Executive Actions Tracker

This proclaims September 7, 2026, as Labor Day.

This executive order directs the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Trade Representative, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit a report within 90 days assessing all agency regulations and policies affecting ranchers, with recommendations to promote financial viability and market access. It also directs the Secretary of the Interior to determine within 90 days whether the gray wolf and Mexican wolf meet Endangered Species Act delisting or downlisting criteria, to prepare legislative recommendations on delisting, and to consider revising producer compensation and lethal-removal regulations. Finally, it directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, to review within 90 days the authorities permitting mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products and authorizes potential rulemaking or legislative recommendations on such labeling.

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This EO directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize and expand enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, increase USDA investigative resources, coordinate with the Department of Justice on antitrust referrals, and revise regulations to strengthen protections for livestock producers. It also directs the Secretary to expand interstate market access for eligible meat products through State-Federal cooperative inspection programs, technical assistance for small processors, and a guaranteed loan program for small and regional beef processors, and to submit three reports to the President within 60 days on enforcement plans, cooperative inspection program participation, and statutory barriers to interstate commerce for State-inspected meat.

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This executive order establishes the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy to advise the President on creating a NASA-led federal academy for space-focused technical education and leadership development. The Administrator of NASA serves as Chair, with the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy as Vice Chairs. Within 120 days, the Commission must submit a report recommending a governance framework, curriculum, graduate service obligations, applicant prerequisites, a site-selection process, and necessary administrative and legislative actions. Following presidential approval and any necessary legislation, the Administrator of NASA is directed to implement the approved recommendations.

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This EO directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Board on Geographic Names, to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" within 30 days, citing the Lake's role in American commerce, defense, and energy supply and the United States' investment in the Great Lakes. The Secretary and Board must update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming and remove references to Lake Ontario, and the Board must issue guidance so all federal maps, contracts, and documents reflect the new name. The Department of the Interior bears the costs of publication.

This proclamation designates August 26, 2026, as a day commemorating the fifth anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, honoring the 13 American service members killed in the 2021 bombing.

This proclamation temporarily increases the in-quota quantity of the U.S. beef tariff-rate quota for lean beef trimmings by 300,000 metric tons for calendar year 2026, allocated entirely to "other countries or areas" and administered first come, first served in three 100,000 metric ton tranches opening September 1, October 1, and October 31, 2026, with the final tranche closing when filled or on November 30, 2026, whichever is earlier. It builds on Proclamation 11010 (Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer), which increased Argentina's in-quota amount by 80,000 metric tons, and leaves that allocation unaffected. The Secretary of Agriculture and the United States Trade Representative are directed to monitor domestic supply and whether the additional imports sell at 25 percent below the market price for lean beef trimmings, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection is directed to administer the increased quota.

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This EO declares a national emergency under IEEPA and the NEA with respect to foreign-supplied bulk-power system electric equipment, and prohibits any acquisition, importation, transfer, or installation of foreign-produced bulk-power system electric equipment initiated after the order's date where the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and other officials, determines the equipment is tied to a "Covered Foreign Entity" and poses an undue risk to national security or critical infrastructure. The Secretary of Energy may impose conditions on equipment installed before the order, negotiate mitigation measures, establish a pre-qualified equipment and vendor list, and must publish implementing rules within 120 days. Within 180 days, the Secretary of Energy must submit recommended Federal Acquisition Regulation revisions to prioritize U.S.-manufactured energy infrastructure in federal procurement, which the FAR Council must consider proposing within 90 days of receipt.

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This proclamation honors the memory of Dolly Parton by ordering the flag of the United States to be flown at half-staff at the White House, all public buildings and grounds, military posts, naval stations, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its Territories, and at all U.S. embassies, legations, consular offices, and facilities abroad, until sunset on September 1, 2026.

This proclamation temporarily suspends for three days the additional ad valorem duties imposed under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by Proclamations 11046, 11047, and 11048 (July 20, 2026), which offset Canadian discrimination against U.S. alcoholic beverages, dairy, and motor vehicles, amending each proclamation's effective date from August 19, 2026 to 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 22, 2026 in light of negotiations with Canada. The head of each executive agency is directed to suspend collection of the duties as soon as practicable, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission, shall make any necessary modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, with any refunds of collected duties processed under CBP's standard procedures.

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This proclamation imposes tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS components found to threaten national security: a 100 percent ad valorem duty on UAS over 25 kilograms, UAS with thermal imagers, docking stations, and critical components, and a 25 percent duty on lighter UAS, effective September 3, 2026, plus a 25 percent duty on additional components effective February 9, 2027. Duty rates are capped at 15 percent for products of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and EU members and 10 percent for the United Kingdom, subject to importer certification. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to add components to the tariffs and shall establish an onshoring program allowing companies with approved plans to build U.S. production facilities before January 20, 2029, to import covered products duty-free during construction.

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This proclaims August 2026 as National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month.

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This executive order establishes "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" organizing childhood immunizations into three categories (recommended for all children, recommended for high-risk groups, and based on shared clinical decision-making) and directs all agencies to advance them. It directs the Secretary of HHS, through the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, to present plans to the President within 90 days on offering single-disease vaccines starting with MMR, adjusting the federal vaccine schedule, developing alternative adjuvants, and improving safety monitoring. It also directs the Attorney General to further legal actions challenging state laws that conflict with obligations related to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection, and directs the Departments of Justice, Education, and HHS to ensure their contractors and grantees, including states and localities, provide religious and medical exemptions from immunization requirements where required by federal law.

