Executive Actions Tracker
Executive orders, proclamations and memoranda from Jan 20, 2025 onward, with AI-assisted summaries, tagging and litigation tracking.
- EO 14427Executive OrderSep 8, 2026Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act
This EO amends EO 13603 (National Defense Resources Preparedness), as previously amended by EO 14391 (Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act), to adjust delegations of the President's Defense Production Act authorities. It adds the Secretary of the Interior alongside the Secretary of Energy for delegations concerning all forms of energy and energy production, construction, distribution, and use, with each Secretary able to act independently of the other. It also provides that energy-related disputes between the two Secretaries be referred to the National Energy Dominance Council, or to both that Council and the National Security Council in coordination with the Department of War when national defense infrastructure or military operations are implicated, and delegates authorities under section 101(c)(1)-(2) of the Act to the Secretaries of the Interior, Commerce, and Energy.
Environment/EnergyNational Security/DefenseGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsGovernmental – National SecurityClients in Energy and Infrastructure · Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
Active - EO 14425Executive OrderSep 4, 2026Supporting America's Ranchers
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.
Environment/EnergyTradeEconomyGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsLand UseGlobal ReachClients in Food and Beverage · Environmental · Energy and Infrastructure
Active - EO 14423Executive OrderAug 28, 2026Establishing the United States Space Academy
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.
Clients in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
Active - EO 14422Executive OrderAug 27, 2026Honoring the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America
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.
Active - EO 14420Executive OrderAug 10, 2026Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
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.
Health and Life SciencesJusticeGovernmental – Life Sciences / FDAGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsLitigationClients in Life Sciences · Healthcare
Active - EO 14418Executive OrderAug 6, 2026Continuing To Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
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.
Active - EO 14417Executive OrderAug 3, 2026Establishing the President's Military Spouse Commission
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.
Clients in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
Active - EO 14416Executive OrderJul 24, 2026Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution
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.
Active - ProclamationJul 13, 2026Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument
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.
Clients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · Tribal and Native American Law
Active - ProclamationJul 13, 2026Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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.
Clients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · Tribal and Native American Law
Active - ProclamationJul 9, 2026Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security
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.
Environment/EnergyNational Security/DefenseLand UseGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · Life Sciences · Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
Active - EO 14414Executive OrderJun 25, 2026Advancing Regenerative Agriculture and Strengthening American Farm Resilience
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.
Environment/EnergyHealth and Life SciencesGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsLand UseClients in Food and Beverage · Environmental · Life Sciences
Active - EO 14413Executive OrderJun 22, 2026Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation
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.
TechNational Security/DefenseEconomyGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsGovernmental – National SecurityIntellectual PropertyLabor and EmploymentGlobal ReachClients in AI, Robotics and Quantum · Aerospace, Defense & Government Services · Digital Infrastructure · Media and Technology
Active - ProclamationJun 11, 2026Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific
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.
Clients in Environmental · Food and Beverage
Active - EO 14410Executive OrderJun 3, 2026Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
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.
Active - EO 14408Executive OrderMay 29, 2026Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands
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.
Environment/EnergyRevocation of Executive OrdersLand UseGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental
Active - EO 14407Executive OrderMay 29, 2026Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations With Best Practices From Peer, Developed Countries
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.
Health and Life SciencesGovernmental – Healthcare RegulatoryGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Healthcare · Life Sciences · Insurance
Active - EO 14405Executive OrderMay 19, 2026Integrating Financial Technology Innovation Into Regulatory Frameworks
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.
EconomyTechDigital CurrencyCommercial FinanceCorporateGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Fintech · Blockchain Technology and Digital Assets · Consumer Financial Services
Active - EO 14403Executive OrderApr 30, 2026Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov
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.
EconomyPrivate Client ServicesTaxLabor and EmploymentCommercial FinanceGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Fintech · Consumer Financial Services
Active - EO 14400Executive OrderApr 3, 2026Urgent National Action To Save College Sports
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.
EducationJusticeEconomyGovernmental – Government ContractsGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsLitigationAppellateIntellectual PropertyClients in Sports
Active - EO 14399Executive OrderMar 31, 2026Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
This EO directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and in coordination with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, to compile and transmit a "State Citizenship List" to each State's chief election official at least 60 days before each Federal election, with implementing infrastructure established within 90 days. It directs the Attorney General to prioritize investigation and prosecution of election officials and entities that issue or distribute ballots to ineligible individuals. It also directs the Postmaster General to initiate a rulemaking within 60 days, with a final rule due within 120 days, requiring unique ballot envelope identifiers on mail-in and absentee ballots and state-specific Mail-In and Absentee Participation Lists, and authorizes withholding of Federal funds from noncompliant States where authorized by law.
Active - EO 14397Executive OrderMar 24, 2026Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council
This EO further continues the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, established by EO 14180 (Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency) and continued by EO 14378 (Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council), until 10 days after the report required under section 3(c) of EO 14180 is submitted to the President or May 29, 2026, whichever occurs first. It assigns the President's Federal Advisory Committee Act functions for the Council to the Secretary of Homeland Security and supersedes sections 1 and 2 of EO 14378.
Active - EO 14396Executive OrderMar 20, 2026Preserving America's Game
This executive order establishes a policy that no college football game, specifically College Football Playoff or other postseason games, be broadcast in direct conflict with the Army-Navy Game, traditionally played on the second Saturday in December. It directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to coordinate with the CFP Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and broadcast and media rights partners toward establishing an exclusive broadcast window for the Army-Navy Game. It also directs the FCC Chairman to consider reviewing broadcast licensees' public interest obligations to determine whether they would require the game to remain a national service event.
MediaNational Security/DefenseEntertainment, Technology and AdvertisingGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsClients in Media and Technology · Sports · Telecom
Active - EO 14395Executive OrderMar 16, 2026Establishing the Task Force To Eliminate Fraud
This executive order establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Vice President with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission as Vice Chairman, to coordinate a national strategy against fraud, waste, and abuse in federal benefit programs. Member agencies must submit descriptions of fraud-susceptible transactions within 30 days, the Task Force must coordinate adoption of minimum anti-fraud requirements within 60 days, and each member must submit a measurable implementation plan within 90 days. The order also directs the Attorney General to promote meritorious private civil actions under 31 U.S.C. 3730 concerning benefit-program fraud and ensure their prompt review.
Government EfficiencyJusticeGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsWhite Collar Defense and InvestigationsLitigationClients in Healthcare
Active - EO 14394Executive OrderMar 13, 2026Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
This executive order directs the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review and revise stormwater, wetlands, and Clean Water Act section 404 permitting requirements to reduce housing construction costs, and directs the Secretaries of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Agriculture, and Energy and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to eliminate or reform rules, programs, and energy-efficiency standards that constrain residential development. It also directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to issue guidance streamlining NEPA and National Historic Preservation Act review for housing projects, directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promulgate regulatory best practices for State and local governments within 60 days, and directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development to align federal incentives with Opportunity Zone and New Markets Tax Credit programs to promote single-family home construction.
Environment/EnergyEconomyLand UseReal EstateGovernmental – Public Policy and Government AffairsTaxCommercial FinanceClients in Construction · Multifamily Housing · Energy and Infrastructure · Environmental · ESG and Sustainability
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