;

(iv) strengthen and expand legal protections for law enforcement officers;

(v) seek enhanced sentences for crimes against law enforcement officers;

(vi) promote investment in the security and capacity of prisons; and

(vii) increase the investment in and collection, distribution, and uniformity of crime data across jurisdictions.”

Within 60 days (June 27, 2025):

• “(b)… the Attorney General shall review all ongoing Federal consent decrees, out-of-court agreements, and post-judgment orders to which a State or local law enforcement agency is a party and modify, rescind, or move to conclude such measures that unduly impede the performance of law enforcement functions.”

Within 90 days (July 27, 2025):

• “The Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.

(b)…the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
…Sec. 5…The Attorney General shall pursue all necessary legal remedies and enforcement measures to enforce the rights of Americans impacted by crime and shall prioritize prosecution of any applicable violations of Federal criminal law with respect to State and local jurisdictions whose officials:

(a) willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal law, including by directly and unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement; or

(b) unlawfully engage in discrimination or civil-rights violations under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives that restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens.

Sec. 6…The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall utilize the Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) formed in accordance with Executive Order 14159 of January 20, 2025 (Protecting the American People Against Invasion) to coordinate and advance the objectives of this order.

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Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens
4/28/2025

Within 30 days (May 28, 2025):

• “Sec. 2…(a)… the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall publish a list of States and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws (sanctuary jurisdictions). After this initial publication, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall update this list as necessary.

(b) Immediately following each publication under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify each sanctuary jurisdiction regarding its defiance of Federal immigration law enforcement and any potential violations of Federal criminal law.
Sec. 3…(a) With respect to sanctuary jurisdictions that are designated under section 2(a) of this order, the head of each executive department or agency (agency), in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as permitted by law, shall identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including grants and contracts, for suspension or termination, as appropriate.

(b) With respect to jurisdictions that remain sanctuary jurisdictions after State or local officials are provided notice of such status under section 2(b) of this order and yet remain in defiance of Federal law, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pursue all necessary legal remedies and enforcement measures to end these violations and bring such jurisdictions into compliance with the laws of the United States.

Sec. 4…The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall develop guidance, rules, or other appropriate mechanisms to ensure appropriate eligibility verification is conducted for individuals receiving Federal public benefits within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. 1611(c) from private entities in a sanctuary jurisdiction, whether such verification is conducted by the private entity or by a governmental entity on its behalf.

Sec. 5…The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and appropriate agency heads, shall identify and take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable, including State laws that provide in-State higher education tuition to aliens but not to out-of-State American citizens that may violate 8 U.S.C. 1623 or that favor aliens in criminal charges or sentencing.”

State of Illinois et al v. Federal Emergency Management Agency et al
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W.D. Wash.
Active (as of 5/19/25)

Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers
4/28/25

Within 60 days (June 27, 2025):

• “The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), shall . . . rescind the guidance document titled, “English Language Proficiency Testing and Enforcement Policy MC-ECE-2016-006,” issued on June 15, 2016, and issue new guidance to FMCSA and enforcement personnel outlining revised inspection procedures necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2).”

• “[T]he Secretary of Transportation shall identify and begin carrying out additional administrative, regulatory, or enforcement actions to improve the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.”

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After 180 days (Sep. 29, 2025):

• “[T]he Attorney General to report back to [the President] through the Counsel to the President . . . on the results of the investigation.”

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Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources
4/24/25

Within 60 days (June 23, 2025):
“(a) The Secretary of Commerce shall:

(i) acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, expedite the process for reviewing and issuing seabed mineral exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits in areas beyond national jurisdiction under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), consistent with applicable law. The expedited process, consistent with applicable law, should ensure efficiency, predictability, and competitiveness for American companies;

(ii) in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy, and in consultation with the heads of other relevant agencies, provide a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council that identifies:

(A) private sector interest and opportunities for seabed mineral resource exploration, mining, and environmental monitoring in the United States Outer Continental Shelf; in areas beyond national jurisdiction; and in areas within the national jurisdictions of certain other nations that express interest in partnering with United States companies on seabed mineral development; and

(B) private sector interest and opportunities for polymetallic nodule and other seabed mineral resource processing capacity in the United States or on United States-flagged vessels; and

(iii) in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the heads of other relevant agencies, and in cooperation with commercial and other non-governmental organizations, develop a plan to map priority areas of the seabed, such as those with abundant or accessible undersea resources, in order to accelerate data collection and characterization, prioritizing areas within the United States Outer Continental Shelf.

(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall:

(i) establish an expedited process for reviewing and approving permits for prospecting and granting leases for exploration, development, and production of seabed mineral resources within the United States Outer Continental Shelf under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), consistent with applicable law. The expedited process, consistent with applicable law, should ensure efficiency, predictability, and competitiveness for American companies; and

(ii) identify which critical minerals may be derived from seabed resources and coordinate with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy to indicate which critical minerals are essential for applications such as defense infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy.

(c) The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Energy, shall:

(i) engage with key partners and allies to offer support for seabed mineral resource exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring in areas within the national jurisdictions of those partners and allies, including by seeking scientific collaboration and commercial development opportunities for United States companies, and by developing a prioritized list of countries for engagement; and

(ii) provide a joint report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council on the feasibility of an international benefit-sharing mechanism for seabed mineral resource extraction and development that occurs in areas beyond the national jurisdiction of any country.

(d) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall:

(i) provide a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council that addresses the feasibility and any potential benefits or drawbacks of using the National Defense Stockpile for physical or virtual storage of materials derived from seabed polymetallic nodules and of entering offtake agreements for these materials;

(ii) in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, review and revise existing regulations, consistent with applicable law, to support domestic processing capabilities for seabed mineral resources, and explore the use of grant and loan authorities, the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), and other procurement and financing authorities for this purpose; and

(iii) ensure the Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors considers seabed mineral resource developments when recommending a strategy for ensuring a secure supply of materials designated as critical to national security to the Secretary of Defense under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.).

(e) The Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Director of the Trade and Development Agency, and the heads of other relevant agencies shall provide a joint report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council that identifies tools to support domestic and international seabed mineral resource exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring.”

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Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
4/24/25

• “This order is effective immediately, except that the requirements of sections 5(b) through 5(d) of this order and of Civil Service Rule 11.5 shall become effective 90 days from the date of this order.” (Jul. 23, 2025).

Within 15 days (May 9, 2025):

• “(i) The head of each executive department and agency (agency) shall identify each employee at their agency serving an initial probationary or trial period in the Federal service that ends 90 days or more from the date of this order.

• (ii) Each agency head shall designate in writing individuals at their agency who shall be responsible for evaluating the continued employment of employees serving an initial probationary or trial period in the Federal service. Agency heads should limit such designations to those individuals who can properly assess the needs and interests of the organization and alignment with the organizational goals of the agency or the Federal Government.”

Within 30 days (May 24, 2025):

• “The Director of OPM shall . . . prepare and publish a rule rescinding subpart H and making conforming amendments.”

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Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth
4/23/25

Within 90 days (Jul. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Task Force shall establish plans for a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge (Challenge), and the agencies represented on the Task Force shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, implement the plans by holding the Challenge no later than 12 months from the submission of the plan.”
• “[T]he Task Force shall identify existing Federal AI resources on which agencies may rely, such as the NSF- and Department of Agriculture-sponsored National AI Research Institutes, to support partnerships with State and local educational agencies to improve AI education.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Education shall issue guidance regarding the use of formula and discretionary grant funds to improve education outcomes using AI, including but not limited to AI-based high-quality instructional resources; high-impact tutoring; and college and career pathway exploration, advising, and navigation.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Education shall identify and implement ways to utilize existing research programs to assist State and local efforts to use AI for improved student achievement, attainment, and mobility.”

Within 120 days (Aug. 21, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Education shall take steps to prioritize the use of AI in discretionary grant programs for teacher training authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10), as amended, and Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329), as amended[.]”
• “[T]he Director of the NSF shall take steps to prioritize research on the use of AI in education. The Director of the NSF shall also utilize existing programs to create teacher training opportunities that help educators effectively integrate AI-based tools and modalities in classrooms.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Agriculture shall take steps to prioritize research, extension, and education on the use of AI in formal and non-formal education through 4-H and the Cooperative Extension System. The Secretary of Agriculture shall also utilize existing programs to create teacher and educator training opportunities that help effectively integrate AI-based tools and modalities into classrooms and curriculum.”
• “[T]he Secretary of Labor shall seek to increase participation in AI-related Registered Apprenticeships, including by:

(i) Prioritizing the development and growth of Registered Apprenticeships in AI-related occupations. The Secretary of Labor shall establish specific goals for growing Registered Apprenticeships in AI-related occupations across industries; and
(ii) Using apprenticeship intermediary contracts and allocating existing discretionary funds, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to engage industry organizations and employers and facilitate the development of Registered Apprenticeship programs in AI-related occupations. In doing so, the Secretary of Labor shall support the creation of industry-developed program standards to be registered on a nationwide basis, enabling individual employers to adopt the standards without requiring individual registry.”

• “[T]he Secretary of Labor shall encourage States and grantees to use funding provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Public Law 113-128), as amended, to develop AI skills and support work-based learning opportunities within occupations utilizing AI by:

(i) issuing guidance to State and local workforce development boards encouraging the use of WIOA youth formula funds to help youth develop AI skills;
(ii) clarifying that States can use Governor set-asides to integrate AI learning opportunities into youth programs across the State; and
(iii) consistent with applicable law, establishing AI skills training and work-based learning as a grant priority in all Employment and Training Administration youth-focused discretionary grant programs.”

• “[T]he Secretary of Labor, through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training, and in collaboration with the Director of the NSF, shall engage with relevant State and local workforce development boards, industry organizations, education and training providers, and employers to identify and promote high-quality AI skills education coursework and certifications across the country. Through such engagement, the Secretary of Labor shall:

(i) identify applicable funding opportunities to expand access to high-quality AI coursework and certifications;
(ii) set performance targets for youth participation through any grants awarded for this purpose; and
(iii) utilize industry and philanthropic partnerships to the extent practicable.”

• “[I]n consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Director of the NSF, the Secretary of Labor shall support the creation of opportunities for high school students to take AI courses and certification programs by giving priority consideration in awarding grants as appropriate and consistent with applicable law to providers that commit to use funds to develop or expand AI courses and certification programs. The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education shall encourage recipients to build partnerships with States and local school districts to encourage those entities to consider offering high school students dual enrollment opportunities to take courses to earn postsecondary credentials and industry-recognized AI credentials concurrent with high school education.”
• “[A]ll agencies that provide educational grants shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider AI as a priority area within existing Federal fellowship and scholarship for service programs.”

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Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
4/23/25

Within 30 days (May 23, 2025):

• “[T]he Attorney General, in coordination with the heads of all other agencies, shall report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy:

(i) all existing regulations, guidance, rules, or orders that impose disparate-impact liability or similar requirements, and detail agency steps for their amendment or repeal, as appropriate under applicable law; and
(ii) other laws or decisions, including at the State level, that impose disparate-impact liability and any appropriate measures to address any constitutional or other legal infirmities.”
Within 45 days (Jun. 7, 2025):

• “[T]he Attorney General and the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall assess all pending investigations, civil suits, or positions taken in ongoing matters under every Federal civil rights law within their respective jurisdictions, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that rely on a theory of disparate-impact liability, and shall take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.

• “[T]he Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, and the heads of other agencies responsible for enforcement of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Public Law 93-495), Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the Fair Housing Act (Public Law 90-284, as amended)), or laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices shall evaluate all pending proceedings that rely on theories of disparate-impact liability and take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.”

Within 90 days (Jul. 22, 2025):

• “[A]ll agencies shall evaluate existing consent judgments and permanent injunctions that rely on theories of disparate-impact liability and take appropriate action with respect to such matters consistent with the policy of this order.”

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Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies
4/23/25

Within 30 days (May 23, 2025):

• “The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall issue new guidance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) regarding school discipline and their obligations not to engage in racial discrimination under Title VI in all contexts, including school discipline.”

Within 60 days (Jun. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Education and the Attorney General shall initiate coordination with Governors and State Attorneys General regarding the prevention of racial discrimination in the application of school discipline.”

Within 90 days (Jul. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Defense shall issue a revised school discipline code that appropriately protects and enhances the education of the children of America’s military-service families.”

Within 120 days (Aug. 21, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Education shall, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, regarding the status of discriminatory-equity-ideology-based school discipline and behavior modification techniques in American public education.”

Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future
4/23/25

Within 90 days (Jul. 22, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall review all Federal workforce development programs and submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report setting forth strategies to help the American worker.”

Within 120 days (Aug. 21, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education shall submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a plan to reach and surpass 1 million new active apprentices.”

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White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
4/23/25

Within 14 days (May 7, 2025):

• “[T]he Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council.”

Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education
4/23/25

Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities
4/23/25

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Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
4/17/25

Within 30 days (May 17, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce shall identify the most heavily overregulated fisheries requiring action and take appropriate action to reduce the regulatory burden on them, in cooperation with the Regional Fishery Management Councils, interagency partners, and through public-private partnerships, as appropriate.”

Within 60 days (June 16, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with members of the Interagency Seafood Trade Task Force, shall assess seafood competitiveness issues and jointly develop a comprehensive seafood trade strategy.”

Within 180 days (Oct. 14, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall review all existing marine national monuments and provide recommendations to the President of any that should be opened to commercial fishing. In making these recommendations, the Secretary of Commerce will consider whether the opening of the monuments to commercial fishing would be consistent with the preservation of the historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest originally identified in the proclamations establishing the marine national monuments.”
• “The Secretary of Commerce shall request that each Regional Fishery Management Council . . . provide the Secretary of Commerce with updates to their recommendations submitted pursuant to Executive Order 13921, to reduce burdens on domestic fishing and to increase production.”

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Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific
4/17/25

Within 60 days (June 15, 2025):

• “[E]ach agency’s approval authority shall direct the agency’s contracting officers to conduct a review of all open agency solicitations, pre-solicitation notices, solicitation notices, award notices, and sole source notices for non-commercial products or services, such as highly specialized, Government-unique systems, custom-developed products or services, or research and development requirements where the agency has not identified a satisfactory commercial option.”

