Trump's 2025 Executive Orders
Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation team members are actively monitoring and reviewing President Trump's executive orders and other actions. This chart provides brief overviews of the numerous orders published by the Trump Administration. Click the title of each executive order to learn more.
Executive Order | Date Issued | Practice Area/Topic | Short/Executive Summary |
Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports | 4/2/2025 | This executive order addresses significant U.S. goods trade deficits by implementing reciprocal tariffs on imports. This order will adjust U.S. tariffs on imports to match those imposed by trading partners to promote fair trade and challenge past trade agreements asserting that they failed to create fair and reciprocal conditions. This order will reduce trade imbalances, support domestic production and correct disparities in tariff rates and nontariff barriers that have favored foreign competitors in the past. | |
Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits | 4/2/2025 | This executive order declares a national emergency due to the persistent U.S. goods trade deficits. The order emphasizes the deficits that have weakened U.S. manufacturing, undermined supply chains and threatened national security. The order will impose reciprocal tariffs on imports in order to balance trade relationships and encourage domestic manufacturing. Additionally, the U.S. trade representative, secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, secretary of commerce, secretary of homeland security, assistant to the president for economic policy, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, and assistant to the president for national security affairs will all submit recurring and final reports to Congress on the national emergency declared in this order. | |
Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market | 3/31/2025 | This executive order aims to address ticket reselling by directing the U.S. attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce competition laws and promote transparency in the concert and entertainment industry. The FTC will enforce the Better Online Tickets Sales Act, ensure price transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process and prevent unfair, deceptive and anti-competitive conduct in the secondary ticketing market. The treasury secretary and attorney general will ensure that ticket sellers are operating in full compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable law. | |
Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator | 3/31/2025 | This executive order establishes the U.S. Investment Accelerator office within the U.S. Department of Commerce in order to modernize its processes and attract more domestic and foreign investments in the U.S. The Investment Accelerator will facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the U.S. by assisting investors as they navigate government regulatory processes, streamline the regulatory processes, facilitate research collaborations with national labs and increase foreign and domestic investments in the U.S. | |
Executive Grant of Clemency for Devon Archer | 3/26/2025 | This executive order grants Devon Archer a full and unconditional pardon for offenses listed in the case of United States v. Archer (I:16-cr-371), effectively forgiving any related fines, penalties, forfeitures or restitution. | |
Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block | 3/25/2025 | This executive order addresses the risks associated with "Big Law" firms, particularly Jenner and Block LLP, that engage in harmful actions detrimental to U.S. interests. The EO asserts that Jenner & Block engages in partisan political activities, discriminates against its employees and supports attacks against women and children based on a refusal to accept the biological reality of sex. It also claims the firm backs efforts to obstruct measures aimed at preventing criminal activities and drug trafficking committed by illegal immigrants. The EO instructs the U.S. attorney general and director of national intelligence to suspend active security clearances for Jenner & Block employees and directs government contracting agencies to review and, if necessary, terminate contracts with Jenner & Block or entities that do business with the firm. It also restricts access to federal buildings for Jenner & Block employees and advises agency officials to refrain from hiring employees of Jenner & Block. | |
Modernizing Payments To and From America's Bank Account | 3/25/2025 | This executive order mandates the transition from paper-based federal payments to electronic transactions to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance security. This order aims to protect against financial fraud and improper payments and reduce costs. the promotion of operational efficiency is ensured by mandating the transition to electronic payments for all Federal disbursements and receipts by digitizing payments. Under this order, all executive departments and agencies will comply with this directive by transition to EFT methods, including direct deposit, prepaid card accounts, and other digital payment options. | |
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse | 3/25/2025 | This executive order aims to strengthen financial integrity, improve efficiency and enhance oversight of federal disbursements. This order addresses financial fraud, improper payments and fragmented financial management systems across agencies. The secretary of the treasury will develop a plan to centralize and manage all previously disbursed funds by Non-Treasury Disbursing Officers (NTDOs) and establish a transition plan for agencies operating at NTDOs. | |
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections | 3/25/2025 | This executive order aims to strengthen election security and integrity, asserting that the U.S. fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections employed by other modern, developed nations. The order declares that the Trump Administration will uphold the statutes that establish a uniform Election Day and require votes be cast and received by the election date established in law. In order to enforce the federal prohibition on foreign nationals voting in federal elections, the order mandates the verification of U.S. citizenship for voter registration, including documentary proof, and calls for improved systems to identify unqualified voters. Federal agencies will assist states in determining whether individuals are eligible to register and vote, the Election Assistance Commission is directed to ensure voting systems meet integrity standards, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is directed to prioritize the prosecution of election-related crimes and coordinate information sharing with state officials. Furthermore, the order directs the U.S. attorney general and the secretary of homeland security to prevent noncitizens from being involved in the administration of any federal election in order to improve the security of voting equipment used to cast ballots and tabulate votes. | |
Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil | 3/24/2025 | This executive order invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), National Emergencies Act and previous Venezuela-related EOs to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods originating from countries importing Venezuelan oil, either directly or indirectly, beginning April 2, 2025. The order defines "Venezuelan oil" as "crude oil or petroleum products extracted, refined, or exported from Venezuela, regardless of the nationality of the entity involved in the production or sale" of mentioned products. | |
Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos | 3/20/2025 | This executive order directs agency heads to ensure all federal officials have "full and prompt access" to all unclassified agency records, data, software systems and information technology systems to pursue administration priorities related to waste, fraud and abuse. The EO directs agency heads to rescind or modify all agency guidance that serves as a barrier to this directive within 30 days. | |
Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities | 3/20/2025 | This executive order calls for the education secretary to begin dismantling the DOE and returning authority to the states and local communities. The education secretary will allocate all federal DOE funds to organizations that comply with federal law and Trump Administration policy. | |
Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production | 3/20/2025 | This executive order aims to reduce reliance on foreign nations for critical minerals, enhancing national security and creating jobs. The order directs federal agencies to expedite the permitting process for mineral projects, prioritize mineral production on federal lands and use the Defense Production Act. | |
Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement | 3/20/2025 | This executive order will consolidate domestic federal procurement under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), specifically by requiring all agency senior procurement officials to submit domestic procurement proposals to the GSA administrator for review and approval within 30 days. The EO also establishes the GSA administrator as the executive agent for all government acquisition contracts for information technology. | |
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness | 3/19/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order empowers infrastructure prioritization. Within 90 days of this order, a National Resilience Strategy will be published on ways to advance the resilience of the nation and will be reviewed at least every four years. Within 180 days of this order, heads of relevant agencies will review both critical infrastructure policies and national continuity policies and recommend revisions, rescissions and replacements to the president. The following policies will be reviewed and recommended for modification: National Security Memorandum 16, 22, and 32, as well as Executive Orders 14017, 14123, 13618, 13961 and 14146. Within 240 days of this order, heads of relevant agencies will review all national preparedness and response policies and implement the National Resilience Strategy. The following policies will be reviewed and recommended for modification: Executive Order 12656, Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 and Presidential Policy Directives 8, 22 and 44. Within 240 days of this order, heads of relevant agencies will coordinate the development of a National Risk Register. Within one year of this order, the secretary of homeland security will propose changes to policies regarding national preparedness and improved communication between state, local and federal governments. |
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua | 3/15/2025 | Immigration | This executive order invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in response to national security threats posed by Venezuelan-designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA). The order cites TdA's clandestine crimes in the U.S., including drug and weapons trafficking, murder, kidnapping, extortion and infiltration of migration routes as justification for the order. In response, all Venezuelan citizens who are 14 years old or older, identified as TdA members and are not naturalized or lack non-permanent residency in the U.S. will be liable to immediate apprehension, restraint, securement and removal as alien enemies per the invoked act. The U.S. attorney general and secretary of homeland security will be tasked with effectuating the executive order consistent with applicable law. |
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy | 3/14/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order targets reducing federal bureaucracy deemed unnecessary by the president. The following governmental entities and programs will be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, United States Agency for Global Media, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution, Institute of Museum and Library Services, United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund and Minority Business Development Agency. Within seven days of this order, the head of each governmental entity above will submit a report to the director of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure completion. All grant requests by the governmental entities listed above will be rejected and terminated. |
Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss | 3/14/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order targets Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) and its relationship with the federal government. The U.S. attorney general and the director of national intelligence, along with other relevant department heads, will take steps to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Paul Weiss and Mark Pomerantz. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will identify all government items provided for the benefit of Paul Weiss and cease such provision to the extent permitted by law. Government contractors will be required to disclose any business they do with Paul Weiss and if that business is related to the subject of the government contract. The heads of all agencies shall review and take steps to terminate any contract with Paul Weiss or with entities that disclose doing business with Paul Weiss. Within 30 days of this order, all agencies will submit an assessment of contracts with Paul Weiss and entities that do business with Paul Weiss to the OMB director. With this, employees of Paul Weiss will have guidance limiting official access from federal government buildings, and government employees will be limited in engaging with Paul Weiss employees. Agency officials will also refrain from hiring employees of Paul Weiss. |
Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions | 3/14/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order rescinds 18 executive orders (EOs) issued during the Biden Administration and continues President Trump's efforts to reverse presidential actions deemed harmful to U.S. interests. Rescinded EOs discussed the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights, environmentally sustainable defense practices, defense acquisition processes, labor standards for federal employees and tribal policy. |
Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness | 3/7/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order aims to reform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The secretaries of education and treasury will propose revisions to the program and ensure "public service" excludes organizations that engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose. |
Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile | 3/7/2025 | Technology | This executive order plans to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Assets Stockpile. The secretary of the treasury will create an office in charge of all the bitcoin (BTC) held by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The treasury secretary shall also create an office to oversee the custodial accounts known as the "United States Digital Assets Stockpile." This stockpile will be, with all digital assets, owned by the Treasury Department other than BTC. Within 30 days of the order, each agency will transfer all BTC held to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. They will also transfer any stockpile assets to the United States Digital Assets Stockpile. Within 30 days, each agency will provide the treasury secretary and the President's Working Group on Digital Asset markets with a full accounting of their Government Digital Assets. This BTC in the reserve will not be sold and kept as reserve assets of the U.S. The secretaries of the treasury and commerce will develop strategies for acquiring more government BTC that are budget neutral. Within 60 days of this order, the treasury secretary will evaluate the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile, along with the logistics of the two offices moving forward. |
Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP | 3/6/2025 | Social Issues | This executive order suspends security clearances of all Perkins Coie LLP employees, requires all federal contractors to disclose subcontracting agreements with the law firm, terminates existing contracts, orders the chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. attorney general to review the firm's hiring practices and limits Perkins Coie LLP employees' access to federal buildings and ability to speak with federal employees. The administration cites the organization's alleged unethical practices during the 2016 election, race-based and sex-based discriminatory hiring practices under diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and risks to national security as justification for the order. |
Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border | 3/6/2025 | Trade | This executive order amends Executive Order 14193 by removing the tariffs from Executive Order 14193 on any articles that are entered free of duty as a good of Canada. It also reduces the tariffs on potash from 25 percent to 10 percent. |
Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China | 3/3/2025 | Trade | This executive order increases tariffs on all products from China from 10 percent to 20 percent in response to China not taking adequate steps to alleviate the influx of synthetic opioids into the U.S. |
Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border | 3/2/2025 | Trade | This executive order amends Executive Order 14194 (Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border) and Executive Order 14198 (Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border), which address duties on goods crossing the southern border. Certain goods can continue to receive duty-free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 until the secretary of commerce finds an adequate system to collect tariff revenue. |
Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border | 3/2/2025 | Trade | This executive order amends Executive Order 14193 (Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border) and Executive Order 14197 (Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border), which address duties on goods crossing the northern border. Certain goods can continue to receive duty-free treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 until the secretary of commerce finds an adequate system to collect tariff revenue. |
Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber | 3/1/2025 | Trade | This executive order initiates an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to determine the effects on the national security of imports of timber, lumber and their derivative products. The order aims to determine the limits and feasibility of domestic timber production meeting national demands and the role that foreign supply chains play in meeting these demands. The policy of the U.S. is to ensure reliable, secure and resilient domestic supply chains of timber, lumber and their derivative products. |
Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production | 3/1/2025 | Industry, Trade | This executive order commits the U.S. to increasing domestic timber production by reversing forest regulation policies and implementing policies that expand timber production and sound forest management. The order calls for an improvement in the speed of approving forestry projects and streamlining the Endangered Species Act consultations. The order further streamlines the approval process by requiring agencies to suspend, revise or rescind all existing regulations applicable that pose an undue burden on timber production. |
Designating English as the Official Language of the United States | 3/1/2025 | Social Issues, Government Administration | This executive order declares English to be the official language of the U.S. to reinforce shared national values and create a more cohesive society. The order also revokes Executive Order 13166 asking agencies to improve services for limited English proficient people and instructs the U.S. attorney general to rescind policy guidance issued pursuant to the order. |
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative | 2/26/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order pushes to increase transparency for government spending and government employee accountability. The order states that each agency head, with assistance as requested from the agency's U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team lead, will build a centralized technological system to record every payment issued by the agency. This system will include a mechanism for the agency head to pause and rapidly review any payment for which the approving employee has not submitted a brief, written justification within the technological system. Each agency head, along with the agency's DOGE team lead, shall review all existing covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, terminate or modify. This process will start immediately and prioritize the review of funds disbursed under covered contracts and grants to educational institutions and foreign entities for waste, fraud and abuse. This review shall be completed within 30 days of this order. Each agency head with the agency's DOGE team lead will issue guidance on signing new contracts or modifying existing contracts. DOGE team leads will provide the administrator with monthly informational reports on contracting activities. |
Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information | 2/25/2025 | Health | This executive order declares it the policy of the U.S. to put patients first and ensure they have information to make well-informed healthcare decisions by promoting access to clear and accurate healthcare prices and improving and increasing enforcement of price transparency requirements. The order instructs the secretaries of treasury, labor, and health and human services to implement Executive Order 13877 within 90 days, which requires the disclosure of actual healthcare prices and the secretaries to issue guidance. |
Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper | 2/25/2025 | Trade | This executive order aims to promote a reliable, secure and resilient domestic copper supply chain. The secretary of commerce will have an investigation on the effects on national security of imports of copper in all forms. The investigation will review current and projected demand for copper, the extent of domestic production, the role of foreign supply chains, concentrated imports from a small number of suppliers, the economic impact of artificially suppressed copper prices, potential export restrictions by foreign nations, feasibility of increasing domestic copper mining and the impact of current trade policies. The secretary of commerce will consult the secretaries of defense, interior, energy and other relevant executive department heads. Within 270 days of this report, the secretary of commerce will submit a report to the president on the findings on whether the U.S. dependence on copper imports threatens national security and any recommendations on actions to mitigate such threats. The report will also include policy recommendations for strengthening the U.S. copper supply chain. |
Suspension of Security Clearances and Evaluation of Government Contracts | 2/25/2025 | This executive order strips security clearances from Peter Koski and all members, partners and employees of Covington & Burling LLP who assisted former Special Counsel Jack Smith during his time as special counsel. The order also calls for the U.S. attorney general and heads of agencies to terminate engagement with Covington & Burling LLP to the maximum extent possible. | |
President Trump Takes Decisive Action to Deliver Relief to Kentucky | 2/25/2025 | President Trump issued a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky to help address severe storms and flooding. This declaration provides federal funding to individuals and businesses in impacted areas to help them recover through finding temporary housing and other programs. Federal funding will also be distributed to the state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations. | |
America First Investment Policy | 2/21/2025 | This executive order aims to reduce the negative effects of investment in and by the People's Republic of China. The order plans to implement several policies such as sanctions, restrictions on inbound and outbound investment, and the potential suspension or termination of the 1984 United States-People's Republic of China Income Tax Convention to prevent investment in China's military-industrial complex and reduce China's influence and exploitation in the U.S. The order also implements a "fast track" process based on objective standards to facilitate greater investment from specified allied and partner sources in U.S. businesses and advanced technology. The administration intends to stop using "mitigation" agreements for foreign adversary countries but will continue to welcome and encourage passive investments from foreign persons. | |
2/19/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order focuses on combating federal overreach. Agency heads, along with their U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team leads and the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), will initiate a process to review all regulations. Within 60 days of this order, agency heads, with consultation from the U.S. attorney general, will identify and classify different regulations. Within 60 days of this order, agency heads will provide the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the OMB a list of all regulations identified by class. The administrator of OIRA will consult with agency heads to create a Unified Regulatory Agenda to rescind or modify these regulations. Agency heads, with consultation from the OMB director, shall direct the termination of all such enforcement proceedings that do not comply with the U.S. Constitution, laws or administration policy. | |
Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy | 2/19/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order aims to reduce the size of the federal government to increase accountability and efficiency, reduce inflation and promote American freedom and innovation. The order calls for the elimination or severe reduction of the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, U.S. African Development Foundation and U.S. Institute of Peace, and revokes the Presidential Memorandum of November 13, 1961 (Need for Greater Coordination of Regional and Field Activities of the Government). The head of each agency must submit a report to the director of the Office of Management and Budget, who will evaluate all unnecessary funding requests. The order also calls of the elimination of several federal advisory committees across agencies, including the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, Advisory Committee on Long COVID and Health Equity Advisory Committee. |
