Executive Actions Tracker

Agency heads, in consultation with the FTC Chairman and the Attorney General, are tasked with reviewing and identifying regulations that hinder market competition, including those that facilitate monopolies or create barriers to entry. Within 70 days, agencies must list such regulations and recommend whether they should be rescinded or modified. The FTC Chairman will gather public input through an RFI process and, after consolidating agency recommendations, will provide a list of anti-competitive regulations to the OMB Director for potential inclusion in the Unified Regulatory Agenda. This initiative aims to enhance market competition by removing unnecessary regulatory constraints.

This proclaims April 9, 2025 as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.

Directs the listed agencies and listed rules, where the agency is directed to issue a sunset rule effective no later than 9/30/25 in that covered regulation. The sunset provision shall provide that the agency will offer the public an opportunity to comment on the costs and benefits of each regulation prior to a rule’s expiration, and following such opportunity the Conditional Sunset Date for that Covered Regulation may be extended if the agency finds an extension is warranted.

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This proclaims April 9, 2025, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., honoring the life and legacy of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

This proclaims April 6 through April 12, 2025, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week.

This EO establishes a policy to revitalize and rebuild the domestic maritime industries and workforce, enhancing national security and economic prosperity. It mandates the creation of a Maritime Action Plan (MAP) to address legislative, regulatory, and fiscal aspects. Key actions include securing the maritime industrial base, addressing targeting by the PRC, enforcing cargo fees, engaging allies for aligned trade policies, incentivizing investment, launching a Maritime Security Trust Fund, and improving education and training in the maritime sector. The EO also calls for efficiency in procurement, expansion of the U.S. commercial fleet, securing Arctic waterways, and various deregulatory initiatives.

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This EO directs the Secretary of Energy to publish in the Federal Register a notice rescinding Energy Conservation Program: Definition of Showerhead, 86 Fed. Reg. 71797 (December 20, 2021), including the definition of “showerhead” codified at 10 C.F.R. 430.2. The rescission shall be effective 30 days from the date of publication of the notice, without a notice and comment period.

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AG is tasked with identifying and halting enforcement of state and local laws affecting domestic energy resources that may be unconstitutional or preempted by federal law, with a focus on those related to climate change and environmental initiatives. A report to the President detailing actions taken and recommendations for further measures is required within 60 days.

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This proclamation exempts certain coal- and oil-fired stationary sources, identified in Annex I, from compliance with the EPA's May 7, 2024 rule amending the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (89 FR 38508) for a two-year period running from July 8, 2027, through July 8, 2029. During that period, the listed sources remain subject to the MATS as they existed before the 2024 rule. The President issues the exemption under section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, determining that the technology needed to comply with the rule is not commercially available and that the exemption is in the national security interests of the United States.

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This EO empowers the Secretary of Energy to enhance the reliability and security of the U.S. electric grid during potential supply interruptions. It mandates expedited processes for grid operations and the development of a uniform methodology to analyze reserve margins. The order also establishes protocols for regularly assessing critical generation resources to ensure they remain available and prevent capacity reductions.

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The Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) shall designate coal as a “mineral” as defined in section 2 of Executive Order 14241 of March 20, 2025 (Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production), thereby entitling coal to all the benefits of a “mineral” under that order. Further, Executive Order 14241 is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “4332(d)(1)(B)” in section 6(d) of that order and replacing it with a reference to “4532(d)(1)(B)”. Agencies that are empowered to make loans, loan guarantees, grants, equity investments, or to conclude offtake agreements, both domestically and abroad, shall, to the extent permitted by law, take steps to rescind any policies or regulations seeking to or that actually discourage investment in coal production and coal-fired electricity generation. The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade Representative, the Assistant to the President for National Security, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall take all necessary and appropriate actions to promote and identify export opportunities for coal and coal technologies and facilitate international offtake agreements for United States coal. Secretaries of Energy and Interior shall determine whether coal/steel meets the definition of "critical material" under energy Act of 2020. The Secretary of Energy shall take all necessary actions, consistent with applicable law, to accelerate the development, deployment, and commercialization of coal technologies.

