Executive Actions Tracker

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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This EO directs the Secretary of War and the Secretaries of the military departments to cease issuing waivers under 10 U.S.C. 4872(c)(1) for acquisition of covered materials beginning January 1, 2027, except where a prime contractor or subcontractor submits an accepted mitigation plan for removing non-compliant material from its supply chains. It further directs the Secretary of War, within 180 days, to develop guidance requiring contractors at all tiers to map critical supply chains, submit indentured Bills of Materials, vet suppliers for financial, foreign ownership, and manufacturing risks, and avoid "unreliable foreign supplier" sources, and to initiate regulatory action requiring contractors to qualify alternative sources. The Secretary must report to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs every 6 months until January 1, 2028, and the order exempts Project Vault and U.S.-financed foreign critical mineral projects from its restrictions.

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This proclamation, issued under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, finds that Canada discriminates against U.S. commerce through its motor vehicle tariff scheme, including a 25 percent tariff and tariff-rate quotas applied only to U.S. vehicles. To offset that burden, it imposes an additional 50 percent ad valorem duty on certain products of Canada identified in Annex II, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 19, 2026, excluding articles subject to section 232 duties and articles (other than unmanned aircraft) covered by the WTO Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. Covered products admitted into a U.S. foreign trade zone must be admitted under "privileged foreign status", and 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, is authorized to issue implementing rules and modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

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This proclamation imposes, under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, an additional ad valorem duty of 50 percent on certain products of Canada identified in Annex II, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern time on August 19, 2026, to offset Canada's discriminatory tariff-rate quota allocation measures that exclude retailers from the USMCA cheese TRQ while granting retailers access under the CETA cheese TRQ. The duties are in addition to existing duties but do not apply to articles subject to section 232 duties or, excluding unmanned aircraft, articles covered by the WTO Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, and covered products admitted to foreign trade zones must enter as "privileged foreign status". The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, is authorized to issue implementing rules and make necessary modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

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This proclamation modifies the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument under the Antiquities Act, reducing the reservation established by Proclamation 10285 from approximately 1.36 million acres to approximately 121,096 acres comprising the Shash Jáá Unit and the Indian Creek Unit, and excluding approximately 1,238,904 acres. Sixty days after issuance, the excluded lands reopen to disposition under public land laws, mineral and geothermal leasing, and mining laws, subject to valid existing rights. It disbands the Bears Ears Commission, restructures the Monument advisory committee's membership, and directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to jointly maintain a management plan, prepare a new transportation plan maximizing public access, and continue authorizing traditional uses such as livestock grazing.

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This proclamation modifies the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, reducing it from approximately 1.87 million acres under Proclamation 10286 to approximately 181,541 acres in two units, the Canyons of the Escalante Unit and the Kaiparowits Horizon Unit, and excluding approximately 1.69 million acres. Sixty days after issuance, the excluded lands open to disposition under the public land laws, mineral and geothermal leasing, and the mining laws. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to maintain a management plan, prepare a new transportation plan maximizing public access, and reallocate voluntarily relinquished grazing permits within one year.

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This proclamation concurs with the Secretary of Commerce's finding under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and their associated parts threaten to impair U.S. national security. Rather than imposing immediate tariffs, it directs the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to jointly pursue or continue negotiations with foreign trading partners to address the threat and to update the President within 180 days. The Secretary of Commerce is also directed to continue monitoring these imports and inform the President of any circumstances warranting further action under section 232.

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This proclamation exempts certain stationary sources subject to EPA's HON Rule (New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry, 89 FR 42932), as identified in Annex I, from those aspects of the rule promulgated under section 112 of the Clean Air Act. Each compliance deadline is extended by 2 years, during which the listed sources remain subject to the standards in effect prior to the HON Rule. The President determines that the technology to implement the HON Rule is not commercially available and that the exemption is in the national security interests of the United States.

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This proclamation declares an emergency under section 318(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to threats to the availability of phosphate fertilizer supplies for U.S. agriculture. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce, after consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to permit duty-free importation of phosphate fertilizers from the Kingdom of Morocco, free of collection of duties and deposits of estimated duties under 19 U.S.C. 1671, 1675, and 1677j, until the earlier of 8 months from June 29, 2026, or the termination of the emergency. The Secretaries are further directed to monitor the emergency, inform the President of circumstances warranting further action, and report to Congress on actions taken under section 318.

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This EO directs the Administrator of the EPA to prioritize registration actions for substances that serve as alternatives to older active ingredients and to review data for registered pre-harvest desiccation uses, including accurate chemical labeling. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of HHS, and the Administrator to expedite a research and evaluation framework for cumulative chemical exposure in the food supply, and directs the Secretary of HHS to issue a grand prize challenge through the National Institutes of Health on cumulative chemical exposures and to prioritize research through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health on technologies reducing reliance on conventional chemical crop protection. It also directs the Secretary of Agriculture to maximize funding of the Regenerative Pilot Program and evaluate expanding it through public-private partnerships.