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders | 2/19/2025 | Immigration | This executive order aims at stopping taxpayer resources being used by illegal aliens. The head of each executive department or agency will identify all federally funded programs that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit and take all appropriate actions to align such programs with this order and applicable federal law. They will also ensure that federal payments to states and localities do not facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration or sanctuary policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation while enhancing eligibility verification systems. Within 30 days of this order, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and the administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service, with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, will identify all other sources of federal funding for illegal aliens and recommend additional agency actions to align federal spending. Agencies will refer any improper receipt or use of federal benefits to the U.S. Departments of Justice and the Homeland Security. |
Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization | 2/18/2025 | Health | This executive order aims to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have children through the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF). To support American families, the White House aims to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment more affordable. The assistant to the president for domestic policy will submit policy recommendation to the president, making efforts to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment. |
Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools | 2/15/2025 | Education, Health | This executive order directs the federal government to stop providing discretionary fundings to 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. |
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission | 2/13/2025 | Healthcare | This executive order will push to empower Americans with transparency and open-source data for all federally funded health research. The order will also make sure the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other related research funded by the federal government prioritizes gold-standard research. Agencies will work with farmers to improve U.S. food. Agencies shall also ensure the availability of expanded treatment options and flexibility for health insurance coverage. The order will also establish the Make America Health Again Commission, chaired by the secretary of health and human services, with the assistant to the president for domestic policy serving as executive director. The Commission includes multiple secretaries and other high-level officials. The initial mission of the Commission is to advise and assist the president to address the childhood chronic disease crisis, including studying the scope of childhood chronic diseases and any potential contributing causes. The Commission will also advise and assist the president on information about the American people using transparent and clear facts, and will provide government-wide recommendations on policy and strategy addressing the contributing causes and ending the childhood chronic disease crisis. Within 100 days of this order, the Commission will submit a report to the president identifying, assessing and evaluating the different aspects of childhood chronic disease in America and the federal government's role. Within 180 days of this order, the Commission chair will submit a strategy based on the report's findings that will address restructuring the federal government's response to the childhood chronic disease crisis. |
One Voice for America's Foreign Relations | 2/12/2025 | Foreign Policy | This executive order mandates all officers and employees responsible for implementing U.S. foreign policy to act within the direction of the president or risk professional discipline, including separation. The secretary of state shall ensure "faithful and effective implementation" of the president's foreign policy agenda and will have sole and exclusive discretion to report any performance or conduct that warrants a personnel action. Such reforms may include changes to recruitment, evaluation and retention procedures, as well as the revision, additional or removal of employee manuals, textbooks and other materials. |
Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization Initiative | 2/11/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order calls for the implementation of a plan to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy through the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The plan is to be submitted by the director of office of management and budget and shall include provisions to reduce hiring and remove positions and agencies that are deemed unnecessary. The order requires agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart and calls for the elimination of agency diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, agencies deemed non-essential by the Trump Administration and agencies that are not deemed essential when appropriations lapse. Exemptions are made for immigration enforcement, law enforcement and other positions relating to national security, homeland security and public safety. |
Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security | 2/10/2025 | Foreign Policy | This executive order instructs the attorney general to review guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for 180 days following the order. During this period, the attorney general will cease any new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions unless determined by the attorney general that it should be made. The attorney general will also issue updated guidelines or policies to promote the president's Article II authority to conduct foreign affairs and prioritize American interests, American economic competitiveness and efficient use of federal law enforcement resources. The attorney general can extend the review period for an additional 180 days if determined appropriate. After the revised guidelines or policies are issued, the attorney general shall determine whether further actions are required and recommend such actions to the president. |
Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute | 2/10/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order tasks the director of the office of personnel management to take all necessary steps to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute. Any presidential or executive branch documents establishing or requiring the existence of the Federal Executive Institute are hereby revoked. |
Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws | 2/10/2025 | Government Administration, Environment | This executive order instructs heads of agencies and apartments to remove paper straws within agency buildings. The agencies will also take actions to eliminate any policy disfavoring plastic straws issued to further Executive Order 14057. By March 27, 2025, the assistant to the president for domestic policy, along with relevant agencies, will issue a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws. The strategy will eliminate all policies within the executive branch that are designed to disfavor plastic straws, contract policies and terms with entities, including states that ban or penalize plastic straw purchase or use. |
Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa | 2/7/2025 | Foreign Policy | This executive order prohibits aid from being given to South Africa and promotes the resettlement of African refugees. All executive departments and agencies that include the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shall halt all foreign aid or assistance to South Africa allowed by law. The secretaries of state and homeland security will prioritize humanitarian relief – including admission and resettlement through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program – for Afrikaners. This plan will be submitted to the president through the assistant to the president and homeland security advisor. |
Protecting Second Amendment Rights | 2/7/2025 | This executive order protects the Second Amendment right of all Americans. The White House aims to maintain the rights for all American people to protect themselves, their families and their freedoms. In ensuring the execution of this order, the attorney general will lead the examination of all orders and other actions to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of citizens. Additionally, the attorney general will present a proposed plan of action to the president through the domestic policy advisor. | |