Within 120 days (Aug. 14, 2025) and annually thereafter:

• “[E]ach agency’s approval authority shall provide a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) detailing the agency’s compliance with FASA and its progress toward implementing the policies of this order.”

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Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products
4/15/25

Within 90 days (July 14, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce shall submit for internal review and comment a draft interim report to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the United States Trade Representative, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing.
  
  Comments to the Secretary of Commerce from the officials identified in subsection (c)(i) of this section shall be provided within 15 days of submission of the draft interim report described in subsection (c)(i) of this section.
  
  (iii) The Secretary of Commerce shall submit a final report and recommendations to the President within 180 days of the investigation’s commencement.”

Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First
4/15/25

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), CMS, and the FDA to lower U.S. drug prices. Directs the HHS Secretary to propose guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP), implement rulemaking for testing a payment model to improve the ability of Medicare to obtain better value for high-cost prescription drugs and biologics, including those not subject to the MDPNP, conduct a survey to determine hospital acquisition costs for covered outpatient drugs and to align Medicare payments with the cost of acquisition, conditions future grants available under section 330(e) of the Public Health Service Act upon health centers establishing practices to make insulin and injectable epinephrine available at or below the discounted price paid under the 340B Prescription Drug Program, and directs the FDA to “streamline and improve” the pathway for states to obtain approval to import drug products from Canada under section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Within 60 days (June 14, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), consistent with sections 1191 to 1198 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320f-1320f-7) and other applicable law, shall propose and seek comment on guidance for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for initial price applicability year 2028 and manufacturer effectuation of maximum fair price under such program in 2026, 2027, and 2028.”

Within 90 days (July 14, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary shall take action to ensure future grants available under section 330(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 254b(e), are conditioned upon health centers establishing practices to make insulin and injectable epinephrine available at or below the discounted price paid by the health center grantee or sub-grantee under the 340B Prescription Drug Program (plus a minimal administration fee) to individuals with low incomes, as determined by the Secretary, who:
  
  (a) have a high cost-sharing requirement for either insulin or injectable epinephrine;
  (b) have a high unmet deductible; or
  (c) have no healthcare insurance.”

• “[T]he Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in coordination with the Secretary, the OMB Director, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall provide recommendations to the President on how best to promote a more competitive, efficient, transparent, and resilient pharmaceutical value chain that delivers lower drug prices for Americans.”

• “[T]he Secretary, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall take steps to streamline and improve the Importation Program under section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make it easier for States to obtain approval without sacrificing safety or quality.”

Within 180 days (Oct. 12, 2025):

• “[T]he Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in coordination with the Secretary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director), and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall provide recommendations to the President on how best to stabilize and reduce Medicare Part D premiums.”
• “[T]he Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a plan to conduct a survey under section 1833(t)(14)(D)(ii) of the Social Security Act to determine the hospital acquisition cost for covered outpatient drugs at hospital outpatient departments.”
• “[T]he OMB Director, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, in coordination with the Secretary, shall jointly provide recommendations to the President on how best to ensure that manufacturers pay accurate Medicaid drug rebates consistent with section 1927 of the Social Security Act, promote innovation in Medicaid drug payment methodologies, link payments for drugs to the value obtained, and support States in managing drug spending.”

“the Secretary, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall issue a report providing administrative and legislative recommendations to:

(a) accelerate approval of generics, biosimilars, combination products, and second-in-class brand name medications; and
(b) improve the process through which prescription drugs can be reclassified as over-the-counter medications, including recommendations to optimally identify prescription drugs that can be safely provided to patients over the counter.”

“[T]he Secretary shall evaluate and, if appropriate and consistent with applicable law, propose regulations to ensure that payment within the Medicare program is not encouraging a shift in drug administration volume away from less costly physician office settings to more expensive hospital outpatient departments.”

• “[T]he Secretary of Labor shall propose regulations pursuant to section 408(b)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve employer health plan fiduciary transparency into the direct and indirect compensation received by pharmacy benefit managers.”
• “[T]he Secretary or his designee shall conduct joint public listening sessions with the appropriate personnel from the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Trade Commission and issue a report with recommendations to reduce anti-competitive behavior from pharmaceutical manufacturers.”

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Within 15 days (Apr. 30, 2025):

• “[E]ach agency exercising procurement authority pursuant to the FAR shall designate a senior acquisition or procurement official to work with the Administrator and the FAR Council to ensure agency alignment with FAR reform and to provide recommendations regarding any agency-specific supplemental regulations to the FAR. The Administrator, the FAR Council, and each agency designee under this subsection shall collaborate to identify and appropriately address FAR provisions that are inconsistent with the policy objectives described in section 2 of this order.”

Within 20 days (May 5, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator, shall issue a memorandum to agencies that provides guidance regarding implementation of this order. That memorandum shall ensure consistency and alignment of policy objectives and implementation regarding changes to the FAR and agencies’ supplemental regulations to the FAR.”

Within 180 days (Oct. 12, 2025):

• “[T]he Administrator, in coordination with the other members of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council), the heads of agencies, and appropriate senior acquisition and procurement officials from agencies, shall take appropriate actions to amend the FAR to ensure that it contains only provisions that are required by statute or that are otherwise necessary to support simplicity and usability, strengthen the efficacy of the procurement system, or protect economic or national security interests.”

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Within 60 days (June 14, 2025):

• “the Commissioner of Social Security shall review whether, and under what conditions, SSA should resume pursuing civil monetary penalties under section 1129 of the Social Security Act. If the Commissioner of Social Security determines that resumption is warranted, he shall either resume such program immediately or pursue regulatory or policy changes that would allow its resumption in a timely manner.”

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Within 15 days (Apr. 30, 2025):

• “the Chairman of CEQ shall establish and lead an interagency Permitting Innovation Center that will design and test prototype tools that could be implemented pursuant to the Permitting Technology Action Plan for NEPA reviews and other environmental permits and authorizations.”

Within 45 days (May 30, 2025):

• “the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), in consultation with the National Energy Dominance Council and relevant permitting agencies, shall issue a Permitting Technology Action Plan for modernizing the technology used for Federal permitting and environmental review processes for infrastructure projects.”
• “Within 90 days of the date of the issuance of CEQ’s Permitting Technology Action Plan, the officials listed in 42 U.S.C. 4370m–1(b)(2)(B)(i)-(xii) and others as determined by the Chairman of CEQ shall adopt and begin implementing the CEQ data and technology standard and minimum functional requirements referred in sections 2(b)(i) and 2(b)(ii) of this memorandum in new and existing agency environmental review and permitting systems to facilitate efficient environmental reviews.”

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Within 45 days (May 26, 2025):

• Secretary of Defense shall assess initial phase of implementation.

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Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment
4/9/25

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Within 30 days (May 24, 2025):

• “[A]gencies shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with Susman [Godfrey] or with entities that do business with Susman [Godfrey] effective as of the date of this order and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order.”

Susman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Management and Budget, et al.
D.D.C.
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Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base
4/9/25

Within 60 days (June 8, 2025):

• “Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President a plan to reform the Department of Defense’s acquisition processes. . .”

Within 90 days (July 8, 2025):

• “Secretary of Defense, acting through the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and Component Acquisition Executives, shall complete a comprehensive review of all major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs), as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code, to determine if any such programs are inconsistent with the policy objectives set forth in section 2 of this order.”
• “Secretary of Defense shall provide a listing of all MDAPs contracts, along with performance against original and approved Government cost estimates to the Director of OMB”

Within 120 days (Aug. 7, 2025):

• “Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, and Component Acquisition Executives, shall develop and submit to the President a plan for consideration to reform, right-size, and train the acquisition workforce. . .”

Within 180 days (Oct. 6, 2025):

• “The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall complete a comprehensive review of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System. . . with the goal of streamlining and accelerating acquisition.”

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Within 30 days (May 9, 2025):

• Secretary of Transportation shall “take action to hire the necessary facilities staff and reprogram budgetary resources needed to execute urgent deferred maintenance projects and any other mission critical repair works at the [United States Merchant Marine Academy (“USMMA”)]”
• Secretaries of Defense, Transportation, and Homeland Security shall review their regulations, and implementation thereof, “across all components pertaining to the domestic commercial maritime fleet and maritime port access to determine where each agency may be able to deregulate within the framework of Executive Order 14192 of January 31, 2025 (Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation), to reduce unnecessary costs and clear barriers to emerging technology and related efficiencies”

Separately, within 90 days of APNSA and OMB Director concurring to the Secretary of Transportation’s long-term master facilities plan (“LMFP”):

• Secretary of Transportation shall “in consultation with the Department of Government Efficiency, submit a 5-year capital improvement plan (CIP) consistent with the LMFP” to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (“APNSA”) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”).

Within 45 days (May 24, 2025):

• Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Homeland Security “shall conduct a review of shipbuilding for United States Government use and submit a report to the President with recommendations to increase the number of participants and competitors within United States shipbuilding, and to reduce cost overruns and production delays for surface, subsurface, and unmanned programs”

Within 90 days (July 8, 2025):

• The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Commerce, “shall engage treaty allies, partners, and other like-minded countries around the world with respect to their potential imposition of any actions taken pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of this order. The USTR shall deliver an engagement plan and progress report on these engagements to the President.”
• “Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall recommend to the APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion in the MAP all available incentives to help shipbuilders domiciled in allied nations partner to undertake capital investment in the United States to help strengthen the shipbuilding capacity of the United States.”
• “Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the [Secretaries of the Treasury, Transportation, and Homeland Security], shall deliver a plan to the President through the APNSA for inclusion in the MAP that identifies opportunities to incentivize and facilitate domestic and allied investment in United States maritime industries and waterfront communities through establishment of maritime prosperity zones.”
  
• “Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other agencies as appropriate, shall deliver a report to the OMB Director and APNSA for inclusion in the MAP that inventories Federal programs that could be used to sustain and grow the supply of and demand for the United States maritime industry.”
  
• Secretaries of State, Defense, Labor, Transportation, Education, and Homeland Security “shall deliver a report to the President through the APNSA for inclusion in the MAP with recommendations to address workforce challenges in the maritime sector through maritime educational institutions and workforce transitions.”
  
• Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Homeland Security, and the Director of the National Science Foundation “shall develop a proposal for improved acquisition strategies processes for United States Government vessels and submit such proposal to APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion in the MAP.”
  
• “Department of Government Efficiency shall begin a separate review of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security vessel procurement processes and deliver a proposal to the President, through the APNSA for inclusion in the MAP, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these processes.”
  
• “Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall develop a strategy that identifies the vision, goals, and objectives necessary to secure arctic waterways and enable American prosperity in the face of evolving arctic security challenges and associated risks, and deliver it to the APNSA for inclusion in the MAP.”
• “Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review and issue guidance on the funding, retention, support, and mobilization of a robust inactive reserve fleet. This review and guidance shall be delivered to the APNSA for inclusion in the MAP.”

Within 180 days (Oct. 6, 2025):

• “Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the [Secretaries of Commerce, the Transportation, and Homeland Security], shall provide to the APNSA and the OMB Director for inclusion in the MAP an assessment of options both for the use of available authorities and resources, such as Defense Production Act Title III authorities, and for the use of private capital to the maximum extent possible to invest in and expand the Maritime Industrial Base”
• “Secretary of Transportation shall in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, deliver a legislative proposal to the APNSA and OMB Director for inclusion in the MAP that:
• “(a) is designed to ensure that adequate cubed footage and gross tonnage of United States-flagged commercial vessels can be called upon in times of crisis, while limiting the likelihood of Government waste”;
• “(b) provides incentives that will grow the fleet of United States “built, crewed, and flagged vessels that serve as readily deployable assets for national security purposes” and increase the participation of US commercial vessels in international trade; and
• “(c) enhances existing subsidies to include coverage of certain construction or modification costs in a manner designed to enhance incentives for the commercial shipping industry to operate militarily useful ships that trade internationally under the flag of the United States.”

Within 210 days (Nov. 5, 2025):

• “Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the [Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce, Labor, and Transportation], Homeland Security, the [USTR], and the heads of executive departments and agencies the APNSA deems appropriate, shall submit a Maritime Action Plan (MAP) to the President, through the APNSA and the [OMB Director]”

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Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations
4/9/25

Within 30 days of the conclusion of review period directed in EO 14219 (May 20, 2025):

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Within 10 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

• The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall issue an RFI seeking “public input on the identification of regulations that fall within the categories specified in” Section 3(a) of this Executive Order. The RFI is to remain open for 40 days.

Within 70 days (June 18, 2025):

• Agency heads shall provide a list of regulations identified in Section 3(a) of this Executive Order and recommendations as to whether the identified regulations “warrant[] recission or modification in light of its anti-competitive effects” to the Chairman of the FTC and the Attorney General. Additionally, for “recommended modifications, agency heads shall briefly specify what modification is appropriate. For regulations that are anti-competitive by design, agency heads shall provide a justification for their anti-competitive effects if the agency head is not proposing rescission or modification.”

Within 90 days of the receipt of agency lists due by June 18, 2025:

• The Chairman of the FTC, “in consultation with the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the relevant agency heads, shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director) a consolidated list of regulations that warrant rescission or modification in light of their anti-competitive effects, along with recommended modifications.”

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Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy
4/9/25
EO 14270

Within 30 days (May 9, 2025):

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Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability
4/9/25
EO 14268

Within 60 days (June 8, 2025):

• “The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop a list of priority partners for conventional arms transfers and issue updated guidance to Chiefs of the United States Diplomatic Missions regarding this list.”
• The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall “develop a list of priority end-items for potential transfer to priority partners identified by the Secretary of State,” ensure that such transfer “would not cause significant harm to United States force readiness,” and ensure that such transfer would advance the goal of “strengthening allied burden-sharing. . . without sustained support from the United States.”

Within 90 days (July 8, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit a plan to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), to: improve the transparency of United States defense sales to foreign partners by developing metrics for accountability; secure exportability as a requirement in the early stages of the acquisition process; and consolidate technology security and foreign disclosure approvals.”

