Executive Actions Tracker

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.

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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 proclamation imposes tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS components found to threaten national security: a 100 percent ad valorem duty on UAS over 25 kilograms, UAS with thermal imagers, docking stations, and critical components, and a 25 percent duty on lighter UAS, effective September 3, 2026, plus a 25 percent duty on additional components effective February 9, 2027. Duty rates are capped at 15 percent for products of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and EU members and 10 percent for the United Kingdom, subject to importer certification. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to add components to the tariffs and shall establish an onshoring program allowing companies with approved plans to build U.S. production facilities before January 20, 2029, to import covered products duty-free during construction.

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This proclamation, issued under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, establishes a minimum import price program for polysilicon and its derivatives ($21 per kilogram for polysilicon, $100 per kilogram for ingots and wafers, $0.22 per watt for solar cells, and $0.38 per watt for solar modules) and imposes an additional 15 percent ad valorem duty on polysilicon derivatives, both effective December 4, 2026, with reduced rates for certain trading partners including the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, and Korea. It authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to adjust the minimum import prices, alter their applicability for trading partners adopting substantially equivalent measures, and establish an onshoring incentive program allowing companies with approved plans to build U.S. production facilities to import production equipment and covered products duty-free during construction. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is directed to enforce importer certifications, with noncompliant importers permanently barred from importing these products.

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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.

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This proclamation modifies the section 232 tariff regime on aluminum imports established in Proclamation 9704 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States) by directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish an investment incentive program for domestic primary aluminum production. Companies with approved onshoring plans committing to build, expand, or refurbish U.S. primary aluminum facilities, with construction starting by January 20, 2029, may annually import primary aluminum corresponding to the facility's anticipated annual output at half the otherwise applicable section 232 duty rate. The Secretary may monitor compliance, require audited reports, and rescind tariff benefits, retroactively in cases of fraud.

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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 concurs with the Secretary of Commerce's finding under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and their associated parts threaten to impair U.S. national security. Rather than imposing immediate tariffs, it directs the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to jointly pursue or continue negotiations with foreign trading partners to address the threat and to update the President within 180 days. The Secretary of Commerce is also directed to continue monitoring these imports and inform the President of any circumstances warranting further action under section 232.

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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.

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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 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.

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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 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.

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This proclamation modifies the section 232 tariff regimes on aluminum, steel, and copper established under Proclamations 9704, 9705, and 10962 so that, effective April 6, 2026, the additional ad valorem duties apply to the full customs value of covered articles regardless of metal content. It sets a 50 percent rate for articles listed in Annex I-A and a 25 percent rate for those in Annex I-B, with reduced rates for certain United Kingdom products and for derivatives made entirely of U.S.-origin metals, removes Annex II products from coverage, and applies transitional rates to Annex III products through December 31, 2027. It terminates the existing derivative-inclusion processes and instead authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to jointly add derivative articles to the tariffs on a rolling basis, requires importers to provide CBP with smelt-and-cast country information for copper articles, and directs the Secretary and the Trade Representative to provide the President an update within 90 days.

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This proclamation, issued under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, imposes a 100 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients, with a 20 percent rate for companies with onshoring plans approved by the Secretary of Commerce (rising to 100 percent on April 2, 2030), a 15 percent rate for products of Japan, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein jointly, a 10 percent rate for the United Kingdom, and a zero rate for orphan drugs, certain specialty products, and companies with Most-Favored-Nation pricing agreements (until January 20, 2029). Generic pharmaceuticals are excluded at this time. Tariffs take effect July 31, 2026 for companies listed in Annex III and September 29, 2026 for others. The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services are directed to pursue negotiations of agreements addressing the national security threat and update the President within 90 days.

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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.

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This EO amends EO 13603 (National Defense Resources Preparedness), issued March 16, 2012, to delegate certain Defense Production Act authority under section 203 to the Secretary of Energy in addition to the Secretary of Commerce, with each able to act independently. It also clarifies that section 2(a) of EO 14156 (Declaring a National Energy Emergency), issued January 20, 2025, requires an agency head to recommend action to the President only when the authority is vested in the President alone and has not been delegated.

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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.

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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 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 EO takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency regarding Iran declared in EO 12957 (Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources) by establishing a framework for imposing an additional ad valorem duty, such as 25 percent, on imports from any country that directly or indirectly purchases, imports, or otherwise acquires goods or services from Iran. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to determine whether a foreign country acquires goods or services from Iran, after which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security and the United States Trade Representative, determines whether and to what extent a duty should be imposed and recommends action to the President, who makes the final determination. The President retains authority to modify the order in response to retaliation or if affected countries align sufficiently with the United States. The order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 7, 2026.

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