Executive Order Tracker

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

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

Within 30 days (Apr. 24, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (June 23, 2025):

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

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

Within 180 days (Sept. 21, 2025):

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

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

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

Immediately.

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

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

Within 90 days (June 23, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (Sept. 21, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

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

Within 45 days (May 4, 2025):

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

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Within 14 days (Apr. 3, 2025):

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

Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

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

Within 60 days (May 19, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (June 18, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 10 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

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

Within 15 days (Apr. 4, 2025):

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

Within 30 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

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

Within 45 days (May 4, 2025):

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

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

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

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Within 90 days (June 17, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (Sept. 15, 2025):

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

Within 240 days (Nov. 14, 2025):

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

Within one year (Mar. 19, 2026):

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

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

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

Within 60 days (May 14, 2025):

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

J.G.G. et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
TRO granted. Government appealed. (as of 3/15/25)

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

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

Within 7 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

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Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss
3/14/25

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

Within 30 days (Apr. 13, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Nominations Sent to the Senate
3/11/25

Summary: Nominations sent to the Senate.

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

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

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Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness
3/7/25

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

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

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

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

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

Within 30 days (Apr. 5, 2025):

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

Within 60 days (May 5, 2025):

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

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

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

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Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP
3/6/25

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

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

Perkins Coie LLP v. US Dept. of Justice, et al.
D.D.C.
TRO granted (as of 3/12/25)

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

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

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Honoring Jocelyn Nungaray
3/5/25

Summary: Honoring Jocelyn Nungaray

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production
3/1/25

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

Directives to Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture:

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

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

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

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Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative

2/26/25

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

Within 7 days (Mar. 5, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Apr. 27, 2025):

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

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Active (as of 3/27/25)

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

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

Within 90 days (May 26, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

Within 270 days (Nov. 22, 2025):

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

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

Summary: Grants major disaster declaration for Kentucky.

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America First Investment Policy
2/21/25

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

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

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

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

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

Within 14 days (Mar. 5, 2025):

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

Within 30 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

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

Aviel v. Gor
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/18/25)

US Inst. of Peace v. Jackson
D.D.C. TRO denied (as of 3/20/25)

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

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

Within 60 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 30 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Apr. 19, 2025):

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

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 19, 2025):

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

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

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Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending
2/18/25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 16, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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National Energy Dominance Council: Key Takeaways from President Trump’s Latest Energy-Related Executive Order

National Energy Dominance Council Priorities Include Small Modular Reactors

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

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

Within 100 days (May 24, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (Aug. 12, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 10 days (Feb. 21, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (May 12, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

No Timeframe:

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

“Promptly”:

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

Within 30 days (Mar. 13, 2025):

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

Within 240 days (Oct. 9, 2025):

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

Nat’l Treasury Employees Union et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
TRO and preliminary injunction denied (as of 2/20/25)

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

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 11, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

• The Attorney General may extend the review period.

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Temporarily Pausing FCPA Enforcement

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

Summary: The Federal Executive Institute to be eliminated.

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

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

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

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

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Gulf of America Day, 2025
2/9/25

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

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

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

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Protecting Second Amendment Rights
2/7/25
EO 14206

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

Within 30 days (Mar. 9, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 8, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Apr. 7, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 120 days (June 6, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Apr. 6, 2025):

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

Promptly:

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

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

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

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Culture & DEI: Strategy, Litigation & Investigations

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

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

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 5, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (Aug. 3, 2025):

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

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

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

Immediately:

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

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

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

Summary: Delayed implementation of EO 14193.

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

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

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

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

Within 90 days (May 4, 2025):

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

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

Summary: Delayed implementation of EO 14194.

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

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

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International Trade & National Security

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

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

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American Heart Month, 2025
2/3/25

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
1/31/25
EO 14192

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

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Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety
1/30/25

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

Immediately.

