Executive Actions Tracker

This executive order directs the Secretaries of State, Labor, and Homeland Security, when processing H-1B petitions, labor condition applications, and visas, to coordinate with the Secretaries of Commerce and Education and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and to consider whether the sponsoring employer engaged in or plans layoffs affecting similarly situated U.S. workers within the previous year. It also directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, to begin reviewing previously submitted labor condition applications within 30 days to determine whether further action against sponsoring employers is warranted, and delegates the President's authority under INA section 215(a) to the Secretaries of State, Commerce, Labor, and Homeland Security to implement the order.

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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 proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to Stephen E. Buyer, a former Judge Advocate General in the United States Army and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana, citing the endorsement of numerous current and former members of Congress and other officials. The Attorney General is directed to administer and effectuate the immediate issuance of a certificate of pardon.

This executive order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 180 days, to revise importer-of-record eligibility rules by requiring minimum domestic assets or bonding, enhanced ownership and business disclosures, maintenance of "good standing" with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an updated IOR registry, and enhanced vetting, and to prohibit foreign IORs from filing informal entries while imposing heightened formal-entry requirements on them, including CTPAT validation or use of a CTPAT-validated broker. It also directs heightened import disclosure and certification requirements, revised penalty mitigation standards with a minimum penalty floor of 50 percent within 90 days, expedited seizure and disposal of noncompliant imports, transparency measures, legislative recommendations within 45 days, and a report to the President within one year.

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This EO directs the Secretaries of War, Homeland Security, and the Treasury, among others, to prioritize the cyber defense of federal information systems, with the Secretary of the Treasury forming an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse in voluntary collaboration with industry within 30 days. Within 60 days, the named officials must develop a classified benchmarking process to designate AI models as a "covered frontier model" and design a voluntary framework giving the government pre-release access to such models, while expressly disclaiming any mandatory licensing or preclearance requirement. It also directs the Attorney General to prioritize enforcement of federal criminal laws against those using AI to illegally access or damage computer systems.

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This proclamation further modifies the section 232 tariff regimes on aluminum, steel, and copper imports established under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 and modified by Proclamation 11021. Effective June 8, 2026, it adds agricultural equipment and certain predominantly residential HVAC systems and components to the category of derivative products subject to the temporarily-reduced 15 percent ad valorem duty, and subjects aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks to the derivative product tariffs. It temporarily sets duties for mobile industrial equipment and machinery listed in Annex I-C at 25 percent, with lower rates for products of certain jurisdictions (including Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and EU member nations), for USMCA-qualifying products of Canada and Mexico (25 percent on non-U.S. content, subject to a 15 percent floor), and for products made from U.S.-smelted or -melted metal, until December 31, 2027, after which the Proclamation 11021 rates resume. It also lowers the threshold for a product's metal content to qualify as made "entirely" from American aluminum, steel, or copper from 95 percent to 85 percent, and directs the Secretary of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement and monitor the modified regimes.

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This executive order directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, within 60 days, a formal Advisory to financial institutions describing red flags and typologies of suspicious activity involving non-work authorized populations and their employers, including payroll tax evasion, structuring, and use of individual taxpayer identification numbers to obtain credit. It further directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Federal functional financial regulators, to propose changes to Bank Secrecy Act customer due diligence regulations within 90 days, and to consider changes to customer identification program regulations, including risks posed by foreign consular identification cards, within 180 days. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is directed to consider, within 60 days, clarifying that potential deportation and loss of wages may be considered under the "ability-to-repay" standards in 12 CFR Part 1026, and each Federal functional financial regulator must issue guidance within 60 days on credit risks posed by the non-work authorized population.

Clients in Consumer Financial Services · Fintech

This executive order takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in EO 14380 (Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba) by blocking the U.S. property of foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury to operate in the energy, defense and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sectors of the Cuban economy, to act for or be part of the Government of Cuba, to engage in serious human rights abuse or corruption related to Cuba, or to be adult family members of designated persons. It prohibits U.S. persons from transacting with or donating to blocked persons, suspends the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry of designated aliens absent a national interest determination by the Secretary of State, and authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose correspondent or payable-through account restrictions or blocking sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions for blocked persons. The Secretary of the Treasury is also directed to submit recurring and final reports to Congress on the national emergency.

