2025 Administration Actions: Key Executive Orders and Policies

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NCSL's State-Federal team is tracking the latest states-related executive orders, policies and memoranda issued by the Trump administration. Find regularly updated overviews and actions on topics including education, health, energy, immigration and more.

Key 2025 Trump Administration Executive Orders and Policies
Title and Overview	Type	Topic	Latest Action	Date Introduced	Overview
Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources	Executive Order	Natural Resources	04/24/2025	04/24/2025	Full text: Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources April 24, 2025: The order is intended to expand U.S. access to critical minerals and other resources found on or in the ocean’s seabed within U.S. territory by increasing domestic capabilities for seabed mining (including permitting), supporting investment in related seabed sciences, enhancing coordination among U.S. agencies, creating a domestic seabed critical mineral supply chain, and strengthening international and industry partnerships.
Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers Type: Executive Order	Executive Order	Transportation	04/28/2025	04/28/2025	Full text: Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers April 28, 2025: The order states that professional drivers should be proficient in the English language in accordance with federal law (49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2)). It directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to issue new guidance for compliance inspections and states that violations could result in drivers being placed out of service. Additionally, the order requires the agency to review non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses. The order also states it is the administration’s policy to remove “needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.”
Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base	Executive Order	Nuclear Energy	05/23/2025	05/23/2025	Full text: Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base May 23, 2025: The order is intended to bolster the nuclear energy industry by directing federal efforts toward expediting the production and operation of nuclear energy, addressing spent nuclear fuel, increasing the nuclear energy workforce and building nuclear energy supply chains. The order also directs the Department of Energy to prioritize funding for restarting, completing, upgrading or constructing nuclear plants.
Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy	Executive Order	Nuclear Energy	05/23/2025	05/23/2025	Full text: Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy May 23, 2025: The order directs the federal government to improve nuclear reactor testing, streamline environmental reviews and establish a pilot program for reactor construction and operation.
Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security	Executive Order	Nuclear Energy	05/23/2025	05/23/2025	Full text: Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security May 23, 2025: The order directs the federal government to enable the development and operation of advanced nuclear technologies, enable private sector investment in advanced nuclear technologies domestically, and improve coordination of regulatory efforts. The order also addresses advanced nuclear technologies at military installations and Energy Department facilities and directs the secretary of state to promote American nuclear exports.
Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens	Executive Order	Criminal Justice	04/28/2025	04/28/2025	Full text: Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens April 28, 2025: The order details a three-pronged approach to supporting law enforcement: establishing state and local best practices that enable cities to “unleash high-impact local police forces,” protecting and defending law enforcement officers from “unfounded accusations” brought by state and local officials, and providing sufficient resources to law enforcement officers. The attorney general is required to provide law enforcement personnel with legal defense and indemnification, including the use of pro bono private sector law firms; best practices at the state and local level; increased access to quality training and pay increases; and enhanced sentences for crimes against law enforcement officers. The order also calls for increasing distribution of extra U.S. military and national security assets to assist state and local law enforcement within 90 days. It also mandates the prosecution of all state and local officials who “willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal law, including by directly and unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement” or discriminate or violate civil rights “under the guise of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens.”
Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens	Executive Order	Criminal Justice and Immigration	04/28/2025	04/28/2025	Full text: Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens April 28, 2025: The order requires the U.S. attorney general and the secretary of homeland security to publish, within 30 days, a list of sanctuary jurisdictions and notify each listed jurisdiction that it is violating federal law. The penalties for sanctuary jurisdictions involve withholding federal funds, including grants and contracts and taking legal actions to end violations. The attorney general must also identify and stop enforcement of state and local laws the administration says unlawfully favor aliens over American citizens, such as providing in-state tuition to aliens but not to out-of-state American citizens or favoring aliens in criminal charges or sentencing.
Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens	Executive Order	Law Enforcement	04/28/2025	04/28/2025	Full text: Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens April 28, 2025: The order instructs the U.S. attorney general to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who are subject to litigation or discipline for actions taken in the line of duty. The order also directs the attorney general and other appropriate agencies to provide best practices to state and local jurisdictions on aggressive policing strategies, increase pay for law enforcement officers, expand legal protections for officers, increase the transfer of military equipment to local jurisdictions, invest in prisons, and invest in crime data collection and distribution. Under this order the attorney general must prioritize prosecution of state and local officials who prohibit officers from carrying out their duties or who use DEI initiatives that restrict law enforcement activities.
Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens	Executive Order	Immigration, Preemption	04/28/2025	04/28/2025	Full text: Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens April 28, 2025: The order requires the U.S. attorney general and the secretary of homeland security to notify and publish a list of states and local jurisdictions that have sanctuary policies, which are defined as policies that obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The attorney general and secretary are directed to pursue all legal remedies and enforcement measures against sanctuary jurisdictions that do not change policies after notification. Relevant agency heads are required to take action to stop the enforcement of state and local laws “favoring aliens over groups of American citizens,” including laws that allow undocumented immigrants to pay lower in-state tuition.
Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service	Executive Order	Federal Workforce	04/24/2025	04/24/2025	Full text: Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service April 24, 2025: The order issues a “new Civil Service Title XI rule” that directs federal agencies to implement new hiring practices for probationary employees. Employees will be required to undergo an affirmative certification review at the conclusion of their probationary period and before their confirmation to a tenured position. Reviews may consider the employee’s performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether the employee’s continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the government; and whether the employee’s continued employment would advance the efficiency of the service.
White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities	Executive Order	Education	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities April 23, 2025: The order establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which seeks to increase the private sector role in strengthening HBCUs and enhance the capabilities of the schools through a litany of efforts. Those include encouraging states to provide the required state matching funds for 1890 land grant institutions. The order also establishes the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the Department of Education.
Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Education	Executive Order	Education	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Education April 23, 2025: The order directs the secretary of education to take steps to reform the federally required higher education accreditation process. The order describes “new principles of student-oriented accreditation,” which include: ensuring higher education institutions provide high-value academic programs; reducing barriers that limit completion of credentials or new models of education; prioritizing intellectual diversity among faculty; preventing accreditors from encouraging institutions to violate state laws; and prohibiting accreditors from encouraging practices that result in credential inflation or increased costs. The secretary is directed to recognize new accreditors, streamline the process for institutions who wish the change accreditors, and mandate that accreditors require institutions to use data on program-level student outcomes, without reference to race, ethnicity or sex, among other directives. The order directs the secretary to hold higher education accreditors accountable if they require institutions to engage in unlawful discrimination related to “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives. The order also directs relevant agency heads to investigate specific accreditors related to law and medical education.
Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities	Executive Order	Education	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities April 23, 2025: The order directs the secretary of education to more actively monitor and enforce the provision in the federal Higher Education Act that requires higher education institutions to report on significant sources of foreign funding.
Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth Type: Executive Order	Executive Order	Education, Technology, Workforce	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth April 23, 2025: The order expands access to high-quality artificial intelligence education in K-12 schools and launches a National AI Education Strategy. It directs the Department of Education to create an AI Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund, develop a national curriculum framework, and establish an Artificial Intelligence Education Task Force. The departments of Labor and Agriculture, along with the National Science Foundation, are tasked with supporting AI-related skills development in both education and workforce contexts. The order prioritizes educator training to integrate AI across subjects, public-private partnerships to expand K-12 resources, and NSF-supported research. It promotes AI-related registered apprenticeships, use of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds for youth work-based learning, and dual-enrollment opportunities tied to AI coursework and credentials.
Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future	Executive Order	Workforce, Education	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future April 23, 2025: The order directs the departments of Labor, Education and Commerce to review and streamline federal workforce development programs to better align with industry demand. Agencies must identify underperforming programs, propose structural reforms and improve transparency in performance outcomes. The order sets a goal of 1 million new registered apprentices and calls for expanding apprenticeships into emerging industries and strengthening links to education systems. Additional priorities include supporting incumbent worker upskilling, promoting alternatives to four-year degrees, and improving performance measurement across workforce programs.
Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies	Executive Order	Education	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies April 23, 2025: The order directs the secretary of education to issue guidance to state and local education agencies regarding school discipline and their obligations not to engage in racial discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The order also directs the secretary of education and attorney general to coordinate with governors and state attorneys general to prevent racial discrimination in school discipline. It further directs the secretary of education to report to the president on the status of “discriminatory-equity-ideology-based school discipline and behavior modification techniques in American public education” in coordination with the attorney general and the secretaries of health and human services and homeland security.