Clients in Food and Beverage · Environmental · Life Sciences

This EO directs the transition of federal information systems to NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography standards, with the Director of OMB and the National Cyber Director coordinating the effort. Agency heads must designate PQC migration leads within 30 days, and OMB must issue guidance within 90 days requiring agencies to transition high value assets and high impact systems to PQC for key establishment by December 31, 2030 and for digital signatures by December 31, 2031. It also directs the FAR Council to publish proposed rules within 180 and 270 days requiring covered contractors to comply with NIST FIPS, including PQC-compliant algorithms, by December 31, 2030 and to implement vulnerability disclosure policies covering cryptographic vulnerabilities.

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This executive order directs a whole-of-government effort to accelerate the development, commercialization, and protection of quantum information science and technology (QIST). It requires the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology to update the National Quantum Strategy within 180 days, establishes the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC-ADDS) Effort, and directs the Secretaries of War, Commerce, and Energy and the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop plans on quantum sensing, supply chains, and workforce recruitment. It also directs the FBI Director to propose expanded counterintelligence staffing and the Secretaries of State and Commerce to align international engagements on market access, export controls, and technology protection.

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This proclamation modifies Proclamations 8031, 8335, 8337, and 9478 to remove certain monument-based prohibitions on commercial fishing in the Islands Unit of the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, specified zones and areas seaward of 50 nautical miles within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, and waters between 12 and 50 nautical miles surrounding Rose Atoll. Only U.S.-flagged vessels may fish commercially in these monuments, though foreign-flagged vessels may receive permits to transport fish harvested by U.S. fishermen. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to amend or repeal inconsistent regulations and to assess whether enforcement discretion can be used in the interim. It also modifies Proclamation 10918 to clarify that the proclamation itself removes fishing prohibitions in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

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This executive order implements Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service by amending the Civil Service Rules and Regulations and further amending EO 13957 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service) as amended by EO 14171 and EO 13562 as amended by EO 14217. It places the positions listed in the order's Appendix into Schedule Policy/Career, and directs agency heads to notify affected employees and conform agency records within 7 days. It also directs agency heads to set aside separate bonus pools for Schedule Policy/Career employees and directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to initiate a rulemaking creating a Presidential award program and, within 60 days, to issue revisions removing obsolete Civil Service Rules provisions.

This executive order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 180 days, to revise importer-of-record eligibility rules by requiring minimum domestic assets or bonding, enhanced ownership and business disclosures, maintenance of "good standing" with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an updated IOR registry, and enhanced vetting, and to prohibit foreign IORs from filing informal entries while imposing heightened formal-entry requirements on them, including CTPAT validation or use of a CTPAT-validated broker. It also directs heightened import disclosure and certification requirements, revised penalty mitigation standards with a minimum penalty floor of 50 percent within 90 days, expedited seizure and disposal of noncompliant imports, transparency measures, legislative recommendations within 45 days, and a report to the President within one year.

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This EO directs the Secretaries of War, Homeland Security, and the Treasury, among others, to prioritize the cyber defense of federal information systems, with the Secretary of the Treasury forming an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse in voluntary collaboration with industry within 30 days. Within 60 days, the named officials must develop a classified benchmarking process to designate AI models as a "covered frontier model" and design a voluntary framework giving the government pre-release access to such models, while expressly disclaiming any mandatory licensing or preclearance requirement. It also directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of federal criminal laws against those using AI to illegally access or damage computer systems.

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This EO rescinds EO 11644 (Use of Off-Road Vehicles on the Public Lands), originally issued February 8, 1972, and EO 11989 (Off-Road Vehicles on Public Lands), originally issued May 24, 1977, which required agencies to designate off-road vehicle use areas on federal lands under specific minimization criteria. It directs the Secretaries of War, the Interior, and Agriculture, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of other relevant agencies to initiate rulemakings to rescind or revise the regulations implementing those orders.

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This EO directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to review an HHS scientific assessment comparing U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with those of peer nations and to take appropriate steps to update the U.S. childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule, with consideration of flexibility for parents and doctors in timing and sequencing. It further directs all executive departments and agencies to align actions, regulations, funding, and coverage with the ACIP-recommended, CDC-adopted schedule, including continued coverage of scheduled immunizations without cost sharing by private insurance and coverage under Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children Program. It also directs the HHS Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs to inform state officials of the order's policies and make the scientific assessment available to inform state vaccination laws.

