Overview | Executive Orders from the Trump Administration
Listed below is a condensed overview of the updates and Executive Orders that have been published by the Trump Administration. Click on the Order links to learn more about each one.
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Executive Orders:
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion
Link: GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION
Summary
This order issues a suspension of entry at the U.S.'s southern border by aliens, and prohibits aliens engaged in invasion across the southern border from invoking provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that would permit their continued presence in the United States. The order requires that aliens seeking to enter the US to provide Federal officials with medical information, criminal history records, and background information. The order calls for the suspension of physical entry of any alien engaged in crossing the U.S.'s southern border and direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate actions as may be necessary. Lastly, the Order allows Homeland Security to remove any alien engaged in attempting to cross the southern border.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
Restoring the Names That Honor American Greatness
Link: RESTORING THE NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS
Summary
This order seeks to promote our Nation's heritage and preserve our Nation's history for future generations. Within seven days of the date of this order, each agency head with authority to appoint members to the Board on Geographic Names (Board) shall review their respective appointees and consider replacing those appointees in accordance with applicable law.
Additionally, the order states that within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall reinstate the name “Mount McKinley," the Secretary shall update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of Mount McKinley, and the national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall retain the name Denali National Park and Preserve. The Secretary of the Interior shall also work with Alaska Native entities and state and local organizations to adopt names for landmarks to honor the history and culture of the Alaskan people.
Lastly, the order states that within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall take all appropriate actions to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” The Secretary shall subsequently update the GNIS to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico from the GNIS, consistent with applicable law. The Board shall provide guidance to ensure all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect its renaming.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Admiralty/Maritime, Corporate & Business Transactions, Economic Development, Environmental Law, Global Trade & Investment, Hospitality & Tourism, Natural Resources, Import & Export Controls, Tax Law
Effective Date: 2/19/2025
DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRITORIES
Summary: This order creates a process where certain international cartels (the Cartels) and other organizations will be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
Effective Date: 2/3/2025
REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Link: REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Summary: This order seeks to make the Federal hiring and recruitment process more efficient and focused on attaining the best-qualified candidates as opposed to factors promoting equity.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Government & Regulatory Affairs
Effective Date: 5/20/2025
ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
Link: ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
Summary: This order aims to terminate all discriminatory programs, including Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), from activities within the Federal Government.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Compliance & Risk Management
Effective Date: 3/21/2025
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Summary: This order states that there are only two recognized sexes in the U.S.: male and female. The order defines a "female" as a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell, and a "male" as a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell. The order also dismisses the concepts of gender ideology and gender identity and explicitly states that Federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Compliance & Risk Management; Government & Regulatory Affairs
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY"
Link: ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY"
Summary: This order 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 United States Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be established in the Executive Office of the President. There shall be a USDS Administrator established in the Executive Office of the President who shall report to the White House Chief of Staff. There is further established within USDS a temporary organization known as “the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization”. 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.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Complex Contracting & Technology; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Electronic Management & Information Management
AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Link: AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Summary: This order directs that the foreign policy of the United States shall champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs
PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
Summary: This order directs, in an effort to protect the U.S. from harmful alien/ terrorist attacks or threats to our Nation's security, that the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall promptly: (i) identify all resources that may be used to ensure that all aliens seeking admission to the United States, or who are already in the United States, are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible; (ii) determine the information needed from any country to adjudicate any visa, admission, or other benefit under the INA for one of its nationals, and to ascertain whether the individual seeking the benefit is who the individual claims to be and that the individual is not a security or public-safety threat; (iii) re-establish a uniform baseline for screening and vetting standards and procedures, consistent with the uniform baseline that existed on January 19, 2021, that will be used for any alien seeking a visa or immigration benefit of any kind; and (iv) vet and screen to the maximum degree possible all aliens who intend to be admitted, enter, or are already inside the United States, particularly those aliens coming from regions or nations with identified security risks.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
