Executive Actions Tracker

This EO directs the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, within 180 days, updated information technology systems and guidance for ongoing sharing of Official Military Personnel Files and Service Treatment Records, deploy AI-based digital tools consolidating veterans' benefits access, and, within 30 days, ensure records transfer to the Department of Veterans Affairs immediately upon a service member's discharge. It also requires, within 120 days and in consultation with HHS and OMB, review and modification of existing IT contracts to add interoperability requirements, and directs the Secretary of War, within 180 days, to update the Transition Assistance Program to connect separating service members to jobs, training, or apprenticeships and to veterans' benefits representatives.

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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 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 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 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 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 EO directs executive departments and agencies, within 30 days, to include in federal contracts, subcontracts, and lower-tier subcontracts a clause prohibiting contractors from engaging in "racially discriminatory DEI activities", defined as disparate treatment based on race or ethnicity in recruitment, employment, contracting, program participation, or resource allocation. Noncompliance may result in contract cancellation, termination, suspension, or debarment, and compliance is deemed material to payment under the False Claims Act. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must issue compliance guidance, the Attorney General must consider False Claims Act actions against violators, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council must amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation and issue interim guidance within 60 days, and each agency head must report on implementation to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy within 120 days.

This EO directs the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to prioritize enforcement actions against sellers and manufacturers making false "Made in America" or similar American-origin claims, and directs the FTC to consider regulations providing that an online marketplace's failure to verify country-of-origin claims may constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice. Agencies overseeing country-of-origin labeling shall consider regulations promoting voluntary labeling for U.S.-made products, and agencies overseeing government-wide acquisition contracts shall periodically verify American-origin claims, remove misrepresented products from procurement, and refer offending contractors or vendors to the Department of Justice for possible False Claims Act actions.

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This EO finds, under section 101 of the Defense Production Act, that elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides are critical to the national defense, and delegates to the Secretary of Agriculture the President's authority to prioritize contracts and allocate materials, services, and facilities to ensure their continued supply, in consultation with the Secretary of War. The Secretary is directed to issue implementing orders and regulations that do not place the corporate viability of any domestic producer at risk, and domestic producers are required to comply with the order under 7 CFR part 789.

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This memorandum, addressed to the Secretary of War, determines pursuant to section 303(a)(7)(B) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4533) that action is necessary to avert shortfalls in critical Department of War supply chains, and waives the requirements of section 303(a)(2)-(a)(6) of the Act for supply chains critical to reviving the defense industrial base. Covered supply chains include those supporting critical sectors identified in the September 2018 EO 13806 interagency task force report, including military aircraft, chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear protection, ground combat vehicles, nuclear warheads, radar and electronic warfare systems, shipbuilding, soldier systems, space systems, defense electronics and microelectronics, machine tools, the organic industrial base, and defense workforce training pipelines.

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This EO directs the Secretary of War, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to seek to procure power from the U.S. coal generation fleet by approving long-term Power Purchase Agreements or similar contracts with coal-fired energy production facilities to serve Department of War installations and other mission-critical facilities, prioritizing projects that enhance grid reliability and blackout prevention, on-site fuel security, and mission assurance for defense and intelligence capabilities. It invokes EO 14261 (Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241), EO 14262 (Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid), and the national energy emergency declared under EO 14156 (Declaring a National Energy Emergency).

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This executive order establishes an America First Arms Transfer Strategy to use foreign arms sales to expand U.S. defense industrial capacity. It directs the Secretaries of War, State, and Commerce to submit a sales catalog of prioritized platforms, identify Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales opportunities, and provide advocacy recommendations within 120 days; develop an industry engagement plan and a Third-Party Transfer reform plan within 60 days; develop Enhanced End Use Monitoring criteria within 90 days; establish a Promoting American Military Sales Task Force within 30 days; and begin publishing quarterly performance metrics on FMS cases and export license adjudication within 120 days. It also amends EO 13637 (Administration of Reformed Export Controls) to reallocate congressional notification functions between the Secretaries of War and State.

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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.

