Executive Actions Tracker

This executive order declares a national emergency under IEEPA and the NEA with respect to threats posed by the Government of Cuba and establishes a tariff system under which an additional ad valorem duty may be imposed on imports from any foreign country that directly or indirectly sells or otherwise provides oil to Cuba. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to determine whether a country provides oil to Cuba, after which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security and the United States Trade Representative, recommends whether and to what extent duties should be imposed, with the President making the final determination. The order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 30, 2026, and supersedes inconsistent provisions of prior proclamations and executive orders.

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This executive order continues the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, created by EO 14180 (Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency) issued on January 24, 2025, until March 25, 2026. It assigns the President's functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act with respect to the Council to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and takes effect January 24, 2026.

This executive order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Administrator of FEMA, and the Administrator of the SBA to consider regulations preempting state and local permitting requirements that impede use of federal emergency-relief funds to rebuild after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon wildfires, replacing them with builder self-certification of compliance with substantive health and safety standards, with proposed rules due within 30 days and final rules within 90 days. It directs agency heads to expedite environmental, historic preservation, and natural resource reviews for federally funded rebuilding, requires legislative proposals within 90 days, and orders FEMA to review and audit California's nearly $3 billion in unspent Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds within 60 days, followed by administrative determinations including possible recoupment.

Clients in Construction · Environmental

This EO sets a policy that large institutional investors should not buy single-family homes that could otherwise be purchased by families. It directs Treasury to define key terms, requires major housing-related agencies to issue guidance limiting federal facilitation or disposition of homes to such investors (with narrow build-to-rent exceptions), increases antitrust and disclosure scrutiny of investor acquisitions and rental practices, and calls for legislation to codify the policy.

Clients in Consumer Financial Services

This EO designates the Board of Peace as a public international organization entitled to the privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided by the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), based on the President's finding that it is an organization in which the United States participates. The designation does not abridge any privileges, exemptions, or immunities the Board of Peace may otherwise acquire by law, and publication costs are borne by the Department of State.

This proclamation finds, based on a section 232 investigation by the Secretary of Commerce, that imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and their derivative products threaten to impair U.S. national security. It imposes a 25 percent ad valorem tariff on certain advanced computing chips and derivative products ("Covered Products") effective January 15, 2026, exempting imports for uses including U.S. data centers, repairs, research and development, startups, and public sector applications. It also directs the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to pursue negotiations with foreign jurisdictions and update the President within 90 days, and requires the Secretary to provide a market update by July 1, 2026.

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This proclamation concurs with the Secretary of Commerce's finding under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act that imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products threaten to impair U.S. national security. It directs the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to jointly negotiate agreements with trading partners, considering price floors and other trade-restricting measures, and to provide the President a status update within 180 days. The Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security and the Trade Representative are authorized to issue implementing regulations, and the Secretary of Commerce must continue monitoring imports and advise on any need for further action, including possible future tariffs or minimum import prices.

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This EO declares a national emergency and uses IEEPA/NEA authority to protect certain U.S.-held Venezuela-related funds from attachment or other judicial process, citing U.S. national security and foreign policy interests in Venezuelan stability. It defines “Foreign Government Deposit Funds,” makes any attachment or similar process null and void, restricts any transfer or dealing absent Treasury authorization, and directs Treasury (with State/DOJ) to hold the funds in a custodial sovereign capacity and assert sovereign immunity in proceedings.

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This EO declares a policy to accelerate defense procurement by curbing major defense contractors’ stock buybacks and dividends when they are underperforming, failing to invest in production capacity, or not prioritizing U.S. Government contracts. It directs the Secretary of War to identify such contractors, require remediation plans, and—if issues persist—use available legal and contractual enforcement tools and add future contract clauses restricting buybacks/dividends and tying executive compensation to on-time delivery and increased production rather than short-term financial metrics.

Clients in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

This memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to take immediate steps to withdraw the United States from 35 non-UN international organizations, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Renewable Energy Agency, and 31 United Nations entities, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UN Population Fund. For UN entities, withdrawal means ceasing participation in or funding to those entities to the extent permitted by law. It follows the Secretary of State's review conducted under EO 14199 (Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations), and the Secretary of State is directed to provide implementation guidance to agencies.

Clients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · ESG and Sustainability

This EO finds credible evidence that HieFo Corporation—controlled by a citizen of the People’s Republic of China—may threaten U.S. national security through its completed April 30, 2024 acquisition of EMCORE’s digital chip and related wafer design/fabrication/processing assets, and asserts other laws are insufficient to address the risk. It therefore prohibits the transaction and any ongoing HieFo ownership, requires divestment within 180 days (subject to CFIUS extension), and imposes interim access, transfer, reporting, and audit/verification controls enforced and overseen by CFIUS.