Establishment of The White House Faith Office | 2/7/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order creates the White House Faith Office. It amends any past executive order renaming the "Center for Faith-based and Community Initiatives" to "Center for Faith," along with "Centers for Faith" to "Centers for Faith-based and Community Initiatives." The White House Faith Office will consult with experts and businesses and make policy recommendations to the president, through the assistant to the president for domestic policy, and work with agencies to ensure religious liberty and implementation of trainings, identifying grant opportunities for nonprofit faith-based entities and support. In addition, the office will work with the attorney general to identify concerns and enforce protection for religious liberty while identifying and proposing practices to reduce burdens on the free exercise of religion, including legislative, regulatory and any other barriers. |
Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court | 2/6/2025 | Foreign Policy | This executive order imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its personnel responsible for investigating and prosecuting alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. and Israel. The order asserts that the ICC acted outside of its jurisdiction by issuing arrest warrants for U.S. military personnel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant due to the U.S. and Israel not being parties to the Rome Statute. Any ICC officials, employees and agents involved in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute protected persons are now subject to property and asset blockages and suspension of U.S. entry, along with their immediate family members. The secretaries of the treasury and state will bear responsibility for implementing the order. |
Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports | 2/5/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order states that it shall be the policy of the U.S. to ban transgender females in women's sports. The order applies the definition used in Executive Order 14168. All executive departments and agencies are to review grants to educational programs and potentially rescind funding if they fail to comply with the policies of this order. The secretary of education will use Title IX enforcement actions against education institutions, including athletic associations composed or governed by such institutions, that allow transgender women to compete in women's categories or to appear unclothed before them. The order aims to promote policy changes of transgender women allowed to compete if they reduce levels of their testosterone to provide documentation of "sincerely held" gender identity. To accomplish change in policy, the assistant to the president for domestic policy will create meetings with female athletes harmed by these policies and major athletic organizations by April 6, 2025. The assistant to the president for domestic policy will also work with state attorneys general on how to define and enforce equal opportunities for women in sports and educate about stories of those harmed by April 6, 2025. The secretary of state and representative of the U.S. to the United Nations (UN) will not support or participate in sports where the female category is based on identity and not sex, and they will promote rule changes at the UN and international athletic associations. The secretaries of state and homeland security will review policies and adjust if needed of permitting transgender women who want to participate in women's sports into the U.S. and will issue guidance preventing these entries. The secretary of state shall also work to amend the standards of the International Olympic Committee to promote fairness, safety and the best interest of female athletes by ensuring that participation is based on sex and not identity or testosterone. |
Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations | 2/4/2025 | Foreign Policy | This executive order states that the U.S. will not participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will not seek election to that body. The secretary of state will conduct a review of the U.S.'s membership in the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) within 90 days of the order, specifically including analysis of any anti-Semitism or anti-Israel sentiment within the UNESCO. The U.S. will also not use any funds for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Within 180 days of the order, the secretary of state and the U.N. Ambassador will review all international intergovernmental organizations the U.S. is a part of and provide types of funding or support. The review will assess if these organizations, conventions and treaties are contrary to the interests of the U.S. and whether they can be reformed. The secretary of state will also inform the U.N. secretary general and leadership of the UNRWA and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights that the U.S. is no longer funding the UNRWA or UNHRC, and the U.S. also will not satisfy any claim to pay 2025 assessments or prior arrears by these organizations. |
A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund | 2/3/2025 | Finance, Government Administration | This executive order directs the federal government to establish a sovereign wealth fund, aiming to promote fiscal sustainability and lessen the burden of taxpayers. The order tasks the secretaries of treasury and commerce and the president's economic policy advisor to develop a plan, including recommendations for funding mechanisms, investment strategies, fund structure and a governance model. The plan should also include an evaluation of the legal considerations of establishing the fund. |
Progress on the Situation at Our Northen Border | 2/3/2025 | Trade | This executive order revises the administration's previous imposition of 25 percent ad valorem rates of duty and 10 percent ad valorem rates of duty as to energy products on Canada. Given the Canadian government's immediate actions to cooperate on immigration and drug trade policy with the U.S., the administration decided to pause the tariffs until March 4, 2025. |
Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border | 2/3/2025 | Trade | This executive order temporarily pauses the 25 percent ad valorem rates of duty on the Government of Mexico until March 4, 2025, due to Mexico's agreement to combat illegal immigration and illicit drug trafficking. During this period, the administration will assess whether Mexico has taken sufficient action to warrant a continued pause on tariffs. |
President Donald J. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Imports from Canada, Mexico and China | 2/1/2025 | Trade | This executive order establishes 25 percent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, and a 10 percent tariff on all products from China. The one exception listed is energy resources from Canada, which will have a decreased 10 percent tariff. These tariffs are applied based on national emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and states that these tariffs are until the fentanyl crisis is alleviated. The tariff placed on China is in response to intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer and other unreasonable behavior. The order states that tariffs will be more beneficial than harmful, given that the other countries have a higher percentage of trade in their respective gross domestic products. |
President Donald J. Trump Launches Massive 10-to-1 Deregulation Initiative | 1/31/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order establishes that the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will ensure that for every new rule, regulation or guidance issued, that agency must identify at least 10 existing rules, regulations or guidance documents to be repealed. This initiative builds upon the directive during President Trump's first term, which required two existing rules, regulations or guidance documents to be repealed for every new rule, regulation or guidance issued. Furthermore, this order requires that, for the fiscal year 2025, the total incremental cost of new regulations, including repealed, be significantly less than zero. |
Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President | 1/31/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order establishes new limits on collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated during the final 30 days of a presidential administration. Lame-duck CBAs negotiated shortly before a presidential transition are deemed undemocratic and obstructive, as they can impose inefficient policies on a new administration. The order aims to prevent outgoing administrations from binding incoming presidents to last-minute agreements that may hinder their policy agenda or executive authority. |