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Increases HTSUS in Executive Order 14257 from 34% to 84% and de minimis tariff from 30% to 90%.

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This EO directs CFIUS to conduct a review of the acquisition of U.S. Steel by the Purchasers to assist me in determining whether further action in this matter may be appropriate. The review shall specifically consider national security risks. Within 45 days, CFIUS shall submit a recommendation describing whether any measures proposed by the parties are sufficient to mitigate any national security risks identified by CFIUS.

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This EO extends the enforcement delay specified in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14166 of January 20, 2025 (Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok), until June 19, 2025. The Attorney General shall further issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no liability for any conduct that occurred during the above-specified period,

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This proclaims April 2025 as National Donate Life Month.

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This proclaims April 2025 as Cancer Control Month.

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This proclaims April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

This proclaims April 2025 as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

This proclaims April 2, 2025, as World Autism Awareness Day.

This EO imposes ad valorem and specific duties on low-value products (at or under $800) from PRC that would typically fall under the de minimis exception.

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An additional 10% ad valorem duty is imposed on all imports, with higher rates for certain countries as specified in Annex I. The 10% duty applies to imports starting April 5, 2025, with specific country rates from April 9, 2025. Certain goods, including steel, aluminum, automobiles and automobile parts, copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, certain critical minerals, and energy and energy products, are exempt (full list in Annex II). All good originating from Canada and Mexico that that do not qualify as originating under USMCA are subject to additional ad valorem duties of 25 percent, with energy or energy resources and potash imported from Canada and not qualifying as originating under USMCA presently subject to the lower additional ad valorem duty of 10 percent.

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This proclaims April 2, 2025, as World Autism Awareness Day.

Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall establish within the Department of Commerce an office named the United States Investment Accelerator (Investment Accelerator), which shall facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the United States by assisting investors as they navigate United States Government regulatory processes efficiently, reduce regulatory burdens, increase access to and use of our national resources, facilitate research collaborations with our national labs, and work with State governments to reduce regulatory barriers. The Investment Accelerator shall be responsible for the CHIPS Program.

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Directs AG and FTC to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry. The FTC and state Attorneys General shall rigorously enforce the Better Online Tickets Sales Act, 15 U.S.C. 45c. FTC shall take action, including new regulations and enforcement, to ensure price transparency and prevent unfair conduct in the secondary ticket market. Secretary of Treasury and AG shall ensure ticket scalpers are operating lawfully.

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This EO finds certain listed agencies and agency subdivisions to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work and, therefore, Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, cannot be applied to these agencies. This EO also updates Executive Order 12171 of November 19, 1979 to add national security exclusions. Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs are delegated authority under 5 U.S.C. 7103(b)(1) to issue orders suspending the application of section 1-402 or 1-404 of Executive Order 12171, as amended, to any subdivisions of the departments they supervise, thereby bringing such subdivisions under the coverage of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The Secretary of Transportation is delegated authority under section 7103(b) of title 5, United States Code, to issue orders excluding any subdivision of the Department of Transportation from Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute coverage or suspending any provision of that law with respect to any Department of Transportation installation or activity. With respect to employees in agencies or subdivisions thereof that were previously part of a bargaining unit but have been excepted under this order, each applicable agency head shall, upon termination of the applicable collective bargaining agreement: reassign any such employees who performed non-agency business pursuant to section 7131 of title 5 or section 4116 of title 22, United States Code, to performing solely agency business; and terminate agency participation in any pending grievance proceedings under section 7121 of title 5, United States Code, exceptions to arbitral awards under section 7122 of title 5, United States Code, or unfair labor practice proceedings under section 7118 of title 5 or section 4116 of title 22, United States Code, that involve such employees.

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