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

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.

Clients in Life Sciences · Healthcare

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.

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 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.

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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 proclamation declares the Administration's commitment to dismantling criminal cartels and foreign terrorist organizations operating in the Western Hemisphere. It states that the United States and its allies should deprive these organizations of territory, financing, and resources; that the United States will train and mobilize partner nation militaries; and that external malign influences from outside the Western Hemisphere should be kept at bay. It also references the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, established by the Secretary of War with representatives from 17 countries.

Clients in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

This EO directs the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, War, and Homeland Security and the Attorney General, in consultation with the Office of the National Cyber Director, to review frameworks for combating transnational criminal organizations engaged in cyber-enabled crime within 60 days and to submit an action plan to the President within 120 days, including creation of an operational cell within the National Coordination Center established under EO 14159 (Protecting the American People Against Invasion). The Attorney General must submit a recommendation on a Victims Restoration Program, funded by assets clawed back, forfeited, or seized from these organizations, within 90 days, and shall continue prioritizing prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud. The Secretary of State is directed to demand enforcement actions from foreign governments and impose consequences on nations tolerating such activity, including limits on foreign assistance, targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, and expulsion of complicit foreign officials.

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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 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.

Clients in AI, Robotics and Quantum · Digital Infrastructure · Media and Technology

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 directs increased federal oversight and regulation of proxy advisory firms, citing concerns that their guidance to shareholders is politicized and may compromise investor returns. The order instructs the SEC, FTC, and DOL to consider revising related regulations, enhance transparency, investigate anticompetitive and deceptive practices, and strengthen fiduciary standards to ensure proxy advisors act solely in clients' financial interests. Its aim is to restore public confidence in the industry by prioritizing investor protection, accountability, and competition.

Clients in Consumer Financial Services · ESG and Sustainability

This EO directs the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to each establish a Food Supply Chain Security Task Force to investigate whether anti-competitive behavior exists in U.S. food supply chains and whether foreign control of food-related industries is raising food costs or creating national or economic security threats. It directs them to remedy any anti-competitive behavior uncovered, including through enforcement actions, new regulatory proposals, and, for evidence of criminal collusion, criminal proceedings such as grand jury investigations. The Task Forces must jointly brief the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority Leader, and the chairs of congressional committees of jurisdiction on their progress within 180 days and again within 365 days of the order.

Clients in Food and Beverage

This executive order directs U.S. agencies to consider designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, particularly those in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, based on their violent activities and threats to U.S. interests and partners, and requires federal action toward these designations within specified timeframes.

This proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the creation, organization, submission, support, or advocacy of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well as conduct relating to efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in that election. It names 77 individuals as included, expressly excludes the President himself, and directs the Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, to administer the issuance of certificates of pardon to eligible applicants.

The President has directed federal prosecutors to fully enforce the death penalty in the District of Columbia, making it a priority for crimes warranting capital punishment, especially in light of recent public safety concerns in the nation's capital. The memorandum instructs the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for D.C. to seek the death penalty in all appropriate cases, ensuring robust implementation of federal capital punishment laws.

The President has directed federal agencies to implement a comprehensive strategy to disrupt and dismantle organized domestic terrorist networks responsible for political violence, including targeted intimidation, doxing, and attacks on federal officers and facilities. This strategy includes increased investigation, prosecution, financial tracking, and potential designation of domestic terrorist organizations, making the prevention of politically motivated terrorism a national law enforcement priority.

The President has established a Memphis Safe Task Force composed of federal, state, and local agencies to combat the city's high rates of violent crime through coordinated law enforcement, aggressive prosecution, and increased presence in affected neighborhoods. Additionally, the President has authorized the mobilization of Tennessee National Guard units to support public safety and Task Force operations, with ongoing assessment of whether further executive action is needed to restore law and order in Memphis.