Within 120 days (Aug. 7, 2025):

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Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads
4/9/25
EO 14264

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Energy to publish in the Federal Register a notice rescinding Energy Conservation Program: Definition of Showerhead, 86 Fed. Reg. 71797 (Dec. 20, 2021), including the definition of “showerhead” codified at 10 C.F.R. 430.2.

Within 30 Days (May 9, 2025):

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Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People’s Republic of China
4/8/25

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Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
4/8/25

Within 30 days (May 8, 2025):

• “[T]he Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall identify any guidance, regulations, programs, and policies within their respective executive department or agency that seek to transition the Nation away from coal production and electricity generation.”

• “[T]he Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Development Finance Corporation, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the heads of all other agencies that have discretionary programs that provide, facilitate, or advocate for financing of energy projects shall review their charters, regulations, guidance, policies, international agreements, analytical models and internal bureaucratic processes to ensure that such materials do not discourage the agency from financing coal mining projects and electricity generation projects. Consistent with law, and subject to the applicable agency head’s discretion, where appropriate, any identified preferences against coal use shall immediately be eliminated except as explicitly provided for in statute.”

• “[E]ach agency shall identify to the Council on Environmental Quality any existing and potential categorical exclusions pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, increased reliance on and adoption of which by other agencies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4336c could further the production and export of coal.”

Within 60 days (June 7, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Energy shall submit a consolidated report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy that identifies coal resources and reserves on Federal lands, assesses impediments to mining such coal resources, and proposes policies to address such impediments and ultimately enable the mining of such coal resources by either private or public actors.”

• “[T]he heads of all relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall consider revising or rescinding Federal actions identified in subsection (a) of this section consistent with applicable law.”

• “[T]he Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy shall identify regions where coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable for supporting AI data centers; assess the market, legal, and technological potential for expanding coal-based infrastructure to power data centers to meet the electricity needs of AI and high-performance computing operations; and submit a consolidated summary report with their findings and proposals to the Chair of the NEDC, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto.”

Within 90 days (July 7, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy shall submit a detailed action plan to the President through the Chair of the NEDC outlining the funding mechanisms, programs, and policy actions taken to accelerate coal technology deployment.”

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Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy
4/8/25

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Protecting American Energy from State Overreach
4/8/25

Within 60 days (June 7, 2025):

• “[T]he Attorney General shall submit a report to the President, through the Counsel to the President, regarding actions taken under subsection (b) of this section. The Attorney General shall also recommend any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary to stop the enforcement of State laws identified in subsection (a) of this section that the Attorney General determines to be illegal or otherwise fulfill the purpose of this order.”

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W.D. Mi.
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United States v. State of Hawaii, et al.
D. Haw.
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United States et al. v. State of Vermont, et al.
D. Vt.
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United States et al. v. State of New York et al.
S.D.N.Y.
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Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid
4/8/25

Within 30 days (May 8, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Energy shall develop a uniform methodology for analyzing current and anticipated reserve margins for all regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and shall utilize this methodology to identify current and anticipated regions with reserve margins below acceptable thresholds as identified by the Secretary of Energy.”

Within 90 days (July 7, 2025):

• The above methodology shall be published on the Department of Energy’s website.

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Review of Proposed United States Steel Corporation Acquisition
4/7/25

Within 45 days (May 22, 2025):

• The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States “shall submit a recommendation to [the President] describing whether any measures proposed by the parties are sufficient to mitigate any national security risks identified by CFIUS.”

Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay
4/4/25

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Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports
4/2/25

Within 90 days (July 1, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit a report to the President regarding the impact of this order on American industries, consumers, and supply chains and making recommendations for further action as he deems necessary, including a recommendation on whether extending de minimis ineligibility to packages from Macau is necessary to prevent circumvention of this order.”

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Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits
4/2/25

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Reciprocal Tariffs Affect Most Products From Nearly All Trading Partners

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Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market
3/31/25

Within 180 days (Sept. 27, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, and Chairman of the FTC shall jointly submit a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Director of the Office and Management and Budget describing the actions they have taken to implement this order. The report shall also identify any recommendations for regulations or legislation necessary to protect consumers with respect to the live concert and entertainment industry.”

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Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator
3/31/25

Within 30 days (Apr. 30, 2025):

• “[T]he Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall establish within the Department of Commerce an office named the United States Investment Accelerator (Investment Accelerator).”

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Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful
3/28/25

Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
3/27/25

Within 30 days (Apr. 26, 2025):

• “[T]he head of each agency with employees covered by Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, shall submit a report to the President that identifies any agency subdivisions not covered by Executive Order 12171, as amended:

(a) that have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, applying the definition of “national security” set forth by the Federal Labor Relations Authority in Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations, and National Association of Government Employees Local R5-181, 4 FLRA 644 (1980); and

Am. Fed’n of Gov’t Emps., AFL-CIO v. Trump
N.D. Cal.
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Nat’l Treasury Emps. Union v. Trump
D.D.C.
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E.D. Ky.
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W.D. Tx.
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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
3/27/25

Addressing Risks from WilmerHale
3/27/25

Within 30 days (Apr. 26, 2025):

• “[A]gencies shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with WilmerHale or with entities that do business with WilmerHale effective as of the date of this order and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order.”

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D.D.C.

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Within 90 days (June 24, 2025):

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Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block
3/25/25

Within 30 days (Apr. 24, 2025):

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Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
3/25/25

Within 30 days (Apr. 24, 2025):

• “The Election Assistance Commission shall take appropriate action to require, in its national mail voter registration form issued under 52 U.S.C. 20508 (A) documentary proof of United States citizenship, consistent with 52 U.S.C. 20508(b)(3); and (B) a State or local official to record on the form the type of document that the applicant presented as documentary proof of United States citizenship, including the date of the document’s issuance, the date of the document’s expiration (if any), the office that issued the document, and any unique identification number associated with the document as required by the criteria in 52 U.S.C. 21083(a)(5)(A), while taking appropriate measures to ensure information security.”

Within 90 days (June 23, 2025):

• “The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with applicable law, provide to the Attorney General complete information on all foreign nationals who have indicated on any immigration form that they have registered or voted in a federal, state, or local election, and shall also take all appropriate action to submit to relevant state or local election officials such information.”

• “The heads of all agencies, and the Election Assistance Commission, shall cease all agency actions implementing Executive Order 14019 of March 7, 2021 (Promoting Access to Voting), which was revoked by Executive Order 14148 of on January 20, 2025 (Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions), and [. . .] submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, a report describing compliance with this order.”

Within 180 days (Sept. 21, 2025):

• “The Election Assistance Commission shall take appropriate action to review and, if appropriate, re-certify voting systems under the new standards established under subsection (b)(i) of this section, and to rescind all previous certifications of voting equipment based on prior standards.”

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D. Mass.
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State of Washington v. Trump
W.D. Wash.
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League of United Latin Am. Citizens v. Exec. Off. Of the President
D.D.C.
Active (as of 4/8/25)

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Protecting America’s Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
3/25/25

Summary: Orders the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to update guidance and enhance systems to ensure that all payments made by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of agencies pursuant to the Secretary of the Treasury’s disbursing authority are subject to pre-certification verification processes.

Within 30 days (Apr. 24, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury shall assess whether to maintain disbursing authority that it has delegated to agencies pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3321(b) and issue notices to revoke such delegations, as appropriate, in accordance with applicable law.

Within 90 days (June 23, 2025):

• Agency heads shall review and modify, as applicable, their relevant system of records notices under the Privacy Act of 1974 to include a “routine use” that allows for the disclosure of records to the Department of the Treasury for the purposes of identifying, preventing, or recouping fraud and improper payments, to the extent permissible by law.

“The heads of all agencies shall submit a compliance plan to the OMB Director [. . .] detailing their strategy for: (i) transitioning disbursing authority to the Department of the Treasury, as applicable and as contemplated by this order; (ii) updating and integrating systems with Department of the Treasury platforms; (iii) procedures to verify payment information as contemplated by this order; and (iv) transmitting information associated with improper payments to the Department of the Treasury in accordance with standards and reporting specifications established by the OMB Director in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury as contemplated by this order.”

Within 180 days (Sept. 21, 2025):

• The OMB Director shall issue guidance that directs agencies described in 31 U.S.C. 901(b) (CFO Act agencies) to consolidate their core financial systems.
• The OMB Director, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue guidance directing all non-CFO Act agencies to consolidate transactional financial management services under a single provider approved by the Department of the Treasury.
• The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an implementation report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy [. . .] detailing progress on the matters set forth in this order.

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Immediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
3/25/25

Summary: Orders all materials referenced in the Presidential Memorandum of January 19, 2021 (Declassification of Certain Materials Related to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation), are no longer classified.

Immediately.

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Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account
3/25/25

Summary: Mandates the transition to electronic payments for all federal disbursements and receipts. Orders the Secretary of the Treasury to support agencies’ transition to digital payment methods, including: direct deposits, debit and credit card payments, digital wallets and real-time payment systems, and other modern electronic payment methods.

Within 90 days (June 23, 2025):

• The heads of agencies shall submit a compliance plan to the Director of the Office of Management . . . detailing their strategy for eliminating paper-based transactions.

Within 180 days (Sept. 21, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an implementation report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy [. . .] detailing progress on the matters set forth in this order.

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Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil
3/24/25

Summary: Allows for a 25 percent tariff to be placed on all goods imported into the United States from any country that imports Venezuelan oil, whether directly or through third parties.

Within 180 days (Sept. 20, 2025) and every 180 days thereafter:

• The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall submit periodic reports to the President [. . .] assessing the effectiveness of the tariffs described in this order and the ongoing conduct of the Maduro regime.

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Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 2025
3/24/25

Summary: Proclaims March 25, 2025 to be Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.

N/A

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Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
3/22/25

Summary: Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize enforcement of their respective regulations [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11] governing attorney conduct and discipline. Directs the Attorney General to recommend to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, additional steps that may be taken, including reassessment of security clearances held by the attorney or termination of any federal contract for which the relevant attorney or law firm has been hired to perform services. Directs the Attorney General to review conduct by attorneys or their law firms in litigation against the Federal Government over the last eight years.

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Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

• “Agency Heads shall, to the maximum extent consistent with law, rescind or modify all agency guidance that serves as a barrier to the inter- or intra-agency sharing of unclassified information specified in subsection (a) of this section” and “review agency regulations governing unclassified data access, including system of records notices.”
• Agency heads shall “submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget cataloging those regulations and recommending whether any should be eliminated or modified to achieve the goals set forth in this order.”

Within 45 days (May 4, 2025):

• “Agency Heads shall conduct a review of classified information policies to determine whether they result in the classification of materials beyond what is necessary to protect critical national security interests and […] submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget cataloguing those classified information policies and recommending whether any should be eliminated or modified to achieve the goals set forth in this order.”

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Within 14 days (Apr. 3, 2025):

• The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shall issue a memorandum to agencies implementing the designation of Administrator of General Services as the executive agent for all Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology.

Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

• The Director of OMB shall designate the Administrator of General Services as the executive agent for all Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology.

Within 60 days (May 19, 2025):

• Agency heads shall, in consultation with the agency’s senior procurement officials, submit to the Administrator of General Services proposals, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 101, 40 U.S.C. 501, or other relevant authorities, to have the General Services Administration conduct domestic procurement with respect to common goods and services for the agency.

Within 90 days (June 18, 2025):

• The Administrator of General Services shall submit a comprehensive plan to the Director of OMB for the General Services Administration to procure common goods and services across the domestic components of the Government.

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Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production
3/20/25

Summary: Orders seeks to promote and accelerate U.S. mineral production. Requires agencies to identify and expedite priority projects. Additionally, the order encourages additional use of federal lands and seeks to provide loans, capital assistance, technical assistance, and working capital to domestic mineral production project sponsors.

Within 10 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

• The head of each executive department and agency involved in the permitting of mineral production in the United States shall provide to the Chair of the NEDC a list of all mineral production projects for which a plan of operations, a permit application, or other application for approval has been submitted to such agency. Within 10 days of the submission of such lists, the head of each such agency shall, in coordination with the Chair of the NEDC, identify priority projects that can be immediately approved or for which permits can be immediately issued, and take all necessary or appropriate actions within the agency’s authority to expedite and issue the relevant permits or approvals.
• The Secretary of the Interior shall identify and provide the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs with a list of all Federal lands known to hold mineral deposits and reserves.

Within 15 days (Apr. 4, 2025):

• The Chair of the NEDC, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies, shall submit to the Executive Director of the Permitting Council mineral production projects to be considered as transparency projects on the Permitting Dashboard. Within 15 days of receiving the submission, the Executive Director shall publish any projects selected and establish schedules for expedited review.

Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

• The Chair of the NEDC and the Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs shall jointly prepare and submit recommendations to the President for the Congress to clarify the treatment of waste rock, tailings, and mine waste disposal under the Mining Act of 1872.
• The Secretaries of Defense, the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy shall identify as many sites as possible on Federal land managed by their respective agencies that may be suitable for leasing or development pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2667, 42 U.S.C. 7256, or other applicable authorities, for the construction and operation of private commercial mineral production enterprises and provide such list to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Chair of the NEDC. 
• The Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the head of any other agency that provides or can provide loans, capital assistance, technical assistance, and working capital to domestic mineral production project sponsors to ensure that all private parties who enter into extended use leases and commercial agreements under Sec. 5(b) can utilize as many favorable terms and conditions as are available under public assistance programs for these purposes.
• The Secretary of Defense shall add mineral production as a priority industrial capability development area for the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program.
• The CEO of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the Secretary of Defense shall develop and propose a plan to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs for the DFC to use Department of Defense investment authorities (including the Defense Production Act) and the Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital to establish a dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments executed by the DFC.
  The President of the Export-Import Bank shall release recommended program guidance for the use of mineral and mineral production financing tools authorized under the Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative to secure United States offtake of global raw mineral feedstock for domestic minerals processing, as well as under the Make More in America Initiative to support domestic mineral production.
  The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall convene buyers of minerals and work toward an announced request for bids to supply the minerals.