1/29/2025 | This executive order seeks to vigorously combat anti-Semitism by building upon Executive Order 13899, issued by President Trump in 2019 that helped enforce civil rights laws to ensure that American Jews are equally protected under the law. The Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, against the people of Israel sparked a wave of anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism and violence against Jewish citizens, particularly in schools and campuses. This order seeks to hold perpetrators of anti-Semitic harassment and violence accountable and calls for the use of all necessary legal tools to prosecute and remove individuals involved in such actions. | ||
Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity | 1/29/2025 | Immigration, Defense | This executive order directs the secretaries of defense and homeland security to operate the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay at full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the U.S., as well as address attendant immigration enforcement needs identified by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. These actions are intended to prevent further border crossings, combat criminal cartels and restore national sovereignty. |
1/29/2025 | Education | This executive order emphasizes the importance of schools providing a patriotic education that fosters admiration for American values. It also addresses the concern that schools are indoctrinating children with radical gender and race theories that force children to adopt victim or oppressor identities based on characteristics such as skin color, as well as question their gender identity and undergo irreversible procedures without parental consent. These practices undermine personal identity, family unity and parental authority, and often violate anti-discrimination civil rights laws. This order calls for the rescinding of federal funding for illegal and discriminatory practices in K-12 schools, ensures the protection of parental rights and promotes the advancement of patriotic education. | |
1/29/2025 | Education | This executive order aims to strengthen education-freedom programs in order to improve student achievement and foster competition among nearby public schools. The current educational system has had a devastating impact on families, communities and national competition. Seventy percent of 8th graders are below proficiency in reading and math, and school assignments based on geography drive up housing costs in districts with preferred schools. This order allows families to choose the best educational setting and school type for their children in order to address these issues. | |
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation | 1/28/2025 | Social Issues, Health | This executive order declares it the policy of the U.S. to not fund, sponsor, promote, assist or support people under 19 years old in transitioning their sex. The executive order directs heads of certain executive departments, agencies and offices to take steps to prevent sex transitions by people under 19 years old. |
Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military's COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate | 1/27/2025 | Defense, Health | The secretary of defense issued a mandate on Aug. 24, 2021, requiring all service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This executive order allows for the reinstatement of military personnel who were discharged for refusing the vaccine or left the service in response to the mandate. It allows these service members to return to their former rank and receive appropriate compensation. This action aims to address the unfair treatment of those who were unjustly discharged. |
Restoring America's Fighting Force | 1/27/2025 | Defense | This executive order orders the cessation of all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs within the U.S. Armed Forces to ensure impacted departments and military branches commit to the administration's goals of promoting meritocracy and eliminate race-based and sex-based discrimination. All DEI offices within impacted departments are to be abolished, and the secretary of defense will review all DEI practices and identify instances of discrimination, if necessary. |
Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness | 1/27/2025 | Defense | This executive order directs the U.S. Department of Defense to adhere to military service medical exemption standards by excluding individuals afflicted with physical or mental disorders from military service. Servicemen diagnosed with gender dysphoria and/or express a gender identity different than their sex assigned at birth via medical treatment and pronoun changes are named as specific subjects of this order. This order also directs the U.S. Armed Forces to prohibit biological males from using or sharing sleeping, changing or bathing facilities with their biological female counterparts. |
The Iron Dome for America | 1/27/2025 | Defense | This executive order directs the secretary of defense to develop an architectural plan for a missile defense shield, similar to the Iron Dome in Israel, to deter foreign aerial attacks and ensure second-strike capability. While developing an architectural plan for the system, the secretary is tasked with implementing next-generation technology to defend from a variety of missiles, develop a sensory layer and ensure a secure supply chain. This order also encourages U.S. allies to increase bilateral and multilateral cooperation on missile defense capabilities. |
The National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 2025 | 1/27/2025 | This executive order proclaims Jan. 27, 2025, as a National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. President Trump calls on Americans to observe this day with programs, ceremonies and prayers commemorating the victims of the Holocaust and honor the sacrifices of those who helped liberate Auschwitz survivors. This order intends to combat anti-Semitism and religious bigotry. | |
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 | 1/24/2025 | Defense | This memorandum revokes the Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad Presidential Memorandum (Jan. 28, 2021) and reinstates The Mexico City Policy, Presidential Memorandum (Jan. 23, 2017). This directs the secretaries of state and health and human services to extend the requirements of this reinstated memorandum to global health assistance. This order also directs the secretary of state to ensure the U.S. does not fund organizations or programs that are a part of the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. |
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment | 1/24/2025 | Healthcare | This executive order reestablishes the Hyde Amendment by revoking the Biden Administration's Executive Orders 14076 and 14079. The director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shall create guidance for the implementation of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of elective abortions. |
Emergency Measures to Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas | 1/24/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order implements review and revision of federal and state programs to improve land and water management regarding the wildfires in Southern California. The Attorney General, along with the secretaries of defense, homeland security, commerce, interior and agriculture, will all ensure efficient use of water resources in Southern California and will report their authorities to the president within 15 days (by Feb. 8, 2025). The secretary of the interior, using the Bureau of Reclamation, shall increase water delivery and hydropower. The interior and commerce secretaries will designate a federal official to review state and federal laws that impede this project within 30 days (by Feb. 23, 2025) and create a proposal to handle the impediments. The director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will review all state and federal programs in water management and land management to ensure sensible practices. This order will expedite options for housing relief, waste removal and using grants to improve fire preparedness. Finally, the order will house displaced families, clear and rebuild roads and bridges, and increase funds to help rebuild areas affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. |
Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency | 1/24/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order establishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council to assess and recommend operations, efficacy and impartiality improvements to disaster response. Recent disasters such as Hurricane Helene exposed shortcomings in FEMA's ability to provide timely and equitable aid despite significant federal spending. Key objectives include evaluating FEMA's effectiveness, analyzing federal-state dynamics and identifying reform opportunities. The council will include up to 20 members chaired by the secretaries of defense and homeland security and submit a detailed report on potential FEMA reforms to the president within 180 days of its first meeting. |