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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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The President has directed the phased construction of up to four Arctic Security Cutters in foreign shipyards due to urgent national security needs in the Arctic, while requiring a plan to develop domestic expertise for future icebreaker builds. This is a temporary measure to address capability gaps and does not preclude continued investment in the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base, with authorization expiring in four years unless extended.

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This memorandum directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of executive departments and agencies, to investigate whether federal grant funds are being used to illegally support lobbying activities in violation of 31 U.S.C. 1352 and to take appropriate enforcement action. The Attorney General must report to the President on the progress of the investigation within 180 days of the memorandum's date of August 28, 2025.

This EO requires federal agencies to implement stricter review processes for discretionary grants, specifically prohibiting grants for activities that promote racial preferences, deny "binary" sex, facilitate illegal immigration, or any other initiative against public safety or American values. Agencies must designate senior officials to oversee grantmaking, prioritize accountability, streamline application requirements, and include terms allowing termination of grants that no longer align with agency priorities or the national interest.

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This executive order directs agency heads to procure only large language models developed in accordance with two "Unbiased AI Principles" — truth-seeking and ideological neutrality — barring procurement of LLMs that encode ideological agendas such as DEI. It directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to issue implementing guidance within 120 days, with exceptions permitted for national security systems. Agency heads must include compliance terms in new LLM contracts, including charging decommissioning costs to noncompliant vendors, revise existing contracts where practicable, and adopt compliance procedures within 90 days of the OMB guidance.

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The memorandum directs federal agencies to coordinate more closely when funding energy-infrastructure and critical-mineral projects. Agencies must share application and award data with the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC), pause new obligations if applicants refuse to allow that sharing, revise their own rules to facilitate it, and work with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to create a single, government-wide funding application that applicants can submit once for multiple programs. The goal is to cut duplicative reviews, speed decisions, and strengthen domestic energy and critical-mineral supply chains.

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This order rewrites and tightens Executive Order 14144 on national‑cybersecurity innovation, adds quantum‑resilience and AI‑security mandates, and revises the cyber‑sanctions framework in EO 13694. It sets firm deadlines for NIST, CISA, NSA, OMB and others to update secure‑software and patching standards, publish post‑quantum product lists, make research data sets public, embed AI‑vulnerability management, pilot machine‑readable “rules‑as‑code,” and launch a Federal purchasing rule that requires the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark on IoT products—while instructing OMB to overhaul Federal cyber‑risk guidance within three years.

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The order launches a government‑wide initiative to make the United States the world leader in commercial drones and advanced air‑mobility (eVTOL) aircraft. It directs the FAA to fast‑track rules for beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) flights, deploy AI to speed waiver approvals, and run a nationwide eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. It also mandates an updated UAS integration roadmap, ramps up test‑range use, tightens supply‑chain security with a Covered Foreign Entity List, accelerates trusted U.S. drone exports, and compels the Defense Department to scale domestic drones for training and combat—all on aggressive deadlines.

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This memorandum, addressed to the Secretary of Defense, determines pursuant to section 303(a)(7)(B) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 that action is necessary to increase production capacity of munitions, missiles and associated equipment, and minerals, and that shortfalls in these areas would severely impair national defense capability. It waives the requirements of section 303(a)(2) through (a)(6) of the Act for supply chains associated with munitions, missiles and associated equipment, and critical minerals as defined by 30 U.S.C. 1606(a)(3), as well as uranium, copper, potash, and gold.

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This executive order directs various actions to ensure that United States federally funded research benefits American citizens without jeopardizing our Nation’s security, strength, or prosperity. My Administration will balance the prevention of catastrophic consequences with maintaining readiness against biological threats and driving global leadership in biotechnology, biological countermeasures, biosecurity, and health research.

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This EO directs the Secretary of Education to take all appropriate actions to enforce the requirements of section 1011f of title 20, United States Code to require complete and timely disclosure by higher education institutions of foreign funding. The Secretary of Education and other agencies shall take appropriate action to prospectively ensure that certification of compliance by higher education institutions with 20 U.S.C. 1011f and any other applicable foreign funding disclosure requirements is material for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729 and for receipt of appropriate Federal grant funds, which shall not be provided in cases of noncompliance with 20 U.S.C. 1011f and any other applicable foreign funding disclosure requirements.