Within 45 days (May 4, 2025):

• The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall prepare and submit through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy recommendations for legislation to enhance private-public capital activities to support financings to domestic small businesses engaged in mineral production.

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Somerville Pub. Schs. v. Trump
D. Mass
Active (as of 3/31/25)

Nat’l Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People v. US
D. Md.
Active (as of 3/31/25)

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Removing Discrimination and Discriminatory Equity Ideology from the Foreign Service
3/19/25

Summary: Orders the Secretary of State to revise the 2022-2025 Decision Criteria for Tenure and Promotion in the Foreign Service and to remove any reference to the Core Precept entitled “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility,” among other actions.

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Within 90 days (June 17, 2025):

• The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the heads of relevant executive departments and agencies, shall publish a National Resilience Strategy.

Within 180 days (Sept. 15, 2025):

• The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the heads of relevant agencies, shall review and recommend edits to all critical infrastructure policies.
• The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the heads of relevant agencies, shall review and recommend edits to all national continuity policies.

Within 240 days (Nov. 14, 2025):

• The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the heads of relevant agencies and informed by the reports and findings of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Council, shall review and recommend edits to all national preparedness and response policies.
• The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the heads of relevant agencies, shall coordinate the development of a National Risk Register that identifies, articulates, and quantifies natural and malign risks to our national infrastructure, related systems, and their users.

Within one year (Mar. 19, 2026):

• Secretary of Homeland Security shall propose changes to the policies outlining the National Essential Functions, Primary Mission Essential Functions, National Critical Functions, Emergency Support Functions, Recovery Support Functions, and Community Lifelines and any implementing documents to ensure that State and local governments and individuals have improved communications with Federal officials and a better understanding of the Federal role.

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Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren De Aragua
3/15/25

Summary: Proclaims all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of Tren de Aragua within the United States, and are not actually naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States are liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed as Alien Enemies.

Within 60 days (May 14, 2025):

• Attorney General to prepare and publish a letter under her signature declaring the policy described in section 1 as the policy of the United States, and to transport such letter to the Chief Justices of the United States, the chief judge of every circuit court of appeals, the chief judge of every district and territorial court of the United States, each Governor of a State and territory of the United States, and the highest-ranking judicial officer of each State and territory of the United States.

J.G.G. et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
TRO vacated by SCOTUS. The Supreme Court held that Plaintiffs cannot be deported under the Alien Enemies Act without an opportunity to challenge their removal in federal court. It also determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held. The Circuit Court found probable cause for contempt. Government appealed. (as of 4/16/25)

J.A.V. et al. v. Trump et al.
S.D. Texas
TRO granted (4/9/25)

G.F.F. v. Trump
S.D.N.Y.
TRO granted. (as of 4/21/25)

A.A.R.P. et al v. Trump et al.
N.D. Tex.
Supreme Court temporarily paused the deportation of a group of detainees “until further order of this court.” (as of 4/21/25)

Abrego Garcia v. Noem
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction granted. Defendant appealed to 4th Circuit. (as of 4/21/25)

Nat’l TPS Alliance v. Noem
N.D. Cal.
Preliminary injunction granted. Defendant appealed to 9th circuit. (as of 4/21/25)

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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
3/14/25

Summary: Seeks to eliminate the non-statutory components and functions of (i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (ii) the United States Agency for Global Media; (iii)  the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution; (iv)   the Institute of Museum and Library Services; (v) the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; (vi) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and (vii) the Minority Business Development Agency.

Within 7 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Within seven days of the date of this order, the head of each governmental entity listed in subsection (a) of this section shall submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming full compliance with this order and explaining which components or functions of the governmental entity, if any, are statutorily required and to what extent.

State of Rhode Island v. Trump
D.R.I.
Active (as of 4/8/25)

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Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss
3/14/25

Summary: Takes various actions related to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Within 30 days (Apr. 13, 2025):

• All agencies shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with Paul Weiss or with entities that do business with Paul Weiss effective as of the date of this order and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order.

Revoked EO 14237 (as of 3/21/25)

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Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
3/14/25

Summary: Rescinds an additional 18 Executive Orders as identified by the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

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Ensuring the Enforcement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 (c)
3/11/25

Summary: Requires the heads of executive departments and agencies, in consultation with the Attorney General, to ensure that agencies properly request district courts require plaintiffs to post security equal to the federal government’s potential costs and damages from a wrongly issued injunction.  The scope of this directive covers all lawsuits filed against the federal government seeking an injunction where agencies can show expected monetary damages or costs from the requested preliminary relief, unless extraordinary circumstances justify an exception.

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Nominations Sent to the Senate
3/11/25

Summary: Nominations sent to the Senate.

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U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day, 2025
3/9/25

Summary: March 9 is designated US Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.

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Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness
3/7/25

Summary: Orders the Secretary of Education to propose revisions to 34 C.F.R. § 685.219, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and narrows the scope of organizations that can access the program.

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Establishing the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026
3/7/25

Summary: Establishes a White House Task Force to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and to “support preparations through a coordinated Government effort.”

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Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile
3/6/25

Summary: Orders the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Bitcoin Reserve and a separate Digital Asset stockpile, both capitalized with digital assets forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or certain civil money penalties. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are also ordered to develop strategies for acquiring additional government BTC, so long as the acquisition is determined to be “budget neutral” and does not impose incremental costs to United States taxpayers.

Within 30 days (Apr. 5, 2025):

• Each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any government BTC held by it to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury.
• Each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any Stockpile Assets held by it to the United States Digital Asset Stockpile and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury.
• The head of each agency shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury and the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets with a full accounting of all Government Digital Assets in such agency’s possession, including any information regarding the custodial accounts in which such Government Digital Assets are currently held that would be necessary to facilitate a transfer of the Government Digital Assets to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve or the United States Digital Asset Stockpile.

Within 60 days (May 5, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver an evaluation of the legal and investment considerations for establishing and managing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile going forward, including the accounts in which the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile should be located and the need for any legislation to operationalize any aspect of this order or the proper management and administration of such accounts.

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Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border
3/6/25

Summary: Articles imported into the United States from Mexico in compliance with USMCA will not be subject to additional tariffs. Additionally, potash imports are tariffed at a 10 percent rate rather than 25 percent.

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Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP
3/6/25

Summary: Takes various actions related to Perkins Coie LLP. The order also requires the Chair of the EEOC, the Attorney General, in consultation with State Attorneys General, to review employment and business practices of large law firms.

Within 30 days of the date of this order, all agencies shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with Perkins Coie or with entities that do business with Perkins Coie effective as of the date of this order and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order.

Perkins Coie LLP v. US Dept. of Justice, et al.
D.D.C.
Motion for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction granted (as of 5/30/25)

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Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border
3/6/25

Summary: Articles imported into the United States from Canada in compliance with USMCA will not be subject to additional tariffs. Additionally, potash imports are tariffed at a 10 percent rate rather than 25 percent.

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Honoring Jocelyn Nungaray
3/5/25

Summary: Honoring Jocelyn Nungaray

Rename “Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge” as the “Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge” within 30 days.

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Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
3/3/25

Summary: Amends EO 14195, finding that the People’s Republic of China has not taken “adequate steps to alleviate the illicit drug crisis through cooperative enforcement actions,” and increases tariffs on Chinese goods from 10 percent to 20 percent.

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Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border
3/2/25

Summary: Amends EO 14194 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border), as amended by EO 14198 of February 3, 2025 (Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border) to allow de minimis shipments to the United States until the Secretary of Commerce can certify adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect applicable tariff revenue.

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Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs across Our Northern Border
3/2/25

Summary: Amends EO 14193 of February 1, 2025 (Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border) to allow de minimis shipments to the United States until the Secretary of Commerce can certify adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect applicable tariff revenue.

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Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber
3/1/25

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act in order to determine the effects of imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products.

No later than 270 days (Nov. 26, 2025):

• Secretary of Commerce to submit report to the President with findings as to whether timber and lumber imports threaten national security, recommendations to mitigate such threats, and policy recommendations.

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Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
3/1/25

Summary: Encourages timber production and harvesting, including on federal lands, and streamlines permitting.

Directives to Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture:

• Within 30 days (Mar. 31, 2025): issue guidance and submit legislative proposals for timber production.
• Within 60 days (Apr. 30, 2025): complete strategy on forest management projects to improve speed.
• Within 90 days (May 30, 2025): submit a plan that sets a target for annual amount of timber over the next four years to the President.
• Within 120 days (June 29, 2025): complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation.
• Within 180 days (Aug. 28, 2025): consider and/or adopt categorial exclusions by other agencies.
• Within 280 days (Dec. 6, 2025): consider and/or establish new categorial exclusions for timber thinning and salvage activities.

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Designating English as the Official Language of the United States
3/1/25
Revoked EO 13166

Summary: Designates English as the official language of the United States, but does not require any agency to amend, remove, or otherwise stop production of documents, products, or other services in other languages.

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Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative
2/26/25

Summary: Orders that each agency head, in coordination with a DOGE Team Lead, establish guidance and a system to track, review, and approve covered contracts and grants. Additionally, all agency heads are ordered to conduct a comprehensive review of each agency’s contracting policies, procedures, and personnel.

Within 7 days (Mar. 5, 2025):

• Each Agency Head shall confirm to the Administrator of General Services that the Agency Head has submitted updates to the Federal Real Property Profile Management System to ensure the system reflects a complete and accurate inventory of real property subject to the agency’s administration.

Within/for 30 days (Mar. 28, 2025):

• Each Agency Head, in consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead, shall review all federal contracts, grants, loans, and related instruments (except for direct assistance to individuals; expenditures related to immigration enforcement, law enforcement, the military, public safety, and the intelligence community; and other critical, acute, or emergency spending). Where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, each Agency Head shall terminate or modify (including through renegotiation) such covered contracts and grants to reduce overall federal spending or reallocate spending to promote efficiency and advance the administration's policies.
• Each Agency Head, in consultation with the agency's DOGE Team Lead, shall conduct a comprehensive review of each agency's contracting policies, procedures, and personnel. 
• All credit cards held by agency employees shall be treated as frozen, except for those held by employees engaged in or for charges related to disaster relief, natural disaster response benefits or operations, or other critical services.
• Each Agency Head shall promptly identify all termination rights the Agency Head may have under existing leases of government-owned real property and, in consultation with agency’s DOGE Team Lead and the Administrator of General Services, determine whether to exercise such rights.

Within 60 days (Apr. 27, 2025):

• The Administrator of General Services shall submit a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the disposition of government-owned real property which has been deemed by the agency as no longer needed.

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Appealed by Government. (as of 5/30/25)

Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
2/25/25

Summary: Directing implementation and enforcement of healthcare price transparency regulations issued pursuant to EO 13877.

Within 90 days (May 26, 2025):

• The Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services shall take action to (a) require the disclosure of the actual prices of items and services, (b) issue guidance or proposed regulatory action on ensuring that pricing information is standardized and easily comparable across hospitals and health plans, and (c) issue guidance or proposed regulatory action to update enforcement policies designed to ensure compliance with transparent reporting.

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Suspension of Security Clearances and Evaluation of Government Contracts
2/25/25

Summary: Directs Attorney General and heads of agencies to revoke active security clearances of certain Covington & Burling LLP attorneys and employees and to review all government contracts with Covington.

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Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper
2/25/25

Summary: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act in order to determine the effects of copper imports on national security.

Within 270 days (Nov. 22, 2025):

• The Secretary of Commerce is to submit a report to the President on whether the United States’ dependence on copper imports threaten national security; related recommendations to mitigate such threats; and recommendations for strengthening the United States’ copper supply chain.

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President Trump Takes Decisive Action to Deliver Relief to Kentucky
2/25/25

Summary: Grants major disaster declaration for Kentucky.

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America First Investment Policy
2/21/25

Summary: Makes changes to CFIUS and considers additional action related to federal outbound investment policy.

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Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas Extortion and Unfair Fines and Penalties
2/21/25
Memorandum (90 FR 10685)

Summary: Establishes a policy to impose tariffs on foreign products if a foreign government, through its tax or regulatory structure, imposes a fine, penalty, tax, or other burden that is discriminatory, disproportionate, or designed to transfer significant funds or intellectual property from American companies to the foreign government or the foreign government’s favored domestic entities.

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Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
2/19/25
EO 14217

Summary: Reducing the size of the federal government by eliminating non-statutory components and functions of the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, United States African Development Foundation, and the United States Institute of Peace.

Within 14 days (Mar. 5, 2025):

• The heads of the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, United States African Development Foundation, and the United States Institute of Peace are to submit a report to the Director of the Office of management and Budget (OMB director) confirming compliance with this order and stating whether the entity, its components, or functions are statutorily required.
• The heads of USAID, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are to terminate certain committees and councils.

Within 30 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs, Economic Policy, and Domestic Policy are to identify and submit additional unnecessary governmental entities and Federal Advisory Committees that should be terminated.

Brehm v. Marocco
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/11/25)

Aviel v. Gor
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted Appealed by Defendants. (as of 4/7/25)

US Inst. of Peace v. Jackson
Motion for summary judgment granted, injunction issued. Appealed by Government. (as of 5/30/25)

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Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative
2/19/25
EO 14219

Summary: Orders agencies to focus enforcement resources on regulations squarely authorized by constitutional federal statutes, and to commence a deregulatory agenda. Requires agency heads to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction for consistency with law and administration policy, de-prioritize actions to enforce regulations that go beyond the powers vested in the federal government, and follow processes set out in EO 12866 for submitting regulations for review by OIRA. Additionally, agency heads, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall, on a case-by-case basis and as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, direct the termination of all such enforcement proceedings that do not comply with the Constitution, laws, or administration policy. Agency heads shall consult with DOGE team leads and the Administrator of OIRA on potential new regulations as soon as practicable, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is to issue implementation guidance, as appropriate.

Within 60 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• Agency heads, in consultation with the Attorney General, are to identify regulations that unconstitutional and raise serious constitutional difficulties; based on unlawful delegations of legislative power; based on anything other than the “best reading of the underlying statutory authority or prohibition” implicate matters of social, political, or economic significance that are not authorized by clear statutory authority; impose significant costs upon private parties that are not outweighed by public benefits; harm the national interest by significantly and unjustifiably impeding technological innovation, infrastructure development, disaster response, inflation reduction, research and development, economic development, energy production, land use, and foreign policy objectives; and impose undue burdens on small business and impede private enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Agency heads shall provide a list of the regulations identified to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget.

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80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima
2/19/25
Proclamation 10898

Summary: Proclaiming February 19, 2025 as the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

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President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
2/19/25
Summary: Appoints staff members to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

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President Trump Announces Appointments to Council of Governors
2/19/25

Summary: Appointing Govs. Glenn Youngkin (VA), Josh Stein (NC), Ron DeSantis (FL), Brian Kemp (GA), Jeff Landry (LA), Wes Moore (MD), Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Kathy Hochul (NY), Josh Shapiro (PA), and Henry McMaster (SC) to the Council of Governors.

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Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders
2/19/25
EO 14218

Summary: Requires federal departments and agencies to identify all federally funded programs that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit. Seeks to prohibit federal payments to states and localities that “facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies.” Finally, the order seeks to enhance eligibility verification systems.

Within 30 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Administrator of DOGE and Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy are to “identify all sources of federal funding for illegal aliens” and recommend additional agency actions to align federal spending with the purposes of this order.

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Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies
2/18/25
EO 14215

Summary: Ensure Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch, including independent regulatory agencies. Independent agencies ordered to submit for review all proposed and final significant regulatory actions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Executive Office of the President before publication in the Federal Register.

Within 60 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

• Agency submissions by independent regulatory agencies shall commence within the earlier of 60 days from the date of this order, or completion of such implementation guidance.

Democratic Nat’l Committee et al. v. Donald Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

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Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization
2/18/25
EO 14216

Summary: Promotes access to IVF treatment with a goal of also reducing costs.

Within 90 days (May 19, 2025):

• The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall submit to the President a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.

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Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending
2/18/25

Summary: Directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate actions to make public the complete details of every terminated program, cancelled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of federal funds.

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President George Washington’s Birthday, 2025
2/17/25

Summary: Proclaiming February 17, 2025 as a reserved holiday commemorating George Washington’s birthday.

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President Donald J. Trump Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration
2/16/25

Summary: President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides beginning on February 14, 2025, and continuing. 

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Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
2/15/25
EO 14214

Summary: Establishes a policy that discretionary federal funds should not be used to directly or indirectly support or subsidize an educational service agency, state educational agency, local educational agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend any in-person education program.

Within 90 days (May 16, 2025):

• The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall provide to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, a plan to end coercive COVID-19 school mandates, consistent with applicable law, including any appropriate proposed legislation. The plan is to also include a list of discretionary federal grants and contracts provided to schools and agencies that are noncompliant with the EO guidelines and each executive department and agency’s process for preventing federal funds from being provided to these schools and agencies.

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Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council
2/14/25
EO 14213

Summary: Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council within the Executive Office of the President.

Within 100 days (May 25, 2025) and from time to time thereafter:

• The Council shall recommend a plan to the President to raise awareness of matters related to energy dominance; advise the President regarding actions that each agency can take to prioritize increasing energy production; provide the President with a review of markets most critical to providing reliable, abundant, and affordable energy; advise the President regarding incentives for private sector energy-production investments; advise the President on identifying and ending practices that raise the cost of energy; and consult with state, local, and tribal government officials and individuals from the private sector for feedback on expanding energy production.

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Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission
2/13/25
EO 14212

Summary: Implements a Make America Healthy Again Agenda, beginning with a focus on childhood health. The order directs the HHS Secretary and other executive agency heads to consider changes to life science and food policy, among other things.

Within 100 days (May 24, 2025):

• The Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.

Within 180 days (Aug. 12, 2025):

• The Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, a Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy based on findings from the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.

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One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations
2/12/25
EO 14211

Summary: All officers or employees charged with implementing the foreign policy of the United States must under Article II do so under the direction and authority of the President. Failure to faithfully implement the President’s policy is grounds for professional discipline, including separation.

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Nominations Sent to the Senate
2/12/25
Summary: Nominations sent to the Senate.

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Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States
2/11/25

Summary: President Trump is reinstating the full 25% tariff on aluminum imports and increasing tariffs on aluminum imports to 25%.

Within 10 days (Feb. 21, 2025):

• The United States International Trade Commission, in consultation with the Secretary, the Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within the Department of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall revise the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States so that it conforms to the amendments and effective dates directed in this proclamation.

Within 90 days (May 12, 2025):

• The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a process for including additional derivative aluminum articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, as amended, Proclamation 9980, as amended, and clause 5 of this proclamation, which are intended to address the threatened impairment to national security posed by aluminum imports. This process shall also provide for including additional derivative aluminum articles at the request of a producer or an industry association representing such producer(s) of an aluminum article or derivative aluminum article within the United States.

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President Trump Announces the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
2/11/25

Summary: Named members of President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB).

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Implementing the President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative
2/11/25
EO 14210

Summary: Requires OPM to develop a plan to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition (Plan). The Plan shall require that each agency hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart, consistent with the Plan and any applicable exemptions and details provided for in the Plan. The order also directs agency heads to plan for large-scale reductions in force.

No Timeframe:

• The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce.
• Each agency head shall develop a data-driven plan, in consultation with its DOGE team lead, to ensure new career appointment hires are in the highest-need areas.
• Each DOGE team lead shall provide the US DOGE Services Administrator with a monthly hiring report for the agency.

“Promptly”:

• Agency heads shall undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force and to separate temporary employees and reemployed annuitants working in areas that will likely be subject to the reductions in force.

Within 30 days (Mar. 13, 2025):

• The Director for the Office of Personnel Management shall initiate a rulemaking that proposes to revise 5 C.F.R. § 731.202(b) to include additional suitability criteria such as failure to comply with generally applicable legal obligations, including timely filing of tax returns; failure to comply with any provision that would preclude regular federal service, including citizenship requirements; refusal to certify compliance with any applicable nondisclosure obligations and failure to adhere to those compliance obligations in the course of federal employment; and the theft, misuse, or negligent loss of government resources and equipment.
• Agency heads shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report that (a) identifies any statutes that establish the agency, or subcomponents of the agency, as statutorily required entities, and (b) discusses whether the agency or its subcomponents should be eliminated or consolidated.

Within 240 days (Oct. 9, 2025):

• The US DOGE Services Administrator shall submit a report to the President regarding the implementation of this order, including a recommendation as to whether any provisions thereof should be extended, modified, or terminated.

Nat’l Treasury Employees Union et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted (as of 4/30/25)

Am. Fed. Of Gov. Empl., AFL-CIO et al. v. Trump et al.
N.D.Cal.
Active (as of 4/28/25)

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Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States
2/10/25

Summary: Raises the tariff rate on steel to 25% from 10%, resets the national exemptions and accommodations and terminates exclusions for US importers going forward such that a 25% tariff binds universally on imports of these metals beginning March 12, 2025.

Within 10 days of Mar. 12, 2025 (Mar. 22, 2025):

• The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant executive departments and agencies, shall revise the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States so that it conforms to the amendments and effective dates directed in this proclamation.

Within 90 days (May 11, 2025):

• The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a process for including additional derivative aluminum articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties proclaimed in Proclamation 9704, Proclamation 9980, as amended, and clause 4 of this proclamation, which are intended to address the threatened impairment to national security posed by aluminum imports. This process shall also provide for including additional derivative aluminum articles at the request of a producer or an industry association representing such producer(s) of an aluminum article or derivative aluminum article within the United States.

N/A

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International Trade & National Security

Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security
2/10/25
EO 14209

Summary: Pauses enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by creating a 180-day enforcement discretion period, during which the government will not initiate new FCPA investigation and review ongoing FCPA investigations.

For a period of 180 days (Aug. 9, 2025):

• The Attorney General shall review guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under the FCPA.
• The Attorney General shall cease initiation of any new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions, unless the Attorney General determines that an individual exception should be made.
• The Attorney General shall review all existing FCPA investigations or enforcement actions and take actions.
• The Attorney General shall issue updated guidelines or policies.

For an additional 180 days (Feb. 5, 2026):

• The Attorney General may extend the review period.

N/A

Our Insight
Cartels, TCOs, ‘Instrumentalities of a Government’: Reassessing FCPA Risk Amid Shifting US Enforcement Priorities

President Trump Issues Executive Order Temporarily Pausing FCPA Enforcement

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Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute
2/10/25
EO 14207

Summary: The Federal Executive Institute to be eliminated.

N/A

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws
2/10/25
EO 14208

Summary: Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in coordination with relevant agencies, shall issue a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws.

Within 45 days (Mar. 27, 2025): The

• Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in coordination with relevant agencies, shall issue a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws.

N/A

Our Services
Environmental Counseling & Litigation

Gulf of America Day, 2025
2/9/25

Summary: Declares February 9, 2025 “Gulf of America Day.”

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N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa
2/7/25

Summary: Restricts aid or assistance to South Africa and allows for the resettlement of Afrikaners to the United States.

N/A

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Protecting Second Amendment Rights
2/7/25
EO 14206

Summary: Requiring the Attorney General to assess any ongoing infringements of Second Amendment rights and develop and implement a plan of action to protect those rights.

Within 30 days (Mar. 9, 2025):

• Attorney General shall examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens. The Attorney General shall also present a proposed plan of action regarding the protection of Second Amendment rights to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor.

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Establishment of the White House Faith Office
2/7/25
EO 14205

Summary: Establishes the White House Faith Office as part of the Domestic Policy Council.

Within 90 days (May 8, 2025):

• Agencies that lack a Center of Faith are to designate or appoint a Faith Liaison to assist the Faith Office carry out the functions listed in the EO and report on efforts to agency leadership and the Faith Office.

N/A

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Faith Office
2/7/25

Summary: The announced appointments of Pastor Paula White-Cain, Jennifer S. Korn, and Jackson Lane.

N/A

N/A

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Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
2/6/25
EO 14203

Summary: Imposes sanctions on individuals listed in a separate annex based on their activities related to the International Criminal Court.

Within 60 days (Apr. 7, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is to report on additional persons that should be included within the scope of section 1 of this order, which lists the categories of people on whom sanctions shall be imposed.

Smith et al. v. Trump et al.
D. Maine
Active (as of 4/16/25)

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias
2/6/25
EO 14202

Summary: Establishes a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.

Within 120 days (June 6, 2025):

• The Task Force shall submit a report regarding its initial work to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.
  
  Within one year (Feb. 6, 2026):
• The Task Force shall submit a report that summarizes its work to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.
  
  Two years (Feb. 6, 2027):
• The Task Force shall terminate unless extended by the President.

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
2/6/25
Renamed “Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending”

Summary: Directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGOs.

N/A

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Our Services
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Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports
2/5/25
EO 14201

Summary: Rescinds funds from educational programs that permit transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

Within 60 days (Apr. 6, 2025):

• The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall convene representatives of major athletic organizations and governing bodies of female athletes and convene state Attorneys General to identify best practices in defining and enforcing equal opportunities for women to participate in sports.

Promptly:

• The Secretary of Education is to comply with the vacatur of the rule entitled “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance” and take appropriate actions regarding policy and enforcement.

No time frame specified for actions required of Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, and the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

Tirell et al. v. Edelblut et al.
D.N.H.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

State of Maine v. US Dep’t of Agric.
D. Me.
Active (as of 4/7/25)

State of Minnesota v. Trump et al.
D. Minn.
Active (as of 4/23/25)

Our Services
Culture & DEI: Strategy, Litigation & Investigations

Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
2/5/25
EO 14200

Summary: Delays implementation of removal of the duty-free de minimis treatment for products imported from China.

Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible products of China, but shall cease to be available upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect applicable tariff revenue for covered products otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.

N/A

Our Services
International Trade & National Security

Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations
2/4/25
EO 14199

Summary: Withdraws, or reviews the United States’ participation in, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), UNESCO, and UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Within 90 days (May 5, 2025):

• The Secretary of State, in coordination with the United States Representative to the United Nations, shall conduct and complete a review of the United States’ membership in UNESCO. This review shall include an evaluation of how and if UNESCO supports US interests and an analysis of any anti-semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within UNESCO.

Within 180 days (Aug. 3, 2025):

• The Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Representative to the United Nations, shall conduct a review of all international intergovernmental organizations of which the United States is a member and provides any type of funding or support, and all conventions and treaties to which the United States is a party. The review is to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States, and whether they can be reformed. The Secretary of State shall report findings to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and provide recommendations on whether the United States should withdraw from these organizations, conventions, and treaties.

N/A

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National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-2
2/4/25

Summary: Imposing Maximum Pressure strategy on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Immediately:

• The Secretary of the Treasury shall impose sanctions or appropriate enforcement remedies on all persons for which it has evidence of activity in violation of one or more Iran-related sanctions.
• The Secretary of State shall take steps, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and other agencies, to ensure that the Iraqi financial system is not utilized by Iran for sanctions evasion or circumvention, and that Gulf countries are not used as sanctions evasion transshipment points.

Note: The EO has not set a timeline for all other required actions.

N/A

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Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border
2/3/25

Summary: Delayed implementation of EO 14193.

Until Mar. 4, 2025, 12:01 AM EST:

• Pause of the additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty and 10 percent ad valorem rates of duty as to energy products.
• Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs and Homeland Security, shall assess the situation at the northern border.

N/A

Our Services
International Trade & National Security

A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund
2/3/25
EO 14196

Summary: Orders the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce, in close coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, to develop a plan for the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund.

Within 90 days (May 4, 2025):

• The Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, are to develop a plan for the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund consistent with the EO and submit the plan to the President.

N/A

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border
2/3/25
EO 14198

Summary: Delayed implementation of EO 14194.

Until Mar. 4, 2025, 12:01 AM EST:

• Pause of the additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty.
• Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs and Homeland Security, shall assess the situation at the southern border.

N/A

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International Trade & National Security

Career and Technical Education Month, 2025
2/3/25

Summary: Proclaims February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month.

N/A

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

American Heart Month, 2025
2/3/25

Summary: Proclaims February 2025 as American Heart Month. February 7, 2025 is National Wear Red Day.

N/A

N/A

Our Services
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Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border
2/1/25
EO 14193

Summary: Imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on products from Canada. A 10 percent duty will be placed on energy products.

On or after February 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM ET:

• All products of Canada are to be subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem tariff, unless the good was entered for consumption and loaded on a vessel at the port of loading or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM ET. All Canadian products admitted to the United States on or after February 4, 2025, except for those eligible for admission under “domestic status,” must be admitted as “privileged foreign status.”

N/A

Our Services
International Trade & National Security

Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
2/1/25
EO 14195

Summary: Imposes an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty on products from China.

On or after February 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM ET:

• All products of China are to be subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem tariff, unless the good was entered for consumption and loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading or in transit on the final mode of transport prior to February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM ET. All products admitted to the United States on or after February 4, 2025, except for those eligible for admission under “domestic status,” must be admitted as “privileged foreign status.”

N/A

Our Services
International Trade & National Security

Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border
2/1/25
EO 14194

Summary: Imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on products from Mexico.

N/A

N/A

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International Trade & National Security

Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President
1/31/25

Summary: Create standards for CBA durations. “It is the policy of the executive branch that CBAs executed in the 30 days prior to the inauguration of a new President, and that purport to remain in effect despite the inauguration of a new President and administration, shall not be approved.”

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Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
1/31/25
EO 14192

Summary: Rescinds the Biden administration’s update to the document known as OMB Circular A-4, which provides guidance to all executive branch agencies about how to assess the desirability of proposed regulations, particularly with respect to how costs and benefits are measured. Promoting prudent financial management and alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens. Institutes a “regulatory cap,” requiring an agency to identify 10 existing regulations for each new proposed regulation.

N/A

N/A

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Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety
1/30/25

Summary: Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (Administrator) to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the Biden Administration. 

Immediately.

N/A

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Transportation

Aviation

Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism
1/29/25
EO 14188

Summary: Plans for ways to combat anti-semitism in higher education, including through civil and criminal authorities.

Within 60 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

• The head of each executive department or agency shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, identifying all civil and criminal authorities or actions within the jurisdiction of that agency, beyond those already implemented under Executive Order 13899, that might be used to curb or combat anti-semitism. The report shall also contain an inventory and analysis of all pending administrative complaints, against or involving institutions of higher education alleging civil-rights violations related to or arising from post–October 7, 2023, campus anti-semitism.

Taal v. Trump
N.D.N.Y.
Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice (as of 4/4/25)

Am. Ass’n of Univ. Professors v. Rubio
D. Mass.
Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
(as of 4/30/25)

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

President Donald J. Trump Signed S.5 Into Law
1/29/25
Summary: President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law.

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N/A

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Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity
1/29/25

Summary: Expanding the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space.

N/A

Perez Parra et al. v. Castro et al., 1:24-cv-00912-KG-KRS, D.N.M.
Dismissed (as of 2/14/25)

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center et al. v. Noem et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Escalona v. Noem
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday
1/29/25
EO 14189

Summary: Establishing a White House task force for Celebrating America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2025.

By Mar. 1, 2025:

• Agencies are to provide a report regarding their planning and activities to celebrate the anniversary to the Exec. Dir. of the Task Force.

By Dec. 31, 2026:

• The task force is to be terminated, unless extended by the President.

N/A

Our Services
Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
1/29/25
EO 14190

Summary: Administration will enforce the law to ensure that recipients of federal funds providing K-12 education comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in various contexts and protecting parental rights, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; Title IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g; and the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h.

Within 90 days (Apr. 29, 2025):

• The Secretaries of Education, Defense, and Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall provide an Ending Indoctrination Strategy to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.

Within 120 days (May 29, 2025):

• The Secretary of Education shall establish the 1776 Commission in the Department of Education to promote patriotic education.

N/A

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Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
1/29/25
EO 14191

Summary: Secretary of Education should issue guidance on how States can use federal funds to support K-12 educational choice initiatives.  

Within 60 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

• Secretary of Education shall issue guidance regarding how States can use Federal formula funds to support K-12 educational choice initiatives.

Within 90 days (Apr. 29, 2025):

• The Secretaries of Labor and Education shall review their discretionary grant programs and each submit a plan to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, that identifies, evaluates, and makes recommendations regarding using relevant discretionary grant programs to expand education freedom for families and teachers.
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance regarding whether and how States receiving block grants for families and children can use them to expand educational choice and support families who choose educational alternatives to governmental entities.
• The Secretary of Defense shall review available mechanisms under which military-connected families may use DOD funds to attend schools of their choice and submit a plan to the President describing such mechanisms and steps required to implement them beginning in the 2025-26 school year.
• The Secretary of the Interior shall review available mechanisms under which  families of students eligible to attend Bureau of Indian education schools may use federal funding for education options of their choice and submit a plan describing such mechanisms and steps required to implement them beginning in the 2025-26 school year.

N/A

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Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation
1/28/25
EO 14187

Summary: Establishes the policy that the United States “will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit” medical procedures. Requires agencies to rescind all policies based on World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) guidance. The word “child” to mean individuals under the age of 19 years, “pediatric” to mean relating to the medical care of a child, and “chemical and surgical mutilation” to mean the use of puberty blockers – especially those used to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty. Agencies shall rescind policies that rely on the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Within 60 days (Mar. 29, 2025):

• The heads of agencies with responsibilities under this order shall submit a single, combined report to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, detailing progress in implementing this order and a timeline for future action.

Within 90 days (Apr. 28, 2025):

• The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish a review of the existing literature on “best practices for promoting the health of children who assert gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion.”

PFLAG Inc. v Donald J. Trump
D. Md.
Nationwide preliminary injunction granted.
Appealed by Government. (as of 3/27/25)

State of Washington et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
W.D. Wash.
Nationwide preliminary injunction upheld by 9th Circuit (as of 3/13/25)

State of Minnesota v. Trump et al.
D. Minn.
Active (as of 4/23/25)

Our Insight
US Administration’s Executive Orders and Actions’ Impact on Group Health Plans

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Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military’s Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate
1/28/25
EO 14184

Summary: Reinstating military members who were discharged solely for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. They will be reinstated with a revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation.

Within 60 days (Mar. 28, 2025):

• The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to the President (through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs) on their progress in implementing this order.

N/A

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Restoring America’s Fighting Force
1/27/25
EO 14185

Summary: Asserts the U.S. Armed Forces should operate free from any preference based on race or sex. Closes DOD’s diversity, equity and inclusion offices.

Within 30 days (Feb. 27, 2025):

• The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security shall issue detailed guidance for the implementation of this order to their respective departments.

Within 90 days (Apr. 27, 2025):

• The Secretary shall deliver a report on an internal review that documents actions taken in pursuit of DEI initiatives.

Within 180 days (July 26, 2025):

• The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security shall submit a report through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy documenting their progress in implementing this EO and any recommendations for action.

N/A

Our Services
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Prioritizing Military Excellence And Readiness
1/27/25
EO 14183

Summary: Revokes EO 14004, which allowed transgender people to serve in the military.

Promptly:

• The Secretary of Defense shall issue directives for DoD to “end invented and identification-based pronoun usage.”

Within 30 days of the EO (Feb. 26, 2025):

• The Secretary of Defense shall identify all additional steps and issue guidance necessary to fully implement this order, and submit a report that summarizes these steps to the President.

Within 60 days of the EO (Mar. 28, 2025):

• The Secretary of Defense shall update DOD regulations to reflect the purpose and policy of this EO.

Within 30 days of the Secretary of Defense’s updates:

• The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue updates, directives, and guidance that are consistent with the Secretary of Defense’s.

Talbott et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted.
Government appealed.
(as of 3/31/25)

Shilling et al. v. Trump et al.
W.D. Wash.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appeal denied by 9th Circuit. (as of 4/22/25)

Ireland v. Hegseth
D.N.J.
Active (as of 3/18/25)

State of Minnesota v. Trump et al.
D. Minn.
Active (as of 4/23/25)

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The Iron Dome for America
1/27/25
EO 14186

Summary: Create and implement a strategic plan to counter missile and rocket threats.

Within 60 days (Mar. 28, 2025):

• The Secretary of Defense shall submit a reference architecture, capabilities-based requirements, and an implementation plan for a missile defense shield.

N/A

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National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 2025
1/27/25

Summary: Made January 27th, 2025 a National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.

N/A

N/A

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the United States for International Development
1/24/25

Summary: Order revoking the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad), and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (The Mexico City Policy).

The order directs the Secretary of State to implement a plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies and to take all necessary actions to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

N/A

N/A

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Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
1/24/25
EO 14182
Revoke of the following EOs: 14076, 14079

Summary: Revokes EO 14076 and EO 14079 and directs OMB to promulgate guidance for executive departments and agencies.

N/A

N/A

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US Administration’s Executive Orders and Actions’ Impact on Group Health Plans

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Emergency Measures to Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
1/24/25

Summary: Takes actions related to water availability in Southern California.

“Immediately”/ “Promptly”:

• The Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce are to take actions to override existing activities that unduly burden efforts to maximize water deliveries.
• The Secretary of the Interior shall review, revise, or rescind any regulations or procedures specific to implementation of 16 U.S. Code § 1536 as needed and consistent with applicable law, to confirm with the plain meaning of the statute.
• The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement a plan to enable the timely and appropriate use of federal preparedness grants for Los Angeles.
• The Secretaries of Transportation, Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall take all necessary and appropriate measures to expedite roadway clearance/rebuilding and the repair/rebuilding of roads and bridges on private property in areas of North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.
• The Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Homeland Security shall provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan to the Director of the Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs that expedites options for housing relief for those displaced by Hurricane Helene.

“Expeditiously”:

• The Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Homeland Security shall provide an Integrated Federal Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan that expedites options for housing relief to survivors displaced by wildfires in California to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

Within 5 days (Jan. 29, 2025):

• The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security and the Administrator of the EPA shall develop and execute a plan to expedite the bulk removal of contaminated and general debris.

Within 15 days (Feb. 8, 2025):

• The Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the President on all authorities, including emergency authorities, available to ensure, require, maintain, or use infrastructure necessary to fight and prevent massive wildfires in Southern California.

Within 30 days (Feb. 23, 2025):

• The Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce shall each designate a federal official to coordinate each agency’s respective  compliance responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and Endangered Species Act of 1973. Within 30 days, each designated official shall identify any regulatory hurdles that unduly burden each respective water project, identify any recent changes in state or federal law that may impact these projects, and develop a proposed plan to appropriately suspend, revise, or rescind any regulations or procedures that unduly burden such projects and are unnecessary to protect the public interest or comply with the law.
• The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, regarding California State and local policies or practices inconsistent with sound disaster prevention and response.

N/A

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Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency
1/24/25
EO 14180

Summary: Established the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council.

First meeting to occur within 90 days (Apr. 24, 2025)

Council’s report due within 180 days of first public meeting.

N/A

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The First 100 Hours: Historic Action to Kick Off America’s Golden Age
1/24/25
Summary: Summarizes the actions President Trump has taken within the first 100 hours of his second administration.

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Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
1/23/25
EO 14179
Revokes EO 14110

Summary: This EO establishes the commitment of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s dominance in AI to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security following the rescission of EO 14110 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• The OMB Director, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST), shall revise OMB Memoranda M-24-10 and M-24-18 as necessary to make them consistent with the policy set forth in section 2 of this order.”

Section 2: “It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.”

Within 180 days (July 19, 2025):

• The APST, the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Director), and the heads of such executive departments and agencies (agencies) as the APST and APNSA deem relevant, shall develop and submit to the President an action plan to achieve the policy set forth in section 2 of this order.”

N/A

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President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
1/23/25
EO 14177
Revokes EOS 14007, 14109

Summary: Establishes an advisory council on science and technology.

The Council shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order (Jan. 23, 2027) unless extended by the President.

N/A

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1/23/25
EO 14176

Summary: Orders the declassification of government reports related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General must submit a declassification plan:

• For JFK records within 15 days (Feb. 7, 2025); and
• For RFK and MLK records within 45 days (Mar. 9, 2025)

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Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
1/23/25
EO 14178
Revokes the following EOs: 14067 and Dept. of the Treasury Framework of July 7, 2022

Summary: Support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies across all sectors of the economy.

Immediate revocation of “Framework for International Engagement on Digital Assets” and any ongoing plans/initiatives related to creation of a Central Bank of Digital Currencies in the United States.

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Departments of Treasury and Justice, the SEC, and other relevant agencies shall identify all regulations, guidance documents, orders, and other items that affect the digital asset sector.

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Each agency shall submit recommendations as to whether these items should be rescinded, modified, or adopted in regulations.

Within 180 days (July 19, 2025):

• The Working Group shall submit a report to the President, which shall recommend proposals that advance the order’s policies.

N/A

Our Insight
Executive Order Aims to Strengthen US Leadership in Digital Financial Technology

US Administration, Congress, and SEC and CFTC Leadership Push for Unified Digital Asset Framework

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Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
1/23/25

Summary: Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Secretary of the Interior shall review all applicable authorities regarding the recognition or acknowledgement of Indian tribes and, in consultation with the leadership of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, shall submit to the President a plan to assist the Lumbee Tribe in obtaining full federal recognition through legislation or other available mechanisms, including the right to receive full federal benefits.

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• Must report a recognition plan

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American Indian Law

Designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
1/22/25
EO 14175

Summary: This order sets in motion a process by which Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, shall be considered for designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, consistent with section 219 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1189).

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Secretary of State shall submit report to President concerning the designation. Within 15 days of submitting the report, Secretary of State shall take appropriate action. After designation, Secretary of State and Administrator of USAID shall jointly review and identify any entities that made payments to Ansar Allah or criticized efforts to combat Ansar Allah.