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy	Executive Order	Civil Rights	04/23/2025	04/23/2025	Full text: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy April 23, 2025: The order aims to eliminate the use of disparate impact liability in employment discrimination investigations and lawsuits. Disparate impact liability occurs when a facially neutral practice or policy unintentionally and disproportionately discriminates against a protected class. The order instructs all agencies responsible for the enforcement of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Acts to review all ongoing matters that rely on disparate impact liability and deprioritize the enforcement of all statutes and regulations that include disparate impact liability, among other actions.
Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific	Executive Order	Opens commercial fishing borders	04/17/2025	04/17/2025	Full text: Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific April 17, 2025: The order aims to allow managed commercial fishing in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to help bolster domestic commercial fishing withing the United States’s Pacific Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone.
Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness	Executive Order	U.S. seafood industry trade reform	04/17/2025	04/17/2025	Full text: Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness April 17, 2025: The order addresses unfair trade practices, reduce unsafe imports, solicit public comment on fisheries management, reduce regulation, promote ethical sourcing, reduce regulatory burdens and improve seafood supply chain integrity. It also mandates the development of a comprehensive seafood strategy.
Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products	Executive Order	The effects on national security of imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products.	04/15/2025	04/15/2025	Full text: Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products April 15, 2025: The order is to address American dependance on foreign sources of critical minerals and their derivative products, which are subject to global supply chain vulnerabilities and market distortions. It directs the initiation of a Section 232 Investigation by the Secretary of Commerce to understand the potential effects on national security.
Updating Permitting Technology for the 21st Century	Presidential Memorandum	Use of technology in environmental review and permitting processes	04/15/2025	04/15/2025	Full text: Updating Permitting Technology for the 21st Century April 15, 2025: The order encourages agencies to use technology to accelerate the environmental review and permitting processes for infrastructure projects.
Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First	Executive Order	Pharmaceutical drug pricing reform	04/15/2025	04/15/2025	Full text: Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First April 15, 2025: This order aims to improve the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program; reduce the costs of prescription drugs, particularly for seniors; increase Medicaid drug payment oversight; increase access to lifesaving medications; and evaluate how the national and international prescription drug industries can be streamlined to increase transparency and competition while lowering prices for consumers.
Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance	Executive Order	Rebuilding commercial shipbuilding capacity and a maritime workforce	04/09/2025	04/09/2025	Full text: Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance April 9, 2025: The order aims to address and bolster domestic commercial shipbuilding capacity and the maritime domestic workforce by mandating an agency-developed maritime action plan, proposes the legislative creation of a Maritime Security Trust Fund, a Shipbuilding Financial Incentives Program and Maritime Prosperity Zones and encouraging domestic investment in shipbuilding and related maritime infrastructure and capabilities. It also calls for agency action in compliance with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representatives public hearing titled Proposed Action in Section 301 Investigation of the People’s Republic of China’s Targeting the Maritime, Logistics and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance. Collection of harbor maintenance fees and other charges, domestic fleet expansion and mariner training and education are also addressed.
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads	Executive Order	Rescinds the Energy Conservation Program	04/09/2025	04/09/2025	Full text: Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads April 9, 2025: The order is to direct the Secretary of Energy to rescind the Energy Conservation Program: Definition of Showerhead (86 Fed Reg 71797).
Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment	Executive Order	Reciprocal tariffs and updated duties	04/09/2025	04/09/2025	Full text: Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment April 9, 2025: This order temporarily suspends the imposition of reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on imports from countries that have not retaliated against recent U.S. trade measures. The pause is intended to encourage continued engagement and avoid escalation with cooperative trading partners. Countries that have imposed tariffs on U.S. goods will remain subject to reciprocal tariff rates. The U.S. trade representative will monitor ongoing trade negotiations and recommend further action after the 90-day period, with the aim of promoting fair and balanced trade. The suspension takes effect April 15, 2025. Citing China’s retaliatory trade measures against the U.S., the order also raises tariffs on certain Chinese imports to an effective rate of 125%.
Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy	Executive Order	Adding sunset provisions to federal regulations	04/09/2025	04/09/2025	Full text: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy April 9, 2025: The order directs certain agencies to incorporate a sunset provision into regulations governing energy production and seeks to compel agencies to reexamine their regulations periodically. It applies to the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Agencies must implement sunset dates no later than Sept. 30, and all existing covered regulations will have a conditional sunset date of no later than one year after that. New regulations must have sunset dates no more than five years from their effective dates.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach	Executive Order	Examining state energy laws and regulations	04/08/2025	04/08/2025	Full text: Protecting American Energy From State Overreach April 8, 2025: The order aims to remove state barriers to the development, siting, production and investment in or use of domestic energy resources and is intended to strengthen domestic energy supply. The order specifically identifies oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, geothermal, biofuel, critical mineral and nuclear energy. It directs the attorney general to stop the enforcement of state laws and civil actions determined to be illegal, including state laws and regulations that the administration identifies as burdensome and ideologically motivated, and those that the administration deems adverse to interstate and international trade and the principle of federalism.
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy	Executive Order	Federal exemptions for coal-fired power plants	04/08/2025	04/08/2025	Full text: Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy April 8, 2025: This order exempts certain stationary sources, including coal-fired power plants, from compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants (89 FR 38508) for two years from July 8, 2027, to July 8, 2029; instead, it regulates them under the Mercury and Air Toxins Standards. The order identifies a lack of commercially viable emissions-control technologies as the reasoning for this rule, noting that the lack could cause coal-fired power plants to shut down due to an inability to remain in compliance with the rule under the original regulatory timeline.
Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241	Executive Order	Removing barriers to U.S. coal energy production	04/08/2025	04/08/2025	Full text: Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241 April 8, 2025: The order is intended to increase domestic energy production, including coal energy production and export, by removing certain federal regulatory barriers that the administration identifies as discriminatory toward coal production or coal-fired energy generation. The order also instructs the National Energy Dominance Council to designate coal as a mineral under EO 14241: Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, with the intention of expanding domestic mineral production by permitting domestic critical minerals and other related mining projects more quickly. Further, the order instructs the appropriate agency secretaries to lift barriers to coal mining on federal lands and prioritize coal leasing and related activities. Agency secretaries are also instructed to remove policies that transition energy generation and production away from coal or that discourage investments in coal.
Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electrical Grid	Executive Order	National electric grid reliability	04/08/2025	04/08/2025	Full text: Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electrical Grid April 8, 2025: The order aims to support the reliability, resilience and security of the electric grid to ensure national and economic security, meet the growing electricity demand created by rapid technological advancements such as data centers and domestic manufacturing, and address the national energy emergency declared in executive order 14156. To avoid forecasted interruptions to the electric supply, the appropriate government officials shall be permitted to streamline, systemize and expedite the Energy Department’s processes for issuing orders under section 202(C) of the Federal Power Act.
Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits	Executive Order	Tariffs	04/02/2025	04/02/2025	Full text: Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits April 2, 2025: The order declares a national emergency due to persistent U.S. goods trade deficits and, effective April 5, imposes a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, with higher, country-specific reciprocal tariffs starting April 9 for nations with significant trade surpluses with the U.S. The order aims to counter what are described as nonreciprocal trade practices that harm domestic industries and threaten national security. The administration argues these measures will restore fairness to U.S. trade relationships and protect strategic supply chains. Exemptions apply to USMCA-compliant goods, key minerals, energy imports and goods already covered by Section 232 tariffs (steel, aluminum and automobiles).
Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports	Executive Order	Duty-free international postal shipments	04/02/2025	04/02/2025	Full text: Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports April 2, 2025: The order eliminates the de minimis exemption for certain low-value imports from China and Hong Kong, effective May 2, 2025. The change applies to shipments valued at $800 or less, which previously entered the U.S. duty-free under simplified customs procedures. The administration indicates the policy is intended to curb the flow of synthetic opioids and related materials by targeting alleged exploitation of the de minimis threshold. Affected imports will now be subject to full customs processing and any duties imposed under prior executive actions addressing the synthetic opioid supply chain.
Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market	Executive Order	Second-party ticket fees for live entertainment	03/31/2025	03/31/2025	Full text: Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market March 31, 2025: The order aims to combat price-gouging of concert and entertainment tickets that occurs in the secondary resale market to make the live entertainment and the arts more accessible for Americans and prevent anti-competitive behavior. The order directs the attorney general and Federal Trade Commission to ensure competition laws are being enforced throughout the industry, including venues and ticketing agents. The FTC is to enforce the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, collaborate with state attorneys general, take the appropriate action to ensure price transparency, and act to prevent anticompetitive and unfair practices in the secondary ticketing market. The secretary of the treasury and attorney general, to their capacity, are to ensure those engaging in the resale ticket market are complying with the Internal Revenue Code and applicable laws. Within 180 days of the order, a report of actions taken is to be submitted by the secretary of the treasury, attorney general and the FTC chairman to the assistant to the president for economic policy and the director of the Office of Management and Budget. The report should include regulations and legislative recommendations to protect live concert and entertainment industry consumers
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History	Executive Order	Arts and culture	03/27/2025	03/27/2025	Full text: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History March 27, 2025: The order directs the vice president to consult with various personnel to “remove improper ideology” at the federal institutions. Further, the vice president and the director of the Office of Management and Budget are to work with Congress so that appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution are consistent with the policies of the administration and federal law. In preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the order directs the secretary of the interior to provide funding, as available, to the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia for infrastructure improvements that shall be completed by July 4, 2026. To be consistent with the policy of the current administration, the secretary is also charged with restoring the names and placement of public monuments, memorials, statues and the like within the department’s jurisdiction that were removed or renamed since Jan. 1, 2020.
Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions	Executive Order	Rescinding previous administration executive orders	03/14/2025	03/14/2025	Full text: Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil Mar. 14, 2025: The order revokes 18 additional orders and actions by the Biden administration; this follows the rescission of 78 presidential orders and memorandums in the Jan. 20 order (EO 14148). The orders rescinded include those addressing the minimum wage for federal contractors, the supply of infant formula, apprenticeships and more.
Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement	Executive Order	General Service Administration procurement and contracts	03/20/2025	03/20/2025	Full text: Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement Mar. 20, 2025: The order aims to consolidate federal procurement under the General Service Administration as it was when the GSA was created in 1949. The order states the federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, therefore consolidating the procurement process is believed to eliminate waste and duplication. Within 60 days of the order, agency heads are to submit proposals for domestic goods and services to the GSA administrator; within 90 days of the order, the GSA will submit a comprehensive plan to the director of Office of Management and Budget; and within 30 days, the director of OMB will designate the GSA administrator as the executive agent for all government-wide IT contracts.
Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil	Executive Order	Tariffs	03/24/2025	03/24/2025	Full text: Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil Mar. 24, 2025: The order authorizes a 25% tariff on all goods imported into the U.S. from any country that imports Venezuelan oil, directly or indirectly. The secretary of state, in consultation with other officials, has the discretion to determine the imposition and duration of these tariffs. The order aims to address what it describes as the “national emergency” posed by Venezuela’s destabilizing actions and the activities of the Tren de Aragua gang, a transnational criminal organization originating in Venezuela.
Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States	Proclamation	Tariffs	03/26/2025	03/26/2025	Full text: Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States Mar. 24, 2025: The proclamation imposes a 25% tariff on imported automobiles and certain automobile parts, effective April 3, 2025. It aims to bolster domestic automotive manufacturing and address what are described as national security concerns arising from supply chain vulnerabilities. Imports qualifying under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement may be eligible for tariff adjustments based on their content of U.S. components. The secretary of commerce is tasked with monitoring these imports and recommending further actions as necessary.
Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs	Executive Order	Labor and collective bargaining	03/27/2025	03/27/2025	Full text: Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs Mar. 27, 2025: This order seeks to remove collective bargaining rights from most federal employees based on a provision in federal law that authorizes the president to exclude agencies from unionization rights if they are deemed to be primarily engaged in national security work. The government entities affected include the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Justice, State, the Treasury and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, United States Agency for International Development and Federal Aviation Administration. The Office of Personnel Management issued a memo to affected agency and department leaders directing them to no longer collectively bargain with federal unions and stop participating in grievance procedures initiated by union employees, among other guidance.