UNLEASHING ALASKA'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Link: UNLEASHING ALASKA'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Summary: This order directs the United States to: (a) fully avail itself of Alaska’s vast lands and resources for the benefit of the Nation and the American citizens who call Alaska home; (b) efficiently and effectively maximize the development and production of the natural resources located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska; (c) expedite the permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects in Alaska; and (d) prioritize the development of Alaska’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) potential, including the sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG to other regions of the United States and allied nations within the Pacific region.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Natural Resources
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
Link: PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
Summary: This order identifies that it is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people. Further, it is the policy of the United States to achieve the total and efficient enforcement of those laws, including through lawful incentives and detention capabilities.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration; International Trade
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL)
Link: THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL)
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 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.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Tax Law
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND SUBCOMMITTEES
Link: ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND SUBCOMMITTEES
Summary: This order directs the NSC to convene as the HSC on topic areas agreed to in advance by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (Homeland Security Advisor). Along with its subordinate committees and staff, the NSC shall be the President’s principal means for coordinating Executive departments and agencies in the development and implementation of national and homeland security policies, strategies, activities, and functions, their integration across departments and agencies within their purview, and for long-term strategic planning.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security; Cybersecurity
REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
Link: REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
Summary: This order directs all department and agency heads with responsibility for United States foreign development assistance programs shall immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implement non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors pending reviews of such programs for programmatic efficiency and consistency with United States foreign policy, to be conducted within 90 days of this order.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Foreign Investment
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
Summary: This order withdraws from disposition for wind energy leasing all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS) as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. This withdrawal temporarily prevents consideration of any area in the OCS for any new or renewed wind energy leasing for the purposes of generation of electricity or any other such use derived from the use of wind. This withdrawal does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Solutions; Natural Resources
PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
Link: PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
Summary: This order allows the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the heads of departments and agencies of the United States where necessary, to submit to President Trump within 60 days recommendations to advance the policy that Federal public buildings should be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Construction Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
Link: RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use. In addition to pursuing the death penalty where possible, the Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving: (i) The murder of a law-enforcement officer; or (ii) A capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in this country.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Criminal Law
PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Link: PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other departments and agencies of the United States as necessary, to immediately restart the work from Trump's first Administration by the National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and other agencies to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Natural Resources
SECURING OUR BORDERS
Link: SECURING OUR BORDERS
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States to take all appropriate action to secure the borders of our Nation through the following means: (a) Establishing a physical wall and other barriers monitored and supported by adequate personnel and technology; (b) Deterring and preventing the entry of illegal aliens into the United States; (c) Detaining, to the maximum extent authorized by law, aliens apprehended on suspicion of violating Federal or State law, until such time as they are removed from the United States; (d) Removing promptly all aliens who enter or remain in violation of Federal law; (e) Pursuing criminal charges against illegal aliens who violate the immigration laws, and against those who facilitate their unlawful presence in the United States; (f) Cooperating fully with State and local law enforcement officials in enacting Federal-State partnerships to enforce Federal immigration priorities; and (g) Obtaining complete operational control of the borders of the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Link: PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue 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.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law
REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
Link: REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
Summary: This order establishes a policy to ensure that public safety and national security are paramount considerations in the administration of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), and to admit only those refugees who can fully and appropriately assimilate into the United States and to ensure that the United States preserves taxpayer resources for its citizens.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
Effective Date: 1/27/2025
UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY
Link: UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States: (a) to encourage energy exploration and production on Federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf, in order to meet the needs of our citizens and solidify the United States as a global energy leader long into the future; (b) to establish our position as the leading producer and processor of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals, which will create jobs and prosperity at home, strengthen supply chains for the United States and its allies, and reduce the global influence of malign and adversarial states; (c) to protect the United States' economic and national security and military preparedness by ensuring that an abundant supply of reliable energy is readily accessible in every State and territory of the Nation; (d) to ensure that all regulatory requirements related to energy are grounded in clearly applicable law; (e) to eliminate the “electric vehicle (EV) mandate” and promote true consumer choice, which is essential for economic growth and innovation, by removing regulatory barriers to motor vehicle access; by ensuring a level regulatory playing field for consumer choice in vehicles; by terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles; and by considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, private businesses, and government entities alike by rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable; (f) to safeguard the American people’s freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances, including but not limited to lightbulbs, dishwashers, washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, and shower heads, and to promote market competition and innovation within the manufacturing and appliance industries; (g) to ensure that the global effects of a rule, regulation, or action shall, whenever evaluated, be reported separately from its domestic costs and benefits, in order to promote sound regulatory decision making and prioritize the interests of the American people; (h) to guarantee that all executive departments and agencies (agencies) provide opportunity for public comment and rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific analysis; and (i) to ensure that no Federal funding be employed in a manner contrary to the principles outlined in this section, unless required by law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Solutions; Natural Resources
CLARIFYING THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES
Link: CLARIFYING THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States prioritize the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States along our national borders.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY
Link: AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative, to investigate the causes of our country’s large and persistent annual trade deficits in goods, as well as the economic and national security implications and risks resulting from such deficits, and recommend appropriate measures, such as a global supplemental tariff or other policies, to remedy such deficits.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Global Trade; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Sanctions & Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
MEMORANDUM TO RESOLVE THE BACKLOG OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PERSONNEL
Summary: This order directs the White House Counsel to provide 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; and that these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Cybersecurity & Privacy; Government & Regulatory Affairs
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
Link: DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of each relevant military department, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to order as many units or members of the Armed Forces, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, as the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate to support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security in obtaining complete operational control of the southern border of the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION
Summary: This order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign and John R. Bolton. It is also the policy of the United States to ensure that the Intelligence Community not be engaged in partisan politics or otherwise used by a U.S. political campaign for electioneering purposes.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs; Federal Workforce
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
Link: RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
Summary: This order immediately reinstates Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service), with full force and effect, subject to the amendments described in section 3 of this order; provided that the date of this order shall be treated as the date of Executive Order 13957.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Link: WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Summary: This order states the United States’ intent to withdraw from the WHO.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Healthcare; National Security/ Defense
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK
Link: APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK
Summary: This order addresses the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”) (Pub. L. 118-50, div. H), which regulates “foreign adversary-controlled applications,” specifically those operated by TikTok and any other subsidiary of its China-based parent company, ByteDance Ltd., on national security grounds.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Cybersecurity & Privacy; Energy, Broadband and Technology; Sanctions & Import/ Export Controls; Trade Law
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021
Summary: This order commutes the sentences of the following individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs
PUTTING AMERICA FIRST IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
Link: PUTTING AMERICA FIRST IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
Summary: This order establishes a policy to put the interests of the United States and the American people first in the development and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage or stifle the American economy. These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; International Law
DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Link: DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Summary: This order establishes that all executive departments and agencies deliver emergency price relief, consistent with applicable law, to the American people and increase the prosperity of the American worker. This shall include pursuing appropriate actions to: lower the cost of housing and expand the housing supply; eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and rent-seeking 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 harmful, coercive “climate” policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Economic Development; Environmental Law; Healthcare Law
HIRING FREEZE
Link: HIRING FREEZE
Summary: This order establishes a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
REGULATORY FREEZE PENDING REVIEW
Link: REGULATORY FREEZE PENDING REVIEW
Summary: This order establishes that all executive departments and agencies may not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by sending a rule to the Office of the Federal Register (the “OFR”), until a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President after noon on January 20, 2025, reviews and approves the rule. The department or agency head may delegate this power of review and approval to any other person so appointed or designated by the President, consistent with applicable law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORK
Link: RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORK
Summary: This order establishes that heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Link: ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Summary: This order establishes a policy to identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to the weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization of the Intelligence Community.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce; Government & Regulatory Affairs
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
Link: RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
Summary: This order establishes that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law/ Free Speech
INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Link: INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Summary: This order evokes executive actions of the Biden Administration deemed harmful by the Trump Administration, including but not limited to COVID-19, Immigration, Environmental and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law/ Assignment of Power
FLYING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AT FULL-STAFF ON INAUGURATION DAY
Link: FLYING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AT FULL-STAFF ON INAUGURATION DAY
Summary: This order directs that the flag of the United States shall be flown at full-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government, in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions, for the remainder of January 20, Inauguration Day. Upon the end of this Inauguration Day, the flag of the United States shall be returned to half-staff as directed by Proclamation 10876 of December 29, 2024 (Announcing the Death of James Earl Carter, Jr.), in recognition of the memory of the former President.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PRESIDENT TRUMP DESIGNATES CHAIRMAN AND ACTING CHAIRMAN
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP DESIGNATES CHAIRMAN AND ACTING CHAIRMAN
Summary: This order directs certain individuals to perform the functions and duties of the indicated Chairman positions... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES ACTING CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES ACTING CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS
Summary: This order directs certain individuals to perform the functions and duties of the indicated Cabinet-level positions in an acting capacity until the position is filled by appointment... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES SUB-CABINET APPOINTMENTS
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES SUB-CABINET APPOINTMENTS
Summary: This order submits certain Sub-Cabinet nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS
Summary: This order submits certain Cabinet nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY
Link: ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY
Summary: This order directs all executive departments and agencies to terminate all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs.
Issued: 1/21/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment
KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IN AVIATION
Link: KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IN AVIATION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately rescind any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator shall review the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions and take all appropriate action to ensure that any individual who fails or has failed to demonstrate requisite capability is replaced by a high-capability individual that will ensure top-notch air safety and efficiency.
Issued: 1/21/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment
DESIGNATION OF ANSAR ALLAH AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Link: DESIGNATION OF ANSAR ALLAH AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Summary: This order establishes policy to cooperate with regional partners to eliminate Ansar Allah’s capabilities and operations, deprive it of resources and thereby end its attacks on United States personnel and civilians, United States partners and maritime shipping in the Red Sea.
Issued: 1/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law; Assignment of Power; Immigration; National Security
NOMINATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE
Link: NOMINATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE
Summary: This order presents certain nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law; Assignment of Power
REMOVING BARRIERS TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Link: REMOVING BARRIERS TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Summary: This order revokes certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to AI innovation, clearing a path for the U.S. to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence. It is the policy of the U.S. to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness and national security.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Corporate & Business Transactions; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Electronic Discovery & Information Management; Energy, Broadband & Technology
DECLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS CONCERNING THE ASSASSINATIONS OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Summary: This order establishes guidelines and dates for the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinations.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Investigations
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Link: STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Summary: This order directs policy to support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology and related technologies across all sectors of the economy.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Banking & Finance; Complex Contracting & Technology; Corporate & Business Transactions; Electronic Discover & Information Management; Energy, Broadband & Technology; Fintech
ENFORCING THE HYDE AMENDMENT
Link: ENFORCING THE HYDE AMENDMENT
Summary: This order enforces the Hyde Amendment to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion. It revokes Executive Order 14076 of July 8, 2022, and Executive Order 14079 of August 3, 2022.
Issued: 1/24/25
MEMORANDUM: THE MEXICO CITY POLICY
Link: MEMORANDUM: THE MEXICO CITY POLICY
Summary: This revokes the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 (The Mexico City Policy.) It implements a plan to extend the Memorandum requirements and directs the Secretary of State to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
Issued: 1/24/25
NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, 2025
Link: NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, 2025
Summary: This order establishes January 27, 2025, as a National Day of Remembrance for the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. American citizens are encouraged to observe this day with programs, ceremonies and prayers commemorating the victims of the Holocaust and honoring the sacrifices of the men and women who helped liberate the victims of the Nazis at Auschwitz.
Issued: 1/27/25
THE IRON DOME FOR AMERICA
Link: THE IRON DOME FOR AMERICA
Summary: This order initiates policy on the possible threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles and other advanced aerial attacks.
Issued: 1/27/25
PRIORITIZING MILITARY EXCELLENCE AND READINESS
Link: PRIORITIZING MILITARY EXCELLENCE AND READINESS
Summary: This order initiates policy banning transgender or a person expressing a false "gender identity" from military service.
Issued: 1/27/25
RESTORING AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCE
Link: RESTORING AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCE
Summary: This order initiates policy in which the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and every element of the Armed Forces should operate free from any preference based on race or sex.
Issued: 1/27/25
REINSTATING SERVICE MEMBERS DISCHARGED UNDER THE MILITARY'S COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE
Link: REINSTATING SERVICE MEMBERS DISCHARGED UNDER THE MILITARY'S COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE
Summary: This order reinstates members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged solely for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated.
Issued: 1/27/25
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION
Link: PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION
Summary: This order initiates policy prohibiting federal funding, sponsoring, promoting or assisting in the "transition" of a child from one sex to another.
Issued: 1/28/25
EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES
Link: EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES
Summary: This order provides support for parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education of their children.
Issued: 1/29/25
ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING
Link: ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING
Summary: This order requires recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education to 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.
Issued: 1/29/25
CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY
Link: CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY
Summary: This order initiates efforts to provide a grand celebration for the 250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026. It is also the purpose of this order to take other actions to honor the history of the United States.
Issued: 1/29/25
Effective Date: 7/4/26
EXPANDING MIGRANT OPERATIONS CENTER AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY TO FULL CAPACITY
Link: EXPANDING MIGRANT OPERATIONS CENTER AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY TO FULL CAPACITY
Summary: This memorandum is issued in order to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels and restore national sovereignty.
Issued: 1/29/25
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNED S.5 INTO LAW
Link: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNED S.5 INTO LAW
Summary: This law, S. 5, the “Laken Riley Act,” requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft and for other purposes.
Issued: 1/29/25
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
Link: ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
Summary: This order initiates policy to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.
Issued: 1/29/25
IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF AVIATION SAFETY
Link: IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF AVIATION SAFETY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior four years and to take such corrective action as necessary to achieve uncompromised aviation safety, including the replacement of any individuals who do not meet qualification standards.
Issued: 1/30/25
LIMITING LAME-DUCK COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THAT IMPROPERLY ATTEMPT TO CONSTRAIN THE NEW PRESIDENT
Summary: This order initiates policy that collective bargaining agreements 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.
Issued: 1/31/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Link: IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of Mexico, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Link: IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order imposes an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of the People’s Republic of China, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Link: IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of Canada, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 2025
Link: AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 2025
Summary: This order recognizes the devastating affliction of heart disease and invites all Americans to participate in National Wear Red Day on February 7, 2025.
Issued: 2/3/25
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, 2025
Link: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, 2025
Summary: This order proclaims February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month.
Issued: 2/3/25
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Link: PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order pauses the tariffs placed on Mexico for 30 days.
Issued: 2/3/25
A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
Link: A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
Summary: This order directs 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 to promote fiscal sustainability, lessen the burden of taxes on American families and small businesses, establish economic security for future generations and promote United States economic and strategic leadership internationally.
Issued: 2/3/25
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Link: PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order pauses the tariffs placed on Canada for 30 days.
Issued: 2/3/25
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-2
Link: NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-2
Summary: This order Directs multiple cabinet Secretary’s to impose and sanctions or appropriate enforcement remedies on all persons for which the Department has evidence of activity in violation of one or more Iran-related sanctions, modify or rescind sanctions waivers, particularly those that provide Iran any degree of economic or financial relief, drive Iran’s export of oil to zero, deny freedom of movement or safe haven to the IRGC or any terror proxy of Iran, continue to pursue international sanctions and restrictions on Iran, investigate, disrupt, and prosecute financial and logistical networks, operatives, or front groups inside the United States that are sponsored by Iran or an Iranian terror proxy, and pursue all available legal steps to indict and prosecute the leaders and members of Iranian-funded terrorist groups and proxies that have captured, harmed, or killed American citizens and, where possible , seek their arrest and extradition to the United States.
Issued: 2/4/25
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM AND ENDING FUNDING TO CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS AND REVIEWING UNITED STATES SUPPORT TO ALL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Summary: This order terminates the United States’ involvement in the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and removes funding from UNRWA. The Sec of Sate and UN Ambassador will further review all intergovernmental organizations the US is a member and provides funding to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States and whether such organizations, conventions, or treaties can be reformed.
Issued: 2/4/25
KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
Link: KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
Summary: This order applies definitions in Executive Order 14168 of January 20, 2025 (Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government), and directs the Attorney General to take all appropriate action to affirmatively protect all-female athletic opportunities and all-female locker rooms and thereby provide the equal opportunity guaranteed by Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, including enforcement actions described in subsection (iii)
Issued: 2/5/25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Link: MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This executive order directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGOs. The heads of agencies shall align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities the Trump Administration.
Issued: 6-Feb-25
ERADICATING ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
Link: ERADICATING ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
Summary: This executive order establishes a task force within the Department of Justice to "Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias” that will review the activities of all executive departments and agencies, recommend to the head of the relevant agency steps to revoke or terminate any violative policies, practices, or conduct , share information and develop strategies to protect the religious liberties of Americans, solicit information and ideas from a broad range of individuals and groups, including Americans affected by anti-Christian conduct, faith-based organizations, and State, local, and Tribal governments, and recommend any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary to rectify past improper anti-Christian conduct, protect religious liberty, or otherwise fulfill the purpose and policy of this order
Issued: 6-Feb-25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Link: MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This action directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGOs. The heads of agencies shall align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities of the Trump Administration, as expressed in executive actions; as otherwise determined in the judgment of the heads of agencies; and on the basis of applicable authorizing statutes, regulations, and terms.
Issued: 2/6/25
IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Link: IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Summary: This action finds that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and Israel. It directs that any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons, as defined in section 8(d) of this order, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to address that threat.
Issued: 2/6/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Summary: This action names Pastor Paula White-Cain as a Special Government Employee and Senior Advisor of the newly created White House Faith Office, Jennifer S. Korn s a Deputy Assistant to the President and Faith Director of the newly created White House Faith Office and Jackson Lane as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Faith Engagement
Issued: 2/7/25
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Link: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Summary: This action establishes within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) the White House Faith Office and provides for its duties thereof.
Issued: 2/7/25
PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Link: PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Summary: This action directs the Attorney General to 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 and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.
Issued: 2/7/25
ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Link: ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Summary: This action establishes that, as a result of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 by the Republic of South Africa, it shall be the policy of the United States that, as long as South Africa continues these unjust and immoral practices that harm our Nation:
- (a) the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa; and
- (b) the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.
Issued: 2/7/25
GULF OF AMERICA DAY, 2025
Link: GULF OF AMERICA DAY, 2025
Summary: This action proclaims February 9, 2025, as Gulf of America Day
Issued: 2/9/25
ENDING PROCUREMENT AND FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS
Link: ENDING PROCUREMENT AND FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS
Summary: This action directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.
Issued: 2/10/25
ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE
Link: ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE
Summary: This action directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take all necessary steps to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute, in accordance with applicable law. Further, all prior Presidential or other executive branch documents establishing or requiring the existence of the Federal Executive Institute, including the Presidential Memorandum of May 9, 1968, regarding the Federal Executive Institute, and any applicable provisions of Executive Order 11348 of April 20, 1967 (Providing for the Further Training of Government Employees), are hereby revoked.
Issued: 2/10/25
PAUSING FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ENFORCEMENT TO FURTHER AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Link: PAUSING FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ENFORCEMENT TO FURTHER AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Summary: This action directs for a period of 180 days following the date of this order, the Attorney General to review guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under 1977, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. During the review period, 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; (ii) review in detail all existing FCPA investigations or enforcement actions and take appropriate action with respect to such matters to restore proper bounds on FCPA enforcement and preserve Presidential foreign policy prerogatives; and (iii) issue updated guidelines or policies, as appropriate, to adequately promote the President’s Article II authority to conduct foreign affairs and prioritize American interests, American economic competitiveness with respect to other nations, and the efficient use of Federal law enforcement resources.
Issued: 2/10/25
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES
Link: ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This action imposes additional ad valorem tariffs and rates of duty on certain countries related to foreign steel articles
Issued: 2/10/25
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE
Link: IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE
Summary: This action implements the Department of Government Efficiency and provides structure and mandates and restrictions thereto.
Issued: 2/11/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Link: PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Summary: This action establishes a President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and names the following individuals thereto: Devin Gerald Nunes – Chair, Scott Glabe, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Brad Robert Wenstrup, Wayne Berman, Reince Priebus, Robert O’Brien, Joshua Lobel, Sander R. Gerber, Katie Miller, Jeremy Katz, Thomas Ollis Hicks, Jr.
Issued: 2/11/25
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM INTO THE UNITED STATES
Link: ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM INTO THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This action adjusts the tariff proclaimed by Proclamation 9704, as amended, and the tariff proclaimed by Proclamation 9980, as amended, to increase the tariff rate from 10 percent ad valorem to 25 percent ad valorem against aluminum articles of certain importers.
Issued: 2/11/25
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
Link: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
Summary: This Order sends certain names to the Senate for confirmation for multiple positions, including but not limited to Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, various Assistant Secretaries, and Generals Counsel.
Issued: 2/12/25
ONE VOICE FOR AMERICA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS
Link: ONE VOICE FOR AMERICA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS
Summary: This action directs The Secretary to, consistent with applicable law, reform the Foreign Service and the administration of foreign relations to ensure faithful and effective implementation of the President’s foreign policy agenda, including implementation of reform provisions.
Issued: 2/12/25
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION
Link: ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION
Summary: This action directs that all federally funded health research should empower Americans through transparency and open-source data, and should avoid or eliminate conflicts of interest that skew outcomes and perpetuate distrust; (b) the National Institutes of Health and other health-related research funded by the Federal Government should prioritize gold-standard research on the root causes of why Americans are getting sick; (c) agencies shall work with farmers to ensure that United States food is the healthiest, most abundant, and most affordable in the world; and (d) agencies shall ensure the availability of expanded treatment options and the flexibility for health insurance coverage to provide benefits that support beneficial lifestyle changes and disease prevention. This action also establishes the Make America Healthy Again Commission, designates its committee membership and its mandates.
Issued: 2/13/25
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL
Link: ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL
Summary: This action establishes a National Energy Dominance Council, identifies Cabinet members who shall serve, and advise the President on how best to exercise his authority to produce more energy to make America energy dominant and advise the President on improving the processes for permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, and export of all forms of American energy, including critical minerals.
Issued: 2/14/25
KEEPING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND ENDING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS
Link: KEEPING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND ENDING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS
Summary: This action directs the Secretary of Education as soon as practicable to issue guidelines to elementary schools, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education regarding those entities’ legal obligations with respect to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under law, as relevant to coercive COVID-19 school mandates. Federal funds are to be withheld from elementary schools, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that are non-compliant with the guidelines issued pursuant to this action.
Issued: 2/15/25
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES KENTUCKY EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Link: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES KENTUCKY EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Summary: This action 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.
Issued: 2/16/25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Link: MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This action direct the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate actions to make public, to the maximum extent permitted by law and as the heads of agencies deem appropriate to promote the policies of the Trump Administration, the complete details of every terminated program, cancelled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds.
Issued: 2/18/25