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

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

Taal v. Trump
N.D.N.Y.
Active

Am. Ass’n of Univ. Professors v. Rubio
D. Mass.
Active

(as of 3/27/25)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Mar. 1, 2025:

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

By Dec. 31, 2026:

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

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

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 29, 2025):

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

Within 120 days (May 29, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 30, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 29, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 29, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 28, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 28, 2025):

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

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 27, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 27, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (July 26, 2025):

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

N/A

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

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

Promptly:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Talbott et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted. (as of 3/20/25)

Shilling et al. v. Trump et al.
W.D. Wash.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

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

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 28, 2025):

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

N/A

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

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

N/A

N/A

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

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

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

N/A

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

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

N/A

N/A

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

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

“Immediately”/ “Promptly”:

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

“Expeditiously”:

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

Within 5 days (Jan. 29, 2025):

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

Within 15 days (Feb. 8, 2025):

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 23, 2025):

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

N/A

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

Summary: Established the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council.

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

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

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

Within 180 days (July 19, 2025):

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

N/A

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

Summary: Establishes an advisory council on science and technology.

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

N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

Within 180 days (July 19, 2025):

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

N/A

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

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

• Must report a recognition plan

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

N/A

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Nominations Transmitted to the Senate
1/22/25

Summary: Nominations sent to the Senate

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N/A

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

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

Until Apr. 21, 2025:

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

Within 120 days (May 21, 2025):

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

Nat’l Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction stayed pending decision on the merits by 4th Circuit. (as of 3/20/25)

Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump et al
N.D. Ill.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

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

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

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

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

Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Executive Orders Related to DEI

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

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

Immediately.

N/A

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

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

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

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

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

Summary: Renaming of Mount McKinley, Gulf of America.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 14 days (Feb. 3, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

N/A

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

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

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

Officers in Higher Ed. v. Trump
D. Md.
Preliminary injunction stayed pending decision on the merits by 4th Circuit. (as of 3/20/25)

Doe 1 v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
E.D. Va.
Preliminary injunction denied (as of 2/27/25)

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

Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump et al
N.D. Ill.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

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

Erie County, New York v. Corp. for Nat’l & Cmty. Serv.
D.D.C. Active (as of 3/18/25)

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Active

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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Executive Orders Related to DEI

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

Within 120 days (May 20, 2025):

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

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

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

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

Doe v. McHenry
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted (limited) (as of 3/13/25)

Jones v. Trump
D.D.C.
Preliminary injunction granted (limited) (as of 3/13/25)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Executive Orders Target DEI Programs and Gender Protections

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

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

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

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

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

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

AFL-CIO v. Dept. of Labor
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/13/25)

Univ. of Cal. Student Ass'n v. Carter
D.D.C.
TRO denied (as of 3/13/25)

NY v. Trump
S.D.N.Y.
TRO granted in part (as of 3/13/25)

Nat'l Treasury Emps. Union v. Vought
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Does 1-26 v. Musk
D. Md.
Active (as of 3/13/25)

Aviel v. Gor
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/18/25)

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

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

As soon as practicable

N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taal v. Trump
N.D.N.Y.
Active

Am. Ass’n of Univ. Professors v. Rubio
D. Mass.
Active (as of 3/27/25)

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

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

Immediately review and rescind various environmental policies and mandates.

N/A

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

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

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

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

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

City and County of San Francisco et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
N.D. Cal.
Active

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

City of Chelsea v. Trump
D. Mass.
Active

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ICE Enforcement Actions: Understanding Employers’ Rights and Obligations

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

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

N/A

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

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

Immediately.

N/A

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

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

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

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. United States Department of State
D.C. Cir.
TRO granted. Supreme Court rejected Government's bid to stay the order to disperse ~$2B in funds. (as of 3/13/25)

Global Health Council v. Trump
D.D.C.
Motion to dismiss granted. (as of 3/14/25)

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

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

Summary: Makes changes to policies regarding offshore wind projects.

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

N/A

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

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Energy

Energy & Project Development

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

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

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

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

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Environmental Counseling & Litigation

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

N/A

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US Labor/Management Relations

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

N/A

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

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

Immediately.