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections	Executive Order	Elections	04/24/2025	03/25/2025	Full text: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections NCSL Brief: Executive Order on Elections: Implications for States April 24, 2025: The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the Election Assistance Commission from requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The court also preliminarily enjoined the heads of executive departments or federal agencies providing public assistance programs from withholding a federal voter registration form to any applicant based on an inability to “assess citizenship.” Mar. 25, 2025: The order posits that the United States does not provide the election safeguards that exist in other countries that make those elections more secure; and that states do not adequately follow federal laws addressing when ballots can be counted and how U.S. citizenship is verified. The order also calls for the use of voter-verified paper trails. More specifically, the order requires prospective and current voters who need to re-register to vote to show documentary proof of citizenship that includes the issue and expiration dates of the document, the issuing office and any unique identification number. Appropriate documents include a passport, an ID document that shows citizenship and complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005, or a valid federal or state government-issued photo ID that indicates the holder is a U.S. citizen or is presented with proof of U.S. citizenship. It also bans foreign nationals from interfering in U.S. elections and requires the attorney general to prioritize prosecuting noncitizen voting and other election-related crimes. The Department of Homeland Security and secretary of state must provide free access for state and local officials to any databases to verify citizenship. DHS and the Department of Government Efficiency “shall review each State’s publicly available voter registration list and available records concerning voter list maintenance activities.” The Election Assistance Commission will withhold federal funding to states that do not comply with federal law and the documentary proof of citizenship requirements of this executive order.
Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production	Executive Order	Environment and Natural Resources, Energy	04/08/2025	03/20/2025	Full text: Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production April 8, 2025: Under the order Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241, the administration instructs the National Energy Dominance Council to designate coal as a mineral and amend the March 20 order by deleting the reference to “4332(d)(1)(B)” in section 6(d) and replacing it with a reference to “4532(d)(1)(B).” Mar. 20, 2025: EO issued to expand domestic mineral production by permitting domestic critical minerals and other related mining projects more quickly. The EO mandates federal agencies identify all U.S. minerals projects currently going through the permitting process within 10 days of the order. Projects will then by reviewed and those that are identified as “priority” will receive their permits immediately.
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness	Executive Order	Emergency preparedness at state and local levels	03/19/2025	03/19/2025	Full text: Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness Mar. 19, 2025: Federal policy must rightly recognize that preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the state, local and even individual levels, supported by a competent, accessible and efficient federal government. The administration shall publish a national resiliency plan within 90 days and a review of critical infrastructure policies within 180 days of this executive order. Critical infrastructure shall not include any policies related to misinformation, disinformation or malinformation. The administration shall also review all national preparedness and response policies to shift away from an “all-hazards approach” within 240 days.
Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities	Executive Order	Education	03/20/2025	03/20/2025	Full text: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities Mar. 20, 2025: The EO directs the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the department to the extent permitted by law and “return authority over education to the States and local communities while ensuring the effective and uninterrupted delivery of services, programs, and benefits on which Americans rely.” The order also directs the secretary to ensure “the allocation of any Federal Department of Education funds” complies with federal law and administration policy.
Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness	Executive Order	Student loan forgiveness qualifications	03/07/2025	03/07/2025	Full text: Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness March 7, 2025: The order proposes the development of a regulation that would prevent employees at organizations that engage in certain activities from receiving credit toward the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The order lists activities it characterizes as serving a “substantial illegal purpose” that would disqualify certain currently eligible nonprofit and public sector employers from participating in the program. The activities include “aiding and abetting” discrimination or violations of federal immigration law.
Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile	Executive Action	Digital currency	03/06/2025	03/06/2025	Full text: Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile March 6, 2025: Creates a bitcoin reserve, treating bitcoin like a reserve asset in the U.S., similar to how gold or foreign currencies are held to support the economy and financial stability. According to the order, the reserve will be funded with digital assets owned by the Department of the Treasury that were forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. The secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies to acquire additional Bitcoin, if those strategies do not impose incremental costs on American taxpayers. The order aims to “resolve the current disjointed handling of cryptocurrencies seized through forfeiture by, and scattered across, various Federal agencies.” By centralizing the ownership, control and management of these assets withing the federal government, the order seeks to ensure proper oversight, accurate tracking, and a cohesive approach to managing the government’s cryptocurrency holdings.
Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber	Executive Order	Trade	03/01/2025	03/01/2025	Full text: Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber March 1, 2025: EO issued directing the secretary of commerce to initiate an investigation to determine the effects of imports of timber, lumber and their derivative products on national security.
Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border	Executive Order	Border, Trade	03/02/2025	03/02/2025	Full text: Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border March 2, 2025: EO issued updating a previous trade policy to allow low-value items coming through the southern border to remain duty-free—for now. The tariff exemption will end once the government improves its system for tracking and collecting tariffs on these imports.
Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper	Executive Order	National Security, Trade	02/25/2025	02/25/2025	Full text: Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper Feb. 25, 2025: EO issued to ensure a domestic copper supply chain and investigate the risk to national security of an increasing reliance on foreign sources of the metal. Under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, the order requires the secretary of commerce to investigate the national security impact of copper imports in all its forms. The investigation is to include the secretaries of defense, the interior and energy and should conclude within 270 days of the order’s issued date.
Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations	Executive Order	International	02/04/2025	02/04/2025	Full text: Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations Feb. 4, 2025: EO issued removing the United States from participation in the United Nations Human Rights Campaign, the office of United States Representative to the UNHRC and positions dedicated to that representative. The secretary of state will review the United States’ membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization within 90 days of the order. The order requires a review with the United Nations ambassador of all international intergovernmental organizations the United States is associated with via membership, funding, conventions or treaties within 180 days of the issue date. Finally, it will be the responsibility of the secretary of state to notify the UN secretary general, UNRWA and UNHRC leadership of the changes to United States funding set forth in the order.
Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Letter on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964	Department Letter	Education, Civil rights	02/14/2025	02/14/2025	Full Text: Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Letter on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Feb. 14, 2025: Letter issued stating that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) intends to apply the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA v. Harvard-that it is unlawful to consider an applicant's race in college admissions decisions for the purpose of diversity-to recipients of federal funding for early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary education programs. The letter states that programs that appear neutral but have decisions that are "motivated by racial considerations" or policies that rely on proxies for race will also be considered violations of antidiscrimination law. OCR will begin enforcing this approach beginning on Feb. 28, which may include "potential loss of funding."
Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports	Executive Order	Education, Civil rights	02/05/2025	02/05/2025	Full Text: Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports Feb. 5, 2025: EO issued addressing the interpretation of Title IX directing the secretary of Education to take action to provide all-female athletic opportunities and locker rooms and to issue regulation and guidance to clarify that women's and sports should only include women, as defined by the executive order "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism."
Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies	Executive Order	Administrative Law	02/18/2025	02/18/2025	Full Text: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies-The White House Feb. 18, 2025: EO issued seeking to bring independent federal agencies under the control of the president. All agencies must submit proposed and final significant regulatory actions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) before publishing in the Federal Register. All federal agencies must establish the position of White House liaison. The president and the attorney general under the president's supervision provide the definitive interpretation of the law. No executive branch employee acting in their official capacity may, "advance an interpretation of the law as the position of the United States that contravenes the President or the Attorney General's opinion on a matter of law, including but not limited to the issuance of regulations, guidance, and positions advanced in litigation, unless authorized to do so by the President or in writing by the Attorney General."
Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"	Executive Order	Federal Workforce, Health, Housing	04/03/2025	02/19/2025	Full Text: Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Apr. 3, 2025: A federal judge in Rhode Island issued a Temporary Restraining Order preventing HHS from moving forward with $11 billion in recissions of public health funding to states. Apr. 1, 2025: Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the department of Health and Human Services seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and requesting a temporary restraining order against the department's termination of $11.4 billion in public health funding to states. According to the complaint, these funds are used for tracking and addressing infectious disease, emergency preparedness, mental health and substance use services, and modernizing public health infrastructure. The complaint alleges that HHS exceeded its statutory and regulatory authority by arbitrarily terminating funding essential to protecting the public from future pandemics and the spread of preventable disease. The basis of the department's decision to rescind the funding is that the funds were appropriated during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has ended-thus the need for related funding has also ended. States have argued that the funding was not limited to the COVID-19 emergency. Mar. 26, 2025: A court granted the motion for an emergency restraining order to temporarily enjoin HUD from terminating relevant Fair Housing Initiatives Program grants and to reinstate those already terminated. Mar. 24, 2025: Plaintiffs filed a reply in support of the court's emergency motion for a restraining order updating its motion to seek preliminary relief against the HUD defendants only. Mar. 21, 2025: Defendants filed an opposition to plaintiffs' emergency motion for a temporary restraining order. Mar. 13, 2025: Several nonprofit fair housing organizations filed suit against HUD for termination of 78 congressionally mandated fair housing grants impacting 33 states. Plaintiffs also filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order. Feb. 19, 2025: EO issued that reduces the size of the federal government by eliminating certain functions and associated personnel.
Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	02/18/2025	02/18/2025	Full Text: Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization Feb. 18, 2025: EO issued directing the assistant to the president for domestic policy to submit to the president a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.
Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence	Executive Order	Technology	02/13/2025	01/23/2025	Full Text: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Feb. 13, 2025: Judge blocked order. Feb. 6, 2025: The request for comments is pursuant to President Trump's recent executive order on artificial intelligence. According to the request, the plan will define the priority policy actions needed to sustain and enhance America's AI dominance and to ensure that unnecessarily burdensome requirements do not hamper private sector AI innovation. The request encourages input from state, local and tribal governments, as well as the public, academia, industry groups and private sector organizations on priority actions that should be included in the plan. Comments must be submitted on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on March 15. Jan. 23, 2025: EO issued prioritizing the responsible development of AI. The order seeks to accelerate AI innovation to ensure U.S. leadership in the global AI race and reduce regulatory barriers to AI development in the private sector to boost economic growth and maintain competitive advantages. President Donald Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden's executive order 14110, which had established key safeguards for the responsible development of artificial intelligence, particularly in the areas of safety and ethical use. The order required various federal agencies to implement measures to ensure AI technologies were developed and deployed responsibly.
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists	Executive Order	Criminal Justice, Civil Rights	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued declaring a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with certain international cartels that pose a larger threat to national security than traditional organized crime entities. Per the administration, these international cartels work with known foreign terrorist organizations, operate like insurgent groups using complex strategies and infiltrate Western Hemisphere governments to destabilize them, contribute to the influx of drugs and criminals into the United States, and function as quasi-governmental entities. Tren de Aragua and La Mara Salvatrucha are two such cartels. The executive order calls for the total elimination of these organizations in the U.S. and mandates the creation of a plan to combat them within 14 days of the date of the order.
Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety	Executive Order	Criminal Justice, Civil Rights	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued restoring federal capital punishment and orders the attorney general to pursue it when appropriate. It also requires the attorney general to seek the death penalty in federal cases involving the murder of a law enforcement officer or a capital crime committed by a migrant in the U.S. without legal status. The attorney general must also ensure that states allowing capital punishment have enough drugs for lethal injections and seek legal means to overturn Supreme Court precedents that hamper state and federal authority to impose capital punishment.
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity	Executive Order	Criminal Justice, Civil Rights	01/21/2025	01/21/2025	Full Text: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Jan. 21, 2025: EO issued revoking several orders from previous administrations and directs agency heads to encourage private sector companies to abandon DEI initiatives through policy.
Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology	Executive Order	Cryptocurrency	01/23/2025	01/23/2025	Full Text: Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology Jan. 23, 2025: EO issued establishing a new working group focused on cryptocurrency, aimed at shaping U.S. policy around digital assets. The group will bring together federal agencies to evaluate the potential challenges and benefits of cryptocurrencies, with the goal of crafting a more coherent regulatory framework. This move reflects growing concerns about the impact of digital currencies on financial markets, consumer protection and national security. The working group is expected to focus on issues such as fraud prevention, market stability and potential use in illicit activities, while also exploring opportunities for innovation in the crypto space.
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements	Executive Order	Energy	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and cancels financial agreements made under the agreement.
Unleashing American Energy	Executive Order	Energy	02/19/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Unleashing American Energy Feb. 19, 2025: The Council of Environmental Quality revoked several regulations revoked several regulations issued under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and issued to federal agencies, who will continue to follow their existing rules until new rules are created. Public comment on proposed NEPