Executive Actions Tracker

This EO directs the Secretary of the Interior to allow hunting of non-endangered species within Castle Mountains National Monument and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve within 90 days, and directs the Secretaries of War, the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce to propose modifications within 180 days expanding hunting, fishing, and recreational access to federal lands, including permitting lead ammunition and access infrastructure. It also directs reform of Forest Service river access lotteries within 60 days, guidance on federal education funding for archery and hunter education programs within 90 days, coordination with states on game population management, and support for wild game donation programs.

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 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.

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This EO directs the Director of the CFPB, the federal banking regulators (Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, NCUA), and the Director of the FHFA to consider tailoring mortgage regulations for community banks and smaller banks (those with assets under $100 billion), including amendments to ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage rules, TILA-RESPA disclosure requirements, and HMDA reporting thresholds, along with revisions to capital and liquidity rules, appraisal standards, servicing supervision, enforcement policy, and loan-officer licensing, and directs adoption of digital mortgage processes such as electronic signatures and remote online notarization. It also directs the Director of the FHFA to submit a report on the efficiency of national housing finance markets to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget within 120 days.

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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.

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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.

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This EO establishes that classical and traditional architectural styles are the preferred designs for major Federal public buildings, emphasizing their capacity to inspire civic virtue, connect citizens to the nation’s founding ideals, and visually distinguish government properties. It directs GSA to prioritize these styles in planning, design competitions, and selection processes, and requires additional scrutiny and presidential notification when alternative architectural styles are proposed.

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This EO directs multiple federal agencies to take immediate measures to address public safety and disorder in the District of Columbia, including hiring additional law enforcement personnel, forming specialized units, and increasing oversight of housing and transit conditions. It also authorizes increased cooperation and resource allocation for rapid response to civil disturbances and mandates review of police practices to ensure the effective mitigation of the crime emergency.

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This EO directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to seek reversal of judicial precedents and termination of consent decrees that impede civil commitment of individuals with mental illness, and directs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation to assess whether discretionary grant priority may be given to states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping, loitering, and squatting. It further directs agencies to end support for "housing first" policies, condition homelessness assistance on substance abuse or mental health treatment for participants with such conditions, and review and pursue civil or criminal enforcement against, and freeze assistance to, funding recipients that operate drug injection sites or permit illicit drug use on their property.

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This executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate permitting and construction of AI data centers and related infrastructure, covering "Qualifying Projects" such as data centers requiring over 100 MW of new load or involving at least $500 million in committed capital expenditures. It directs the Secretary of Commerce to launch a financial support initiative, the Council on Environmental Quality to coordinate new NEPA categorical exclusions, the EPA Administrator to streamline permitting and identify Brownfield and Superfund sites within 180 days, and the Secretaries of the Interior, Energy, and Defense to make federal lands, including military installations, available for such projects. It also revokes EO 14141 (Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure), issued January 14, 2025.

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This Presidential Memoranda grants Green Corridors, LLC a Presidential Permit to construct, operate, and maintain a commercial elevated guideway and border-crossing facility at the U.S.–Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The permit is subject to strict conditions, including regulatory compliance, environmental mitigation, interagency coordination, facility funding commitments, inspection requirements, and bilateral authorization through diplomatic channels. The permit expires if construction does not begin within five years.

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This Executive Order directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA campus to serve homeless veterans. The VA is tasked with developing a plan within 120 days to restore capacity to house up to 6,000 veterans by 2028. The order also requires coordination with other federal agencies to redirect applicable funds, expand housing and care access, and promote veteran self-sufficiency. Additional mandates include expanding healthcare options, conducting a feasibility study for a full-service VA medical center in New Hampshire, and improving overall service delivery through interagency cooperation. Accountability measures are also emphasized, with directives to address past personnel decisions and enhance oversight.

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This EO revokes Executive Order 12072 and Executive Order 13006. The Administrator of General Services is directed to initiate the process to amend the regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps necessary to conform Federal office space management policy with this order. Agencies that acquire or utilize federally owned or leased space under authority other than the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as amended, shall conform to the provisions of this order.

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This EO establishes the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force to fight crime in DC and beautify the city.

This EO directs each agency head to build a centralized technological system within the agency to record every payment by the agency with a brief written justification by the employee who approved it. The system shall also include a mechanism for the agency head to pause and rapidly review any payment that does not include a written justification. If possible, the written justifications should be posted publicly. Further, each agency head shall review (1) all existing contracts and grants and terminate or modify those that do not align with this administration’s policies within 30 days and (2) the agency’s contracting policies, procedures, and personnel within 30 days and shall not approve new contracting officer warrants during this time unless deemed necessary. Following this review, agency heads shall issue guidance on signing or modifying contracts and the DOGE Team Lead will write a monthly report on this. Also, a written justification will be required for non-essential travel. As possible, all agency employee credit cards shall be treated as frozen for 30 days, except for those used for disaster relief, natural disaster response, or critical services. Lastly, agencies shall (1) confirm submitted updates regarding real property (7 days), (2) identify all termination rights under current leases (30 days), and (3) submit a plan to OMB for disposition of real-property that is no longer needed (60 days). This order does not apply to the following: law enforcement officers, USCBP and ICE, Uniformed Services, any other grant, contract, component, or real property deemed exempt, and classified information/systems.

This EO directs various Secretaries (Defense, Homeland Security, Interior, Commerce, Agriculture) to ensure water resources in Southern California, including: override activities impeding water delivery, maximize water delivery through the Central Valley Project (CVP), expedite exemptions under the Endangered Species Act for water projects, and identify and address regulatory hurdles for water-supply projects. Further, OMB shall review Federal programs affecting land and water management, with recommendations to ensure compliance and disaster prevention.

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This memorandum directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and agency heads as necessary, to submit within 60 days recommendations to advance the policy that federal public buildings be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage, including possible revisions to the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture and procedures for community input into building design. Until those recommendations are submitted, the Administrator must notify the President at least 30 days before approving a new federal building design that diverges from this policy.

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This EO provides legal definitions for various "biological" gender terms that the agencies must adopt. The Secretary of HHS is directed to provide guidance expanding on the definitions listed in this order. The agencies are directed to adopt and reflect these terms in various manners, including in federal policies and documents, and submit an update on the implementation of this EO within 120 days.

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This memorandum orders the heads of all executive departments and agencies to pursue actions delivering emergency price relief to American consumers, including lowering housing costs and expanding housing supply, eliminating administrative expenses that increase healthcare costs, eliminating requirements that raise home appliance costs, creating employment opportunities, and eliminating climate policies that increase food and fuel costs. The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy must report to the President on implementation within 30 days and every 30 days thereafter.

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This memorandum withdraws all areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from wind energy leasing effective January 21, 2025, until the memorandum is revoked, without affecting existing leases or leasing for other purposes such as oil, gas, and minerals. It directs the Secretary of the Interior and other agency heads to cease issuing new or renewed approvals, rights of way, permits, leases, or loans for onshore and offshore wind projects pending a comprehensive review of federal wind leasing and permitting practices led by the Secretary of the Interior. It also directs the Secretary of the Interior to place a temporary moratorium on activities and rights of Magic Valley Energy, LLC under the Lava Ridge Wind Project Record of Decision, and authorizes the Attorney General to seek stays of related pending litigation.

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