N/A

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Nominations Transmitted to the Senate
1/22/25

Summary: Nominations sent to the Senate

N/A

N/A

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Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
1/21/25
EO 14173
Revoked the following executive actions: EO 12898, EO 13583, EO 13672, EO 11246, Presidential Memo. of Oct. 5, 2016

Summary: Rescinds several prior executive orders that sought to promote diversity and inclusion in federal contracting, the federal workforce, and federal programs related to environmental justice, including revoking EO 11246, a Johnson-era executive order that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, sex, and national origin in employment and required them to engage in “affirmative action.”

Until Apr. 21, 2025:

• “Federal contractors may continue to comply with the regulatory scheme in effect on Jan. 20, 2025.”

Within 120 days (May 21, 2025):

• The Attorney General and Secretary of Education “shall jointly issue guidance to all State and local educational agencies that receive Federal funds, as well as all institutions of higher education that receive Federal grants or participate in the Federal student loan assistance program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq., regarding the measures and practices required to comply with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023).”

Nat’l Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction stayed pending decision on the merits by 4th Circuit. (as of 4/16/25)

Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump et al.
N.D. Ill.
Preliminary injunction granted (as of 4/16/25)

San Francisco A.I.D.S. Found. v. Trump
N.D. Cal.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Shapiro et al. v. US Dept of the Interior et al.
E.D. Pa.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Nat'l Urban League et al. v. Trump et al
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy
D. Mass.
Active (as of 4/8/25)

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EEOC and DOJ Issue Guidance on Discrimination Related to DEI Under Title VII

Executive Order Ends Federal Contractor ‘Affirmative Action,’ Tasks Agencies to Focus on Private-Sector DEI Efforts

Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Executive Orders Related to DEI

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ESG & Sustainability Advisory

White Collar Litigation & Government Investigations

Employment Counseling

Government Contracts
 

Labor, Employment & Benefits

Government Contractor Compliance

False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation

Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation
1/21/25
90 FR 8651 (Memorandum); see also “Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety”
dated January 30, 2025

Summary: The Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to review the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions.

Immediately.

N/A

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Administrative Law & Federal Agencies

Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion
1/20/25
Presidential Proclamation 10888

Summary: Suspension of entry into the United States by people across the U.S. border.

Immediate suspension until the President issues a finding that the invasion at the southern border has ceased.

Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Noem
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

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Global Employment & Immigration

Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
1/20/25
EO 14172

Summary: Renaming of Mount McKinley, Gulf of America.

“Within seven days of the date of this order (Jan. 27, 2025),

• Each agency head with authority to appoint members to the Board on Geographic Names (Board) pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 364a, shall review their respective appointees and consider replacing those appointees in accordance with applicable law.”

“Within 30 days of the date of this order (Feb. 19, 2025),

• The Secretary of the Interior shall, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f, reinstate the name ‘Mount McKinley.’”

“[W]ithin 30 days of the date of this order (Feb. 19, 2025),

• The Secretary of the Interior shall, consistent with 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f, take all appropriate actions to rename as the ‘Gulf of America’  . . . the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico.”

N/A

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Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
1/20/25
EO 14157

Summary: Designating cartels and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists.

Within 14 days (Feb. 3, 2025):

• The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate action, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, to make a recommendation regarding the designation of any cartel or other organization described in section 1 of this order as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and/or a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to make operational preparations regarding the implementation of any decision President Trump makes to invoke the Alien Enemies Act in relation to the existence of any qualifying invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the US by a qualifying actor, and to prepare such facilities as necessary to expedite the removal of those who may be designated under this order.

N/A

Our Insight
US Designation of Cartels as Terrorist Organizations Increases Risk of Doing Business in Mexico

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International Trade & National Security

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service
1/20/25
EO 14170

Summary: Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), shall develop and send to agency heads a Federal Hiring Plan that brings to the federal workforce only highly skilled Americans dedicated to the furtherance of American ideals, values, and interests.

Within 120 days of the date of this order (May 20, 2025):

• “The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), shall develop and send to agency heads a Federal Hiring Plan that brings to the Federal workforce only highly skilled Americans dedicated to the furtherance of American ideals, values, and interests.”

N/A

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Workplace Government Relations and Regulation

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Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
1/20/25
EO 14151
Revoked the following EOs: 12898, 13583, 13672, and Presidential Memo of October 5, 2016 (Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the National Security Workforce)

Summary: Rescission of EO 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government” to “terminate all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the federal government, under whatever name they appear. To carry out this directive, the Director of OPM, with the assistance of the Attorney General as requested, shall review and revise, as appropriate, all existing Federal employment practices, union contracts, and training policies or programs to comply with this order.”

Within 60 days of the Order (Mar. 21, 2025), each agency must take all actions within Section 2(b).

Nat’l Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction stayed pending decision on the merits by 4th Circuit. (as of 4/16/25)

Doe 1 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
E.D. Va.
Renewed preliminary injunction granted in part. Appealed by Government (as of 5/30/25)

National Urban League et al v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump et al
N.D. Ill.
Preliminary injunction granted (as of 4/16/25)

San Francisco A.I.D.S. Found. v. Trump
N.D. Cal.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Erie County, New York v. Corp. for Nat’l & Cmty. Serv.
D.D.C.
Dismissed without prejudice (as of 4/16/25)

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Appealed by Government. (as of 5/30/25)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy
D. Mass.
Active (as of 4/8/25)

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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Executive Orders Related to DEI

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White Collar Litigation & Government Investigations

Employment Counseling

Government Contracts

Labor, Employment & Benefits

Government Contractor Compliance

Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
1/20/25
EO 14168
Rescinds EOs 13988, 14004, 1401, 14075

Summary: The order makes it the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female, and to assert that sexes are “not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” Orders the Attorney General to issue guidance to agencies regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) to sex-based distinctions in agency activities.

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the U.S. government, external partners, and the public clear guidance expanding on the sex-based definitions set forth in this order.
• The Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs shall present to the President proposed bill text to codify the definitions in this order.

Within 120 days (May 20, 2025):

• Each agency head shall submit an update on implementation of this order to the President, through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

PFLAG Inc. v Donald J. Trump
D. Md.
Nationwide preliminary injunction granted.
Appealed by Government. (as of 3/27/25)

State of Washington v. Donald J. Trump
W.D. Wash.
Nationwide preliminary injunction upheld by 9th Circuit (as of 3/13/25)

Tirrell v. Edelbut
D.N.H.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Doe v. McHenry
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted (limited). Appealed by Defendant. (as of 4/4/25)

Jones v. Trump
D.D.C.
Renewed preliminary injunction granted. (as of 5/30/25)

National Urban League et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Doctors for Am. v. OPM
D.D.C.
TRO granted in part (as of 3/13/25)

Shapiro v. Dep't of Interior
E.D. Pa.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

San Francisco A.I.D.S. Found. v. Trump
N.D. Cal.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Kingdom v. Trump
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Ireland v. Hegseth
D.N.J.
Active (as of 3/18/25)

State of Maine v. US Dep’t of Agric.
D. Me.
Active (as of 4/8/2025)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy
D. Mass.
Active (as of 4/8/2025)

Jones v. Bondi
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed. (as of 4/8/2025)

Doe v. Bondi
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed. (as of 4/8/2025)

State of Minnesota v. Trump et al.
D. Minn.
Active (as of 4/23/25)

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Executive Orders Target DEI Programs and Gender Protections

US Administration's Executive Orders and Action's Impact on Group Health Plans

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Culture & DEI: Strategy, Litigation & Investigations

Workplace Government Relations and Regulation

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Healthcare

Health and Welfare Plan Design & Administration

Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”
1/20/25
EO 14158

Summary: Establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE agenda, by modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.

“The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall be headed by the USDS Administrator and shall be dedicated to advancing the President’s 18-month DOGE agenda.  The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall terminate on Jul. 4, 2026.”

Public Citizen Inc. et al. v. Donald J. Trump and Office of Management and Budget
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Doe v. OPM
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/13/25)

All. for Retired Ams. v. Bessent, AFL-CIO v. Dep't of Labor
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/13/25)

AFL-CIO v. Dept. of Labor et al.
D.D.C.
Motion to Dismiss granted as to Privacy Act claim, but denied as to remaining claims. (as of 4/16/25)

Univ. of Cal. Student Ass'n v. Carter
D.D.C.
Voluntarily dismissed (as of 4/16/25)

NY v. Trump
S.D.N.Y.
Preliminary injunction granted, partially dissolved (as of 5/30/25)

Nat'l Treasury Emps. Union v. Vought
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed (as of 4/21/25)

Elec. Priv. Info. Ctr. v. OPM
E.D. Va.
Preliminary injunction denied (as of 3/13/25)

Am. Fed'n of Teachers v. Bessent
D. Md.
TRO granted (as of 3/13/25)

American Fed'n of Gov't Emps. v. OPM
S.D.N.Y.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Nemeth-Greenlead v. OPM
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Gribbon v. Musk
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Ctr. for Taxpayer Rights v. IRS
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Project on Gov't Oversight v. Trump
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty., & Mun. Emps. v. SSA
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Dep't of Interior
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

New Mexico v. Musk
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/13/25)

Does 1-26 v. Musk
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction stayed pending appeal (as of 4/2/25)

Aviel v. Gor
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Appealed by Defendants. (as of 4/7/25)

Am/ Ass’n of People with Disabilities v. Dudek
D.D.C.
Active (as of 4/8/2025)

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America First Policy Directive to the Secretary Of State
1/20/25
EO 14150

Summary: The foreign policy of the United States shall champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first.

As soon as practicable

N/A

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Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
1/20/25
EO 14161

Summary: Directs executive branch agencies and departments to identify resources and impose a baseline screening process to ensure that aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten our national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes are not allowed entry into the United States.

As soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after the order (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Secretary of State shall evaluate existing policies related to entry, ensure sufficient safeguards exist to prevent entry without “stringent identification,” evaluate all visa programs, recommend any necessary actions to protect Americans from undermined constitutional rights, ensure devotion of appropriate resources, evaluate adequacy of assimilation programs, and recommend any additional actions to protect Americans.

Within 60 days of the date of this order (Mar. 21 2025):

• The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit a report that identifies countries with “deficient” vetting and screening information “as to warrant a partial or full suspension on the admission of nationals from those countries” and identifies “how many nationals from those countries have entered or have been admitted” to the United States since Biden took office, and any other information relevant to such admission or entry.

Taal v. Trump
N.D.N.Y.
Voluntarily dismissed without prejudice (as of 4/4/25)

Am. Ass’n of Univ. Professors v. Rubio
Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
(as of 4/30/25)

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Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential
1/20/25
EO 14153

Summary: Promotes resources development on federal and state lands in Alaska.

Immediately review and rescind various environmental policies and mandates.

N/A

Our Insight
Executive Orders Move Oil & Gas Development Permitting Reform to Top of Trump-Vance Energy Agenda

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Protecting the American People Against Invasion
1/20/25
Revocation of the following EOs:
13993, 14010, 14011, 14012

Summary: Revocation of various EOs: EO 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities), EO 14010 of February 2, 2021 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border), EO 14011 of February 2, 2021 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families), and EO 14012 of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans).

Immediate implementation of actions herein.
Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the President regarding their progress implementing the requirements of this section and recommending any additional actions that may need to be taken to achieve its objectives.

City and County of San Francisco et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
N.D. Cal.
Preliminary injunction granted
(as of 4/25/25)

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights et al. v. United States Department of Justice et al.
D.D.C.
Active

City of Chelsea v. Trump
D. Mass.
Active

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Department of Homeland Security Implements New Online Registration Requirements

ICE Enforcement Actions: Understanding Employers’ Rights and Obligations

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Global Employment & Immigration

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
1/20/25
90 FR 8483

Summary: Notifies OECD that any commitments made by the prior administration on behalf of the United States with respect to the Global Tax Deal have no force or effect within the United States absent an act by the Congress adopting the relevant provisions of the Global Tax Deal. Orders the Secretary of the Treasury and the USTR to investigate whether any foreign countries are not in compliance with any tax treaty with the United States or have any tax rules in place, or are likely to put tax rules in place, that are extraterritorial or disproportionately affect American companies, and develop and present to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, a list of options for protective measures or other actions that the United States should adopt or take in response to such non-compliance or tax rules.

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• The Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver findings and recommendations [from investigation of whether any foreign countries are not in compliance with any US tax treaty or have tax rules (or, will implement tax rules) that are extraterritorial or disproportionately affect Americans] to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

N/A

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Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees
1/20/25

Summary: Organization of national security policy development to address all safety and securities concerns of the United States.

Immediately.

N/A

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Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
1/20/25
EO 14169

Summary: Policy of United States that no further United States foreign assistance shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.  

90-day pause (Apr. 20, 2025) in U.S. foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with U.S. foreign policy.

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. United States Department of State
D.C. Cir.
TRO granted. Supreme Court rejected Government's bid to stay the order to disperse ~$2B in funds. Preliminary injunction granted in part. Government appealed. (as of 4/25/25)

Global Health Council v. Trump
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted in part. Government appealed. (as of 4/2/25)

Personal Services Contractor Association v. Trump; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. United States Department of State et al.
D.D.C.
TRO denied.
Appealed by Plaintiff (as of 3/27/25)

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Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
1/20/25
Memorandum
90 FR 8363

Summary: Makes changes to policies regarding offshore wind projects.

“This withdrawal shall go into effect beginning on Jan. 21, 2025, and shall remain in effect until this Presidential Memorandum is revoked.”

N/A

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Executive Order Halts Offshore Wind Leasing, Orders Review of Federal Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

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Energy & Project Development

Declaring A National Energy Emergency
1/20/25
EO 14156

Summary: Invokes the National Emergencies Act for the purposes of declaring an energy emergency and to exercise authorities to support “the identification, leasing, siting, production, transportation, refining, and generation of domestic energy resources, including, but not limited to, on federal lands” and for other purposes.

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• Heads of all agencies shall identify planned/potential actions that may be subject to emergency treatment under the Clean Water Act and provide summary report. Within 30 days of this report, a status report shall be submitted, and such status reports shall be submitted every 30 days until the emergency ends.
• Same as above for the Endangered Species Act.