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This proclamation amends Proclamation 10976 (Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products Into the United States) to delay by one year, from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, the scheduled increase in section 232 duty rates on imports of upholstered wooden furniture (from 25 to 30 percent) and kitchen cabinets and vanities (from 25 to 50 percent), except for countries that reach an agreement with the United States addressing the national security threat posed by wood product imports. It also directs the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to continue negotiations with foreign trading partners and to update the President periodically, including one update shortly before the date 180 days after Proclamation 10976.

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This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority under section 614(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to determine whether it is vital to U.S. national security interests to make up to $25.9 million in sales of cluster munitions technology under the Arms Export Control Act to the Republic of Korea, and to authorize such sale, subject to fulfilling the requirement of section 614(a)(3) of the FAA.

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This EO directs the expedited rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, acknowledging its accepted medical use and reduced abuse potential. It further calls for a regulatory framework and improved research on both medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD products, including clear guidance on THC limits and accurate product labeling. The order aims to close gaps in medical knowledge so patients and providers may access safe, effective, and well-informed treatment options.

Clients in Cannabis · Healthcare · Life Sciences

This EO sets a comprehensive national space policy focused on returning Americans to the Moon by 2028, establishing a permanent lunar outpost, enhancing missile and space security, growing the commercial space economy, and advancing space technology such as nuclear power for lunar missions. It requires federal agencies to reform acquisition processes, strengthen international partnerships, and implement strategies for space security and spectrum leadership, while prioritizing commercial solutions and efficient operations. The order supersedes prior space policy directives and aligns all federal efforts with these new space exploration, security, and economic priorities.

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This EO closes all federal departments and agencies, excusing employees from duty on December 24 and December 26, 2025, except for those required for national security, defense, or public need. It ensures that these dates are treated as federal holidays for pay and leave purposes. OPM is directed to take necessary actions to implement this order.

This EO sets new pay rates and salary schedules for federal employees across various statutory pay systems, including the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service, and certain executive, legislative, and judicial positions, effective January 1, 2026. It also adjusts pay for uniformed services and authorizes the Director of the OPM to consider an additional increase for certain law enforcement personnel, and establishes new locality-based comparability payments. The order supersedes the previous pay adjustment order from December 2024.

This memorandum denies the Presidential Permit application submitted by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas on December 30, 2024, to construct, maintain, and operate a commercial and personally owned vehicle crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas. Acting under 33 U.S.C. 535d(d) and accepting the Secretary of State's recommendation, the President determined the project is not in the national interest and directs the Secretary of State to notify the Applicant of the decision.

Clients in Tribal and Native American Law · Transportation · Construction · Energy and Infrastructure

This proclamation continues the full entry suspension imposed by Proclamation 10949 (Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats) on nationals of 12 countries and the partial suspension on Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela; newly imposes a full suspension on nationals of Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria and on travelers using Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents; and partially suspends entry (immigrant and B-1, B-2, F, M, and J visas) for nationals of 15 additional countries, while lifting Turkmenistan's nonimmigrant suspension. The Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may grant case-by-case national-interest exceptions, and the Secretary of State must report to the President every 180 days on whether the restrictions should continue. The proclamation takes effect January 1, 2026, and does not apply to lawful permanent residents or to holders of valid visas issued before that date.

This EO designates illicit fentanyl and its precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction due to their extreme lethality and use by criminal organizations threatening U.S. national security. It directs federal agencies to strengthen investigations, prosecutions, sanctions, interagency cooperation, and military preparedness against the fentanyl threat. The order mandates a unified and elevated federal response to disrupt fentanyl trafficking and bolster homeland defense against potential large-scale chemical attacks involving fentanyl.

Clients in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

This EO stablishes a national policy framework to promote U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence by minimizing state regulations, particularly those that hinder innovation or compel ideological bias in AI models. It directs the creation of a federal AI Litigation Task Force to challenge inconsistent state laws, restricts certain federal funding to states with onerous AI regulations, and initiates proceedings to potentially preempt conflicting state laws through federal standards. The order also calls for legislative recommendations to solidify a uniform federal approach, while preserving state authority over areas like child safety, infrastructure, and procurement.

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This memorandum directs federal health officials to review childhood vaccine recommendations from peer, developed countries and update U.S. guidelines if superior, evidence-based practices are identified, while maintaining access to all currently available vaccines.

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This EO establishes the “Genesis Mission,” a national initiative led by the Department of Energy to accelerate scientific discovery and technological innovation through an integrated AI platform that leverages federal research resources, datasets, and partnerships, aiming to advance key science and technology challenges, strengthen national security, and maintain U.S. global leadership in AI.

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This proclamation exempts certain stationary sources listed in Annex I from compliance with specified requirements of the EPA's Coke Oven Rule (89 FR 55684) for two years beyond each of the Rule's relevant compliance dates, during which time those sources remain subject to the standards in effect before the Rule. Issued under section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, the proclamation rests on presidential determinations 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.

Clients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of State the President's authority to submit to Congress the report required under section 208(d)(6) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, and directs the Secretary to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.