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence | 1/23/2025 | Emerging Technology | This executive order calls for the development of an "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan" to establish a policy agenda to ensure the U.S. maintains and strengthens its global AI dominance. It aims to promote economic competitiveness, bolster national security and prioritize AI systems free from "ideological bias and engineered social agendas." The order directs White House officials to review and modify or revoke existing policies and directives that inhibit AI innovation and leadership. The order follows an executive order issued by the Trump Administration on Jan. 20, 2025, rescinding the Biden Administration's Executive Order 14110 of Oct. 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence) (the Biden AI EO). |
Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina | 1/23/2025 | Native American Affairs | This executive order directs the U.S. government to advance the full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, acknowledging their historical significance, cultural heritage and longstanding pursuit of federal acknowledgment. The secretary of the interior is tasked with developing a plan within 90 days to facilitate federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe and must analyze legal pathways, consult tribal leadership and deliver strategies to ensure eligibility for federal benefits. While they have had recognition from the state of North Carolina since 1885 and partial recognition by the federal government under the 1956 Lumbee Act, the Lumbee Tribe has been denied full federal benefits associated with such recognition. |
1/21/2025 | Social Issues, Transportation | This executive order suspends all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including those pertaining to recruitment and hiring, within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It aims to establish capability, achievement and dedication as the basis for hiring and promoting practices within these federal agencies. | |
1/20/2025 | This executive order facilitates the development and production of natural resources on federal and state lands in Alaska, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and prioritizes the development of liquified natural gas (LNG) and its transport from Alaska to other regions of the U.S. While virtually all of its actions focus on the development of oil, gas, critical mineral and timber resources in Alaska, the order also requires the secretary of the interior to "review all Interior guidance regarding the taking of … land into trust" for the benefit of Alaska Natives and "all Public Land Orders withdrawing lands for selection of Alaska Native Corporations to determine if any such agency action should be revoked" as inconsistent with the Alaska Statehood Act and other federal statutes that specifically apply to Alaska. The order also directs the interior secretary to deny a request pending before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish an Indigenous sacred site in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, rescind the National Park Service's final rule entitled "Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves" (July 3, 2024), and review the framework of hunting, fishing and subsistence rights in Alaska. | ||
1/20/2025 | Immigration | This executive order suspends entry into the U.S. through the southern border by individuals who fail to provide federal officials with sufficient medical information, criminal history and background information before entering the country until further notice. Nothing in this proclamation will affect the authority of an executive department/agency or the functions of the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals. | |
1/20/2025 | Foreign Policy, Defense | This executive order initiates the process of designating certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) to address the rise in violence and terror across the western hemisphere and the proliferation of dangerous drugs, criminals and gangs into the U.S. through the southern border. The order declares a national emergency, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to address the threat from cartels. | |
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing | 1/20/2025 | Social Issues, Government Administration | This executive order eliminates any and all "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" programs throughout the federal government. The termination includes "Chief Diversity Officers," "Equity Action Plans," "environmental justice" offices, equity-related grants/contracts, as well as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)/Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) performance requirements. The removal of these programs will be carried out by the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), with assistance from the attorney general and the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Each agency, department or commission head will complete these actions within 60 days (by March 21, 2025). This order seeks to increase public relations between the federal government and the American people by cutting programs deemed wasteful and discriminatory. |
1/20/2025 | Social Issues | This executive order directs federal agencies and federal employees to interpret "sex" solely as an immutable binary biological classification determined at conception. The order also requires all federal agencies to enforce sex-based rights, protections and accommodations using this definition of "sex." The presidential assistant for legislative affairs is directed to draft a "proposed codification" of the seven definitions as defined in the order. The order further directs the secretary of state and secretary of homeland security, along with the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to require that all government-issued identification documents, including passports and federal employment records, reflect only biological "sex" as defined in the order. The order also instructs agencies to "evaluate grant conditions and grantee preferences" to ensure federal funds are not used to "promote gender ideology." It also instructs the secretary of housing and urban development (HUD) to prepare policies protecting women seeking single-sex rape shelters and requires the Bureau of Prisons to revise its medical care policies to correspond with the order's definition of sex. Agencies shall also ensure that intimate spaces designated for women/girls/females (or men/boys/males) are designated by the order's definition of sex and not identity. | |
Establishing and Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency | 1/20/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order establishes the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as an official federal agency, rather than a non-governmental advisory group as President Donald Trump initially announced. It outlines the president's DOGE agenda to modernize federal technology and improve governmental efficiency, as well as institutes new structures and initiatives focused on software modernization and interagency coordination while aiming to promote efficiency and innovation through the creation of cross-agency DOGE teams. |
1/20/2025 | Defense | This executive order increases vigilance in vetting and screening standards concerning immigration and visa-issuance across federal agencies. The secretary of state, U.S. attorney general, secretary of homeland security and director of national intelligence shall identify countries that warrant suspension of admission from its nationals and re-evaluate immigration programs to create stricter uniform baseline rules that protect the safety and security of the American people. Nothing in this order will affect the authority of an executive department/agency or the functions of the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals. | |
1/20/2025 | Energy | This executive order temporarily halts all offshore wind energy leasing within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS). It aims to address concerns related to marine life, ocean currents, wind patterns, energy costs and the fishing industry by directing a full review of existing federal leasing and permitting practices for both onshore and offshore wind projects. Federal agencies are instructed to pause issuing new or renewed approvals, permits, leases or loans for wind projects. | |
1/20/2025 | Energy | This executive order declares a national energy emergency and seeks to address this emergency by expediting energy and infrastructure projects; facilitating the supply, refinement and transportation of energy; and assessing vulnerabilities in the domestic energy sector. It aims to utilize domestic energy resources and international alliances to create more jobs, improve the energy trade balance and safeguard the U.S. against potential threats. Within this order, the term "energy resources" includes crude oil, natural gas, lease condensates, natural gas liquids, refined petroleum products, uranium, coal, biofuels, geothermal heat, hydropower and critical minerals, but neither solar nor wind resources are included. | |
1/20/2025 | Law Enforcement | This executive order directs the U.S. attorney general to pursue the death penalty for capital crimes and encourages state attorneys general and district attorneys to pursue capital punishment when applicable. The attorney general is also instructed to pursue federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving the murder of a law enforcement officer or a capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in the U.S. It also seeks to limit any hindrances to capital punishment by seeking the overruling of U.S. Supreme Court precedents that limit capital punishment authority. | |
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California | 1/20/2025 | Environment | This executive order directs the secretary of commerce and secretary of the interior to resume previous Trump Administration efforts to redirect water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Central and Southern California. It prioritizes the urgent need for reliable water supplies and improved vegetation management. This order aims to allow rainwater in Northern California and water flowing from northern snow melt to be more beneficial in the Central Valley and Southern California. |
1/20/2025 | Immigration | This executive order establishes a federal immigration agenda to secure the U.S. borders and address the threats posed by an unsecured border through new policy actions. These actions aim to secure the borders by implementing barriers, deterring illegal immigration, removing individuals who violate federal law and obtaining complete operational control of the borders. | |
1/20/2025 | Immigration | This executive order establishes a federal immigration agenda to preserve American citizenship by establishing a new policy agenda. These policy actions seek to withhold automatic American citizenship from individuals born in the U.S.: 1) when that person's mother was unlawfully present in the U.S. and the father was not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person's birth or 2) when that person's mother's presence in the U.S. at the time of said person's birth was lawful but temporary (such as but not limited to visiting the U.S. under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work or tourist visa) and the father was not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person's birth. | |
1/20/2025 | Foreign Policy, Immigration | This executive order suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) until it is determined that the further entry of refugees aligns with the interests of the U.S. The order aims to strengthen the country's capabilities to handle threats to the safety, security and resources of Americans, as well as threats to the appropriate assimilation of refugees. | |
Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States | 1/20/2025 | Defense | This executive order clarifies the military's role in securing the U.S. borders against threats of invasion, unlawful forays by foreign nationals into the U.S. and other transnational criminal activities that threaten the nation's peace, harmony and tranquility. The order outlines actions for the secretary of defense and U.S. Armed Forces to take to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the U.S. along its national borders. This order shall not affect the authority of executive departments or agencies granted by law or the functions of the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals. |
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States | 1/20/2025 | Immigration | This executive order declares a national emergency at the southern border of the U.S. due to the presence of threats, including cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers, smugglers and unvetted military-age males from adversarial countries. It requires the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Armed Forces to determine and order the necessary amount of troops and resources to support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its effort to secure the southern border. |
Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization | 1/20/2025 | Healthcare | This executive order withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO). The U.S. withdrew from the WHO in 2020 in response to what the president viewed as mishandling of global health crises such as COVID-19, failure to implement reforms, its inability to remain independent of negative political influence and unjust financial demands. The actions outlined by this order seek to improve public health and secure U.S. independence from the WHO by suspending support to the WHO, assigning new personnel to take over the activities previously handled by the WHO and establishing new U.S. leadership positions. |
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements | 1/20/2025 | Energy, Environment | This executive order directs the U.S. to formally withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and any related agreements or pacts under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It outlines steps to rescind financial and policy commitments to international climate initiatives with the goal of reorienting the country's focus towards economic efficiency and American prosperity in future international energy engagements. The executive order should not affect the authority of executive departments or agencies granted by law or the functions of the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals. |
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis | 1/20/2025 | Environment | This executive order directs the heads of all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief to the American people by pursuing action to reduce the cost of housing, dismantle policies that drive up prices and promote job opportunities. These actions seek to restore American purchasing power and improve the quality of life for Americans. The assistant to the president for economic policy will report to the president every 30 days on the status of the implementation of this memorandum. |
1/20/2025 | Government Administration | This executive order freezes the hiring of federal civilian employees in the executive branch. Any federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on Jan. 20, 2025, may not be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this executive order. However, this order does not apply to military personnel of the armed forces or positions related to immigration enforcement, national security or public safety. Nothing in this order shall adversely impact the provision of Social Security, Medicare, or veterans benefits. This order does not limit the nomination and appointment of officials by the president and the U.S. Senate or appointments to various non-career positions. | |
1/20/2025 | All | This executive order issues a regulatory freeze on all executive departments and agencies to review pending and existing laws and regulations. The freeze mandates that unpublished rules be withdrawn and unenacted rules be delayed. During this postponement, the rules will be reviewed, and stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide comments on issues of fact, law and policy raised by the rules. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in addition to department and agency heads appointed by the president, will oversee the review process. | |
1/20/2025 | Social Issues, Telecommunications | This executive order establishes policies to prevent government interference in expressing constitutionally protected speech. It responds to concerns about prior governmental overreach, particularly through influence on social media companies, to suppress speech. The order outlines measures to address past misconduct and prevent future violations. | |
1/20/2025 | All | This executive order revokes 78 actions and orders rolled out during the Biden Administration, intending to repair institutions and improve the economy under the policy plans of the Trump Administration. | |
1/20/2025 | Energy, Environment | This executive order puts forth a federal energy policy agenda that seeks to establish American energy dominance through a combination of new policy actions, as well as rescinding several executive orders from the Carter and Biden Administrations. These actions seek to support traditional energy exploration and production, reassess regulations that might hinder energy and economic development, revise the permitting process to fast-track traditional energy projects, promote domestic mining and processing of non-fuel minerals (including rare earth minerals), ensure adherence to legislation as it was written, and pause disbursement of funds made available under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. |