N/A

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

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

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

N/A

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Securing Our Borders
1/20/25
EO 14165

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

Within 14 days (Feb. 3, 2025):

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

Doe v. Noem
D. Mass.
Active

Coal. For Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles v. Trump
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/27/25)

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Global Employment & Immigration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As of Jan. 27, 2025:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Within 30 days (Feb. 19, 2025):

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

Within 60 days (Mar. 21, 2025):

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

Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025):

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

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

State of New York et al. v. Trump et al; National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. Office of Management and Budget et al.
D.R.I.
Preliminary Injunction Granted.
Appealed by Government. (as of 3/13/25)

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

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

Northern Alaska Environmental Center, et al. v. Trump, et al.
D. Alaska
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Sustainability Inst. v. Trump
D.S.C.
Active

Our Insight
Trump-Vance Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote American Energy

Executive Actions Substantially Revise Environmental Justice Policies and Practices

Federal Agencies Ordered to Pause Spending of Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funds

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Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
1/20/25
EO 14167

Summary: Orders the Secretary of Defense to assign United States Northern Command the responsibility within DOD of securing U.S. borders.

No later than 10 days (Jan. 30, 2025):

• Secretary of Defense to revise Command Plan

Within 30 days (Feb. 29, 2025):

• Commander’s estimate for a Level 3 planning requirement to seal the borders

N/A

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America First Trade Policy
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Establishes a trade policy to promote investment and productivity that enhances U.S. industrial and technological advantages, defends economic and national security, and benefits American workers, manufacturers, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Requires a number of reports on the following: causes of U.S. trade deficits, tariffs, currency manipulation, the USMCA, and review of current tariffs, among others.

Apr. 1, 2025:

• All results of reviews and investigations, findings, identifications, and recommendations due for all but the Office of Management and Budget report.

Apr. 30, 2025:

• Office of Management and Budget Report due.

N/A

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Trump’s Second-Term Tariff Agenda: How Will New Tariffs Impact You?

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Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel
1/20/25
Memorandum

Summary: Granting the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months.

Immediately.

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Declaring A National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
1/20/25
Presidential Proclamation 10886
Revoked Proclamation 10142 of January 20, 2021

Summary: Declared a state of national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. Directs the Secretary of Defense to support the Department of Homeland Security with physical barriers, unmanned aerial systems, and new policies and strategies to stop cartels, smugglers, and dealers from their entrance into the United States.

Immediate action to construct additional physical barriers along the southern border. Within 90 days: The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security must issue a joint report on conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border and make recommendations on future actions, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

N/A

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Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
1/20/25
EO 14152

Summary: The Order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by certain former intelligence officials.

Immediately:

• revocation of 51 security clearances

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

• “[T]he Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall submit a report to the President through the National Security Advisor” detailing inappropriate activity, recommendations, and any disciplinary action recommendations related to the 51 former intelligence officials.

N/A

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Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
1/20/25
Reinstates EO 13957
Revokes EO 14003

Summary: Revising multiple sections/parts of EO 13957, or the Prior Administration Policy, by reinstating the Schedule F designation in the Excepted Services. It is immediately reinstated with full force and effect, subject to the amendments.

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

• The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall, after consultation with the Executive Office of the President, issue guidance about additional categories of positions that executive departments and agencies should consider recommending for Schedule Policy/Career.

National Treasury Employees Union v. Donald J. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Trump et al.
D. Md.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO et al. v. Trump et al.
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

Government Accountability Project v. Office of Personnel Management
D.D.C.
Active (as of 3/14/25)

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Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
1/20/25
EO 14155
Revokes EO 13987

Summary: Provides notice of the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization along with the revocation of EO 13987 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID–19 and to Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security).

Immediately:

• Notice of withdrawal from WHO
• Pause fund transfers to WHO
• Recall personnel working with WHO

As soon as practicable:

• The Director of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy shall review, rescind, and replace the 2024 U.S. Global Health Security Strategy.

N/A

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Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to Tiktok
1/20/25
EO 14166

Summary: Delays the enforcement of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days.

Instructs the Attorney General to refrain from action to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days (Apr. 2025).

N/A

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Telecommunications, Media & Technology

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
1/20/25
EO 14162
Revoked US International Climate Finance Plan

Summary: Immediate withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord.

