Executive Actions Tracker

This EO states that all officers or employees charged with implementing the foreign policy of the US must do so under the direction of the President and failure to implement the President's policy is grounds for professional discipline, including separation. When the Secretary of State concludes that an employee warrants personnel action, the Secretary may, at his or her discretion, refer the matter to the President. The Secretary shall reform the Foreign Service to ensure faithful implementation of the President's agenda, including recruiting, evaluation, retention standards, and update the manual and any other policies as needed.

This EO directs Director of OMB to submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal government's workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition. This plan must require each agency to hire no more than one employee for every four that depart. This EO does not apply to functions related to public safety, immigration enforcement, or law enforcement. Each agency must develop a hiring plan in compliance with this EO and cannot fill any vacancies that the DOGE team determines should not be filled, unless the agency head determines otherwise. Agency heads shall promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force. OPM shall initiate a rulemaking process to revise 5 CFR 731.202(b) to include additional suitability criteria. This EO does not apply to military personnel, any positions deemed by agency heads to be necessary for national security, homeland security, or public safety, and any exemptions granted by Director of OPM.

This EO directs OMB to take all necessary steps to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute.

This proclamation terminates the alternative agreements, quotas, and exemptions previously granted under the Section 232 steel tariff program to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU member countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, so that as of March 12, 2025, all imports of steel articles and derivative steel articles from all countries are subject to the 25 percent ad valorem tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9705 and Proclamation 9980. It expands the tariff to additional derivative steel articles listed in Annex I, except those made from steel melted and poured in the United States, and terminates the product exclusion process, effective immediately, with existing general approved exclusions ending March 12, 2025. The Secretary of Commerce must establish a process within 90 days for adding derivative steel articles to the tariff's scope, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is directed to prioritize classification reviews and assess maximum penalties for misclassification, with no duty drawback available.

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This EO directs the heads of each agency or department to take appropriate action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws within agency buildings and eliminate policies designed to disfavor plastic straws.

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This proclamation increases the section 232 tariff on imports of aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles from 10 percent to 25 percent ad valorem, effective March 12, 2025. It terminates the alternative arrangements with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, subjecting imports from those countries to the tariff, and ends the product exclusion process administered by the Secretary of Commerce. It extends the tariff to additional derivative aluminum articles, directs the Secretary to establish a process within 90 days for adding further derivatives, requires importers to report aluminum content to CBP, and prohibits duty drawback.

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AG will examine all policies and plans to assess any ongoing infringements on the Second Amendment.

This EO establishes the White House Faith Office which will advise the President on policy that may impact the ability for faith-based organizations to serve their communities.

This EO states that the US (including all US agencies) will not provide aid or assistance to South Africa, and halt any current aid. Further, the US will promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination. The heads of any agencies may permit foreign aid or assistance deems necessary. DHS and Secretary of State shall prioritize relief to assist the Afrikaners group.

This EO prevents any payment to specific persons who had directly engaged in an effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute a protected person without the consent of that person's country or materially support a barred activity. Further, certain immigrant entry into the US is suspended. Other various fiscal sanctions are imposed.

This memo directs the heads of all agencies to review all funding provided to NGOs and align future funding with the goals and interests of the US and this administration.

This EO creates a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, which must review the activities of all executive agencies and determine any anti-Christian policies or practices and make corrective recommendations.

This EO seeks to rescind all federal funds to educational programs that allow male competitive participation in women's sports. The Secretary of Education is directed to affirmatively protect all-female athletic opportunities and locker rooms under Title IX. Further, the Secretary of Education and AG will prioritize Title IX enforcement in this manner. All agencies will review grants to educational programs and rescind funding for failure to comply with this order. Various agencies will also do affirmative outreach to state and other organizations to promote this policy, including athletic organizations and governing bodies.

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This EO terminates US participation with UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and directs a review of US participation with the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Further, US agencies shall not contribute any funds to UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The Secretary of State and UN Ambassador shall conduct a review of all international intergovernmental organizations that the US is a member of and provides funding to. Lastly, the Secretary of State shall inform the UN that the US will not satisfy any claims to 2025 payments to these organizations.

This EO pauses the EO issued on 2/1/25, Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Northern Border, until 3/4/25. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and continue to assess the situation.

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This EO pauses the EO issued on 2/1/25, Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border, until 3/4/25. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and continue to assess the situation.

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This EO directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, to develop a plan for the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund and submit it to the President within 90 days.

This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of Canada to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), other drug and human traffickers, criminals, and drugs. Further, a 25% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of Canada, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. There is also an exception for energy resources, which are subject to a 10% ad valorem rate of duty (not 25%). The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the situation on the northern border. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of Mexico to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), other drug and human traffickers, criminals, and illicit drugs. Further, a 25% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of Mexico, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the situation on the southern border. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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This EO expands the scope of the national emergency declared under Proclamation 10886 to include the failure of the PRC to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept chemical precursor suppliers, money launderers, other transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), criminals, and drugs. Further, a 10% ad valorem rate of duty is imposed on all products of PRC, beginning 2/4/25, except for goods entered for consumption. The Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US (HTSUS) to effect this order. The tariff does not apply to products eligible for admission under "domestic status" as defined in 19 CFR 146.43. Further, the Secretary of Homeland Security is directed to consult regularly with Secretary of State, AG, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security regarding the PRC. Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce and AG to adopt rules and regulations to enforce this EO. All agencies shall take appropriate action to enforce this EO.

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This EO states that whenever an agency publicly proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates a new regulation, it shall identify at least 10 existing regulations to be repealed. For FY 2025, the heads of all agencies are directed to ensure that the total incremental cost of all new regulations being finalized this year shall be significantly less than zero. Any new incremental costs associated with new regulations shall be offset by the elimination of existing costs associated with at least 10 prior regulations. Further, for each agency's Regulatory Plan, the agency head must identify the increased costs and the offsetting regulations with total costs or savings associated with each of these. No regulation shall be issued by an agency if it was not included in the most recent update of the Unified Regulatory Agenda. The Director of OMB is charged with implementing this order, including providing additional guidance to the agencies.

This memorandum establishes an executive branch policy that collective bargaining agreements executed in the 30 days before a change in presidential administrations shall not be approved if they create new contractual obligations, make substantive changes to existing agreements, or extend an existing agreement's duration, though existing rollover provisions are unaffected. It directs agency heads to promptly disapprove any such agreement executed by subordinate personnel but not yet approved under 5 U.S.C. 7114(c). The requirements do not apply to CBAs primarily covering law enforcement officers, subject to a severability provision if that exclusion is held to defeat the memorandum's status as a government-wide rule. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management is directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.

This Memo directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to take appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the US and to address immigration enforcement needs.

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This EO establishes the "White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday" to coordinate the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. Further, EO 13934 (Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes), 13978 (Building the National Garden of American Heroes), and 13922 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combatting Recent Criminal Violence) are reinstated.

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This EO seeks to prohibit recipients of federal funds providing K-12 education from using "discriminatory" ideologies, primarily based on race, color, sex, or national origin. Various heads of agencies are directed to draft policy recommendations to enforce this EO. Further, the "1776 Commission" is reestablished with the goal of promoting patriotic education. All relevant agencies are directed to monitor compliance with the requirement that all educational institutions with federal funds hold a yearly constitution education program.