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This EO directs executive departments and agencies not to issue documents recognizing U.S. citizenship, or accept State or local documents recognizing citizenship, for persons neither of whose parents is a citizen when either parent is an alien enemy (including members of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists), either parent is a foreign government or international-organization employee, either parent engaged in a commercial transaction or fraud to obtain birthright citizenship (including birth tourism or surrogacy arrangements), or the person is born in a U.S. territory where citizenship is not conferred by federal statute. The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Commissioner of Social Security must conform their regulations and policies to the order, and the heads of all executive departments and agencies must issue public implementation guidance within 30 days.

This executive order directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take actions and update rules and guidance to prevent "birth tourism", defined as entry into the United States on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil, or facilitating such entry. Authorized actions include denying or revoking visas, permanently barring entry, removing aliens who engaged or plan to engage in birth tourism, and taking action against facilitators, and the order delegates authority under 8 U.S.C. 1185(a) to both Secretaries. Either Secretary may grant exemptions on humanitarian or national-interest grounds.

This proclamation, issued under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, establishes a minimum import price program for polysilicon and its derivatives ($21 per kilogram for polysilicon, $100 per kilogram for ingots and wafers, $0.22 per watt for solar cells, and $0.38 per watt for solar modules) and imposes an additional 15 percent ad valorem duty on polysilicon derivatives, both effective December 4, 2026, with reduced rates for certain trading partners including the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, and Korea. It authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to adjust the minimum import prices, alter their applicability for trading partners adopting substantially equivalent measures, and establish an onshoring incentive program allowing companies with approved plans to build U.S. production facilities to import production equipment and covered products duty-free during construction. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is directed to enforce importer certifications, with noncompliant importers permanently barred from importing these products.

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This proclaims August 7, 2026, as National Purple Heart Day.

This executive order establishes the President's Military Spouse Commission to advise and assist the President on policies affecting military spouses and families, including housing, employment, healthcare, education, and deployment-related support. The Commission is chaired by the spouse of the Secretary of War and composed of spouses of senior military leaders, with an Executive Director designated by the President. The Commission must report to the President at the end of each fiscal year, and it terminates two years from the date of the order unless extended by the President. The Department of War provides funding and administrative support.

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This proclamation imposes a four-year safeguard measure under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 in the form of a tariff-rate quota on imports of quartz surface products, following the ITC's affirmative serious-injury determination, effective for goods entered on or after August 15, 2026, with annual increases in within-quota quantities and reductions in duty rates in years two through four. It excludes products of Canada, Mexico, Australia, the CAFTA-DR countries, CBERA beneficiaries, Colombia, Israel, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Panama, Peru, Singapore, and qualifying developing countries below specified import-share thresholds. The United States Trade Representative is authorized to address circumvention and import surges, negotiate agreements with foreign trading partners limiting QSP exports, and modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and the Trade Representative and the Secretary of Homeland Security are directed to implement the measure.

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This EO builds on EO 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History) and responds to a Domestic Policy Council report finding ideological capture at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. It directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of General Services, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to use all available authorities, including funding and contract conditions, to address the report's findings. It also directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the National Park Service, to install temporary signage and exhibits on NPS-maintained sidewalks and walkways near the Museum informing visitors of the report's findings and correcting information presented in the Museum.

This memorandum directs the United States Trade Representative to impose Section 301 tariffs on goods of 60 economies found to have unreasonable acts, policies, or practices for failing to prohibit or effectively enforce a prohibition on importing goods produced with forced labor. Tariffs are set at 10 percent for 17 named economies, 12.5 percent for all others, and capped net of Most-Favored Nation rates for the European Union, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan, with product exemptions listed in an Annex. The Trade Representative is also directed to establish three-year tariff-rate quotas allowing certain textile and apparel goods of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia to enter tariff-free, as soon as feasible, and to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule accordingly.

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This proclamation, issued under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, finds that Canada discriminates against U.S. commerce because its provinces and territories banned the purchase, distribution, and retailing of U.S. alcoholic beverages beginning in March 2025 while not restricting products of other countries. To offset that burden, it imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain products of Canada identified in Annex II, effective for goods entered for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 19, 2026, excluding articles subject to section 232 duties or the WTO Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. It also requires covered products admitted into U.S. foreign trade zones to be admitted under "privileged foreign status" and authorizes the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, to issue implementing rules and make conforming modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

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This proclaims July 19 through July 25, 2026, as Made in America Week.

This proclaims July 19 through July 25, 2026, as Captive Nations Week, pursuant to the Joint Resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212).

This proclamation modifies the section 232 tariff regime on aluminum imports established in Proclamation 9704 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States) by directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish an investment incentive program for domestic primary aluminum production. Companies with approved onshoring plans committing to build, expand, or refurbish U.S. primary aluminum facilities, with construction starting by January 20, 2029, may annually import primary aluminum corresponding to the facility's anticipated annual output at half the otherwise applicable section 232 duty rate. The Secretary may monitor compliance, require audited reports, and rescind tariff benefits, retroactively in cases of fraud.

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