Immediate effects: (1/20/2025):

• withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
• cease or revoke related financial commitments
• revokes the US International Climate Finance Plan
• report on any additional action required

Within 10 days (Jan. 30, 2025):

• Director of Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on rescission of all frozen funds

Within 30 days (February 19, 2025):

• Relevant Executive Branch members must submit a report that details their actions to revoke or rescind policies that were implemented to advance the International Climate Finance Plan

N/A

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Executive Order Withdraws United States from International Climate Commitments and Finance Initiatives

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Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
1/20/25

Summary: Requires all executive branch departments and agencies to pursue emergency price relief for the purpose of addressing cost-of- living concerns. To include pursuing appropriate actions to: lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply; eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and practices that increase healthcare costs; eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances; create employment opportunities for American workers, including drawing discouraged workers into the labor force; and eliminate certain policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.

Within 30 days of the date of this memorandum (Feb. 19, 2025), and every 30 days thereafter, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy shall report to the President on the status of the memorandum’s implementation.

N/A

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Antitrust

Healthcare

Life Sciences

Hiring Freeze
1/20/25
90 FR 8247

Summary: Freeze on the hiring of federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch excluding the military, social security, Medicare and veterans’ benefits.

As of noon on 1/20/25, no vacant federal civilian position may be filled, and no new positions may be created.
Within 90 days (Apr. 20, 2025), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (working with Administrator of DOGE) shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce. Upon its submission, this memo shall expire for all executive departments and agencies, aside from the IRS (which remains until the Secretary of Treasury and Director of OMB determine it is in the national interest to lift the freeze).

N/A

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US Labor/Management Relations

Workplace Government Relations and Regulation

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
1/20/25

Summary: President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review directs federal agencies to stop all rulemaking activity pending within the agency and to consider all rules already published as paused for 60 days.

Effective immediately; proposed a 60-day review period (Mar. 21, 2025) for published rules.

N/A

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Executive Order: Regulatory Freeze Pending Review and the Potential Impacts on CFTC

Executive Order Pauses All Pending Rulemaking Activity for Federal Agencies: Impact on CFPB

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Financial Services

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Return to In-Person Work
1/20/25
90 FR 8251

Summary: Termination of remote work arrangements requiring federal employees to return to work in person on a full-time basis.

As soon as practicable

N/A

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Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
1/20/25
EO 14147

Summary: Orders the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of all departments and agencies, to review activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority during the Biden administration and to make recommendations for remedial actions.

N/A

Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association; John Does 1-4; Jane Does 1-3 v. Department of Justice / John and Jane Does 1-9 v. Department of Justice
D.D.C.
Consolidated. TRO Granted.

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Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
1/20/25
EO 14149

Summary: Prohibits federal officials from unconstitutionally abridging free speech and ensures that no federal funds are used to those ends.

N/A

N/A

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Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
1/20/25
EO 14148

Revocation of an extensive list of Executive Actions (Section 2)

Summary: Initial recissions of ~78 of Biden-era Executive Orders and Actions

“[T]he heads of each agency shall take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of unlawful and radical DEI ideology.”

Within/No later than 45 days of the date of this order (Mar. 6, 2025):

• “the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council shall submit to the President an additional list of orders, memoranda, and proclamations issued by the prior administration that should be rescinded, as well as a list of replacement orders, memoranda, or proclamations, to increase American prosperity.”
• “the [National Security Advisor] shall recommend to the President [National Security Memoranda] for rescission.”

N. Alaska Env’t Ctr. v. Trump
D. Alaska
Active

City of Chelsea v. Trump
D. Mass.
Active

Our Insight
Trump-Vance Administration Issues Executive Order to Promote American Energy

Executive Actions Substantially Revise Environmental Justice Policies and Practices

Executive Orders Target DEI Programs and Gender Protections

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Culture & DEI: Strategy, Litigation & Investigations

Workplace Government Relations and Regulation

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Flying the Flag of the United States at Full-Staff on Inauguration Day
1/20/25
Proclamation 10885

Summary: Flying the US flag at full-staff on Inauguration Day

N/A

N/A

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President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen
1/20/25

Summary: Designates Chairman and Acting Chairman

N/A

N/A

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President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet Level Positions
1/20/25

Summary: Designates Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

N/A

N/A

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President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments
1/20/25

Summary: Sub-Cabinet Appointments

N/A

N/A

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President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments
1/20/25

Summary: Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments

N/A

N/A

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