Executive Actions Tracker

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.

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 federal agencies to modernize the foster care system through improved technology, data collection, and partnerships, while expanding resources and opportunities for youth transitioning out of foster care. It also seeks to remove barriers for qualified foster and adoptive parents, especially those with sincerely held religious beliefs, and encourages collaboration with faith-based organizations to support families and children in need.

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This EO seeks to eliminate the “use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible.” All agencies are directed to deprioritize enforcement of all statutes/regulations to the extent they include disparate-impact liability, including but not limited to 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2, 28 C.F.R.42.104(b)(2)–(3), 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(6)(ii), and 28 C.F.R. 42.104(c)(2). The DOJ shall review all statutes and regulations that include disparate-impact provisions. DOJ shall also determine if there are any situations where federal law can preempt state law for disparate-impact laws.

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This EO creates a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, which must review the activities of all executive agencies and determine any anti-Christian policies or practices and make corrective recommendations.

This EO seeks to rescind all federal funds to educational programs that allow male competitive participation in women's sports. The Secretary of Education is directed to affirmatively protect all-female athletic opportunities and locker rooms under Title IX. Further, the Secretary of Education and AG will prioritize Title IX enforcement in this manner. All agencies will review grants to educational programs and rescind funding for failure to comply with this order. Various agencies will also do affirmative outreach to state and other organizations to promote this policy, including athletic organizations and governing bodies.

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This EO directs the heads of each agency or executive department to submit a report to the President identifying authorities that might be used to curb or combat anti-Semitism and listing an inventory and analysis of pending complaints of civil-rights violations with anti-semitism against or involving higher education institutions. The Attorney General is also directed to submit a report and analysis of all cases involving higher education institutions and post-October 7, 2023 antisemitism. The Secretaries of State, Education, and Homeland Security must also report recommendations for familiarizing higher education institutions with grounds of inadmissibility under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3) for "aliens."

This EO states that "it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures." The EO directs specific actions at HHS, DoD, and DOJ to enforce this, including stopping insurance support, reviewing policies, and requiring this policy for all federally funded organizations.

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This memorandum revokes the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021 (Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad) and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 (The Mexico City Policy). It directs the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to implement a plan extending the reinstated memorandum's requirements to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies. It further directs the Secretary of State to ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

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Requires all departments and agencies to terminate all discriminatory and illegal preferences, mandates, policies, programs, activities, guidance, regulations, enforcement actions, consent orders, and requirements. Rescinds executive orders and Presidential memoranda related to federal actions and initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion, including Executive Order 11246 (Equal Employment Opportunity). Directs the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to immediately cease promoting diversity and holding federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for taking affirmative action. Does not apply to employment and contracting preferences for veterans. Requires each agency head to include in every contract or grant award a term/provision that makes compliance with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws material to the government's payment decisions, which includes a certification that the contractor/recipient does not operate any DEI programs that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws. Directs federal agencies to encourage private sector to advance the policy of individual initiative, excellence, and hard work.

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This memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to immediately return the FAA to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring and to rescind all DEI initiatives and preferencing policies or practices. It further directs both officials to review the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions and to replace any individual who fails or has failed to demonstrate requisite capability.

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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 EO directs the Director of OMB, assisted by the Attorney General and Director of OPM, to terminate all DEI and DEIA policies in the federal government. Within 60 days, all DEI, DEIA, and environmental justice offices and positions shall be terminated.