Executive Actions Tracker

Rescinds 78 Biden Administration Executive Orders, including DEI initiatives, COVID precautions/relief, and the recent AI protections/study.

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This memorandum orders a freeze on hiring Federal civilian employees across the executive branch, prohibiting the filling of positions vacant as of noon on January 20, 2025, and the creation of new positions, with exceptions for military personnel and positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety. The Director of OMB, in consultation with the Director of OPM and the Administrator of USDS, must submit a workforce reduction plan within 90 days, upon which the freeze expires for all agencies except the IRS, where it remains until the Secretary of the Treasury determines lifting it is in the national interest. Contracting outside the Federal Government to circumvent the freeze is prohibited.

This memorandum directs the heads of all executive departments and agencies to terminate remote work arrangements as soon as practicable and require employees to return to in-person work at their duty stations on a full-time basis, while permitting agency heads to make exemptions they deem necessary.

This EO sets forth several policies and procedures aimed at enforcing the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The EO directs DHS and USCIS to prioritize enforcement of INA and other Federal laws related to illegal entry and unlawful presence of aliens in the United States. The EO directs the Attorney General to prioritize prosecution of criminal offenses related to the same. The EO aims to establish Homeland Security Task Forces in all states. The EO directs DHS to ensure the efficient and expedited removal of aliens from the United States and to construct detention facilities for aliens pending the outcome of their removal proceedings. The EO states that all "sanctuary jurisdictions" will no longer receive federal funds.

This EO restores a category of federal workers known as "Schedule F" that existed in the prior Trump administration under EO 13957. Schedule F employees lack the same job protections typically enjoyed by career civil servants, including procedures and appeals rights for termination. The Director of OPM is directed to amend applicable regulations to enact the above change and issue guidance, within 30 days, about additional categories of positions for this determination.