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This executive order directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, within 60 days, a formal Advisory to financial institutions describing red flags and typologies of suspicious activity involving non-work authorized populations and their employers, including payroll tax evasion, structuring, and use of individual taxpayer identification numbers to obtain credit. It further directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Federal functional financial regulators, to propose changes to Bank Secrecy Act customer due diligence regulations within 90 days, and to consider changes to customer identification program regulations, including risks posed by foreign consular identification cards, within 180 days. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is directed to consider, within 60 days, clarifying that potential deportation and loss of wages may be considered under the "ability-to-repay" standards in 12 CFR Part 1026, and each Federal functional financial regulator must issue guidance within 60 days on credit risks posed by the non-work authorized population.

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This executive order directs the heads of the Federal financial regulators (the CFPB, SEC, NCUA, CFTC, FDIC, and OCC) to review, within 90 days, regulations, guidance, supervisory practices, and application processes that impede fintech firms from partnering with federally regulated institutions or obtaining charters, insurance, and other Federal authorizations, and to take steps within 180 days to encourage innovation based on that review. It also requests the Federal Reserve Board to evaluate access to Reserve Bank payment accounts and services for uninsured depository institutions and non-bank financial companies, submit a report to the President within 120 days, and, where permitted by law, establish application procedures with determinations within 90 days of application.

Clients in Fintech · Blockchain Technology and Digital Assets · Consumer Financial Services

This executive order establishes fixed-price contracts as the default and preferred method of federal procurement. It requires written justification by contracting officers for any non-fixed-price contract and written agency-head approval when the non-fixed-price value exceeds set thresholds ($100 million for the Department of War, $35 million for NASA, $25 million for the Department of Homeland Security, and $10 million for other agencies), with exceptions for emergency response and research and development for major systems acquisition. Within 90 days, each agency head must review and seek to modify, restructure, or renegotiate its 10 largest non-fixed-price contracts toward fixed prices, and must report semi-annually to the Director of OMB on approved non-fixed-price contracts. The Director of OMB must issue implementation guidance within 45 days, and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy must propose Federal Acquisition Regulation amendments and develop a fixed-price contracting training program within 120 days.

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This EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a website, TrumpIRA.gov, by January 1, 2027, listing private-sector financial institutions offering IRAs under 26 U.S.C. 408 that accept the Federal Saver's Match contribution of up to $1,000 under 26 U.S.C. 6433, maintain net-expense ratios of no more than 0.15 percent, and impose no minimum-contribution or balance requirements. It further directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance on the tax treatment of contributions by tax-exempt organizations to workers' IRAs, directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor to issue regulations or guidance protecting workers and preventing prohibited transactions under 26 U.S.C. 4975, and directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, to prepare legislative recommendations codifying the order's policy.

Clients in Fintech · Consumer Financial Services

This executive order directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to grant Commissioner's National Priority Vouchers to eligible psychedelic drugs with Breakthrough Therapy designation and directs the FDA and Drug Enforcement Administration to establish a pathway for patient access to psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds, under the Right to Try Act. It directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate at least $50 million through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to partner with state programs advancing psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness, directs HHS, FDA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to collaborate on clinical trials and sign data-sharing memoranda, and directs the Attorney General, in consultation with HHS, to review Schedule I products that complete Phase 3 trials for potential rescheduling.

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This executive order directs agency heads that contract with or provide grants to higher education institutions to evaluate violations of interstate intercollegiate athletic governing body rules on eligibility, transfers, revenue-sharing, and "improper financial activities" as potential grounds affecting a recipient's present responsibility, with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget issuing suspension and debarment guidance and the Administrator of General Services proposing a compliance information collection. It directs the Secretary of Education to consider reporting requirements on roster spots and athletic aid, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce consumer protection and athlete-agent laws, and the Attorney General to pursue actions to invalidate conflicting state laws, with Sections 3 through 6 effective August 1, 2026.

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This proclamation modifies the section 232 tariff regimes on aluminum, steel, and copper established under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 so that, effective April 6, 2026, the additional ad valorem duties apply to the full customs value of covered articles regardless of metal content. It sets a 50 percent rate for articles listed in Annex I-A and a 25 percent rate for those in Annex I-B, with reduced rates for certain United Kingdom products and for derivatives made entirely of U.S.-origin metals, removes Annex II products from coverage, and applies transitional rates to Annex III products through December 31, 2027. It terminates the existing derivative-inclusion processes and instead authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to jointly add derivative articles to the tariffs on a rolling basis, requires importers to provide CBP with smelt-and-cast country information for copper articles, and directs the Secretary and the Trade Representative to provide the President an update within 90 days.

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