Within 20 days of any submission of a lawful applications for a permit/license under the Endangered Species Act, an initial determination shall be given, and the resolution of such submission shall be within 140 days of the initial determination of eligibility.

Secretary of Defense shall assess the Department of Defense’s ability to acquire and transport the energy, electricity, or fuels needed to protect the homeland and conduct operations abroad and, within 60 days, shall submit this assessment to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.

United States v. State of Michigan, et al.
W.D. Mi.
Active (as of 5/2/25)

United States v. State of Hawaii, et al.
D. Haw.
Active (as of 5/2/25)

United States et al. v. State of Vermont, et al.
D. Vt.
Active (as of 5/2/25)

United States et al. v. State of New York et al.
S.D.N.Y.
Active (as of 5/2/25)

State of Washington v. Donald Trump, Daniel Driscoll, Lieutenant General William H. Graham Jr., et al.
W.D. Wash.
Active (as of 5/19/25)

Our Insight
Executive Actions Signal Support for Fossil Energy and Scaling Back of Environmental Regulations

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Environmental Counseling & Litigation

Restoring Accountability For Career Senior Executives
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Directs OPM to issue SES Performance Plan. Each agency should reassign SES officials as well as terminate Executive Resource Boards and its existing Performance Review Board and re-constitute new membership.

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), shall issue Senior Executive Service Performance Plans that agencies must adopt

N/A

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US Labor/Management Relations

Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
1/20/25
Memorandum
Summary: Instructs the Administrator of the GSA to submit recommendations to advance federal civic architecture.

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to submit recommendations to advance the policy therein

N/A

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Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety
1/20/25
EO 14164

Summary: Requires that the laws that authorize capital punishment are respected and faithfully implemented.

Immediately.

N/A

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Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Orders Commerce and Interior to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state.

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• Secretaries of Commerce and Interior must report progress made in implementing policy

N/A

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Securing Our Borders
1/20/25
EO 14165

Summary: The order intends to rush federal resources to the U.S.-Mexico Border. Orders the Secretary of Homeland Security to reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Terminates parole programs for certain nationalities. Orders to states, DOJ, and DHS to establish “safe third country” agreements.

Within 14 days (Feb. 3, 2025):

• The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide recommendations to the President regarding the use of any other authority to protect the United States from foreign threats and secure the southern border.

Doe v. Noem
D. Mass.
Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Stay of Administration Granted. Class certified in part. (as of 5/30/25)

Coal. For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles v. Trump
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction denied. Plaintiffs appealed (as of 4/28/25)

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Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
1/20/25
EO 14160

Summary: Prohibits any department or agency of the United States government from issuing documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by state, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.

Effective to all births made 30 days after the Order (Feb. 19, 2025).
Agencies to issue guidance on implementation within 30 days of the Order.

State of Washington et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al. / Franco Aleman et al. v. Trump et al. (consolidated)
W.D. Wash.
Nationwide preliminary injunction upheld by 9th Circuit. Government appealed to Supreme Court. (as of 3/14/25)

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Donald J. Trump
D.N.H.
Preliminary injunction granted. (as of 3/13/25)

O. Doe; Brazilian Worker Center, Inc; La Colaborativa v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D. Mass.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed to 1st Circuit. (as of 3/14/25)

State of New Jersey et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D. Mass.
Preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed to 1st Circuit. (as of 3/13/25)

Casa v. Donald Trump
D. Md.
Nationwide preliminary injunction granted. Government appealed to 4th Circuit. (as of 3/13/25)

OCA–Asian Pacific American Advocates v. Marco Rubio et al.
N.D. Cal.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

County of Santa Clara v. Trump, et al.
N.D. Cal.
Active (as of 3.13.25)

New York Immigration Coalition v. Trump et al.
S.D.N.Y.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

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Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
1/20/25
EO 14163
Revoked EO 14013

Summary: The order suspends the USRAP. Realignment of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

As of Jan. 27, 2025:

• Entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended . . . until a finding is made in accordance with Section 4 of the Order.

Within 90 days of this order (Apr. 20, 2025):

• The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to the President regarding whether resumption of entry of refugees into the United States under the USRAP would be in the interests of the United States, and they shall submit further reports every 90 days thereafter until President Trump determines that resumption of the USRAP is in the interests of the United States.

Pacito et al. v. Trump et al.
W.D. Wash.
9th Circuit upheld Preliminary Injunction as to conditionally approved refugees, but overturned as to entry of new refugees (as of 3/26/25)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. Department of State et al.
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction denied. Plaintiffs appealed. (as of 3/14/25)

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Trump-Vance Administration Issues Executive Orders on Immigration: Implications for Employers

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Unleashing American Energy
1/20/25
EO 14154
Revokes EOs:
11991, 13990, 13992, 14008, 14007, 14013, 14027, 14030, 14037, 14057, 14072, 14082, 14096

Summary: To encourage energy exploration and production on federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf, eliminate the Biden administration’s electric vehicle policies, and to begin review of LNG export applications, among other actions.

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

• Head of each agency shall develop and begin implementing action plans to suspend, revise, or rescind Biden-era energy programs
• Chairman of Council on Environmental Quality to provide guidance on implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and propose rescinding the CEQ’s NEPA regulations in 40 CFR 1500
• Administrator of the EPA and heads of relevant agencies shall submit joint recommendations regarding the legality and applicability of 74 FR 66496
• Each agency shall submit a report to Director of OMB identifying whether enforcement discretion can be utilized to advance the Section 2 policy
• Administrator of Maritime Administration shall determine whether any refinements are likely to result in seriously different consequences. If not, he shall issue a DWPA license if necessary no later than 30 additional days. If yes, within 60 days of such a determination, he must issue an Environmental Assessment (EA). Within 30 days of the EA, MARAD shall issue an addendum to the record of decision and issue a DWPA license if necessary

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

• Administrator of the EPA shall issue guidance to address inadequacies in the calculation of the “social cost of carbon”
• Secretaries of State, Commerce, Labor, the US Trade Representative, and relevant agency heads to submit a report including policy recommendations to enhance competitiveness of American mining and refining companies

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• Secretary of Homeland Security to provide assessment of quantity and inflow of minerals that are likely the result of forced labor and whether such inflows pose a national security threat

All agency heads to submit a report to Directors of NEC and OMB with review of pausing disbursement of funds appropriated through Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including funds for electric vehicle charging stations

State of New York et al. v. Trump et al.; National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. Office of Management and Budget et al.
D.R.I.
Motion to enforce Preliminary Injunction Granted. Motion for reconsideration denied.
Appealed by Government. (as of 4/30/25)

Shapiro et al. v. US Dept. of the Interior et al.
E.D. Pa.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Blue Creek Real Properties, LLC v. United States Department of Treasury et al.
S.D. Tex.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Northern Alaska Environmental Center, et al. v. Trump, et al.
D. Alaska
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. Appealed by Government. (as of 5/30/25)

Center for Biological Diversity v. Dept. of Interior, et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 4/17/25)

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Trump-Vance Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote American Energy

Executive Actions Substantially Revise Environmental Justice Policies and Practices

Federal Agencies Ordered to Pause Spending of Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funds

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Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
1/20/25
EO 14167

Summary: Orders the Secretary of Defense to assign United States Northern Command the responsibility within DOD of securing U.S. borders.

No later than 10 days (Jan. 30, 2025):

• Secretary of Defense to revise Command Plan

Within 30 days (Feb. 29, 2025):

• Commander’s estimate for a Level 3 planning requirement to seal the borders

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America First Trade Policy
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Establishes a trade policy to promote investment and productivity that enhances U.S. industrial and technological advantages, defends economic and national security, and benefits American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Requires a number of reports on the following: causes of U.S. trade deficits, tariffs, currency manipulation, the USMCA, and review of current tariffs, among others.

Apr. 1, 2025:

• All results of reviews and investigations, findings, identifications, and recommendations due for all but the Office of Management and Budget report.

Apr. 30, 2025:

• Office of Management and Budget Report due.

N/A

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Trump’s Second-Term Tariff Agenda: How Will New Tariffs Impact You?

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Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Granting the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months.

Immediately.

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Declaring A National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
1/20/25
Presidential Proclamation 10886
Revoked Proclamation 10142 of January 20, 2021

Summary: Declared a state of national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. Directs the Secretary of Defense to support the Department of Homeland Security with physical barriers, unmanned aerial systems, and new policies and strategies to stop cartels, smugglers, and dealers from their entrance into the United States.

Immediate action to construct additional physical barriers along the southern border. Within 90 days: The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security must issue a joint report on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border and make recommendations on future actions, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

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Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
1/20/25
EO 14152

Summary: The Order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by certain former intelligence officials.

Immediately:

• revocation of 51 security clearances

Within 90 days of this order (Apr. 20, 2025):

• “[T]he Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall submit a report to the President through the National Security Advisor” detailing inappropriate activity, recommendations, and any disciplinary action recommendations related to the 51 former intelligence officials.

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Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
1/20/25
Reinstates EO 13957
Revokes EO 14003

Summary: Revising multiple sections/parts of EO 13957, or the Prior Administration Policy, by reinstating the Schedule F designation in the Excepted Services. It is immediately reinstated with full force and effect, subject to the amendments.

Within 30 days of the date of this order (Feb. 19, 2025):

• The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, after consultation with the Executive Office of the President, issue guidance about additional categories of positions that executive departments and agencies should consider recommending for Schedule Policy/Career.

National Treasury Employees Union v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Trump et al.
D. Md.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Motion to Dismiss granted in part (as of 4/4/25)

Government Accountability Project v. Office of Personnel Management
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

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Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
1/20/25
EO 14155
Revokes EO 13987

Summary: Provides notice of the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization along with the revocation of EO 13987 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID–19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security).

Immediately:

• Notice of withdrawal from WHO
• Pause fund transfers to WHO
• Recall personnel working with WHO

As soon as practicable:

• The Director of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy shall review, rescind, and replace the 2024 U.S. Global Health Security Strategy.

N/A

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Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to Tiktok
1/20/25
EO 14166

Summary: Delays the enforcement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days.

Instructs the Attorney General to refrain from action to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days (Apr. 2025).

N/A

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Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
1/20/25
EO 14162
Revoked US International Climate Finance Plan

Summary: Immediate withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord.

Immediate effects: (1/20/2025):

• withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
• cease or revoke related financial commitments
• revokes the US International Climate Finance Plan
• report on any additional action required

Within 10 days (Jan. 30, 2025):

• Director of Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on rescission of all frozen funds

Within 30 days (February 19, 2025):

• Relevant Executive Branch members must submit a report that details their actions to revoke or rescind policies that were implemented to advance the International Climate Finance Plan

N/A

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Executive Order Withdraws United States from International Climate Commitments and Finance Initiatives

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Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
1/20/25

Summary: Requires all executive branch departments and agencies to pursue emergency price relief for the purpose of addressing cost-of- living concerns. To include pursuing appropriate actions to: lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply; eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and practices that increase healthcare costs; eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances; create employment opportunities for American workers, including drawing discouraged workers into the labor force; and eliminate certain policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.

Within 30 days of the date of this memorandum (Feb. 19, 2025), and every 30 days thereafter, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy shall report to the President on the status of the memorandum’s implementation.

N/A

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Hiring Freeze
1/20/25
90 FR 8247

Summary: Freeze on the hiring of federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch excluding the military, social security, Medicare and veterans’ benefits.

As of noon on 1/20/25, no vacant federal civilian position may be filled, and no new positions may be created.
Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (working with Administrator of DOGE) shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce. Upon its submission, this memo shall expire for all executive departments and agencies, aside from the IRS (which remains until the Secretary of Treasury and Director of OMB determine it is in the national interest to lift the freeze).

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Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
1/20/25

Summary: President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review directs federal agencies to stop all rulemaking activity pending within the agency and to consider all rules already published as paused for 60 days.

Effective immediately; proposed a 60-day review period (Mar. 21, 2025) for published rules.

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Executive Order: Regulatory Freeze Pending Review and the Potential Impacts on CFTC

Executive Order Pauses All Pending Rulemaking Activity for Federal Agencies: Impact on CFPB

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Return to In-Person Work
1/20/25
90 FR 8251

Summary: Termination of remote work arrangements requiring federal employees to return to work in person on a full-time basis.

As soon as practicable

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Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
1/20/25
EO 14147

Summary: Orders the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of all departments and agencies, to review activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority during the Biden administration and to make recommendations for remedial actions.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association; John Does 1-4; Jane Does 1-3 v. Department of Justice / John and Jane Does 1-9 v. Department of Justice
D.D.C.
Consolidated. TRO Granted.

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Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
1/20/25
EO 14149

Summary: Prohibits federal officials from unconstitutionally abridging free speech and ensures that no federal funds are used to those ends.

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Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
1/20/25
EO 14148

Revocation of an extensive list of Executive Actions (Section 2)

Summary: Initial recissions of ~78 of Biden-era Executive Orders and Actions

“[T]he heads of each agency shall take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of unlawful and radical DEI ideology.”

Within/No later than 45 days of the date of this order (Mar. 6, 2025):

• “the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council shall submit to the President an additional list of orders, memoranda, and proclamations issued by the prior administration that should be rescinded, as well as a list of replacement orders, memoranda, or proclamations, to increase American prosperity.”
• “the [National Security Advisor] shall recommend to the President [National Security Memoranda] for rescission.”

N. Alaska Env’t Ctr. v. Trump
D. Alaska
Active

City of Chelsea v. Trump
D. Mass.
Active

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Trump-Vance Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote American Energy

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Executive Orders Target DEI Programs and Gender Protections

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Flying the Flag of the United States at Full-Staff on Inauguration Day
1/20/25
Proclamation 10885

Summary: Flying the US flag at full-staff on Inauguration Day

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President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen
1/20/25

Summary: Designates Chairman and Acting Chairman

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President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet Level Positions
1/20/25

Summary: Designates Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

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President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments
1/20/25

Summary: Sub-Cabinet Appointments

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President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments
1/20/25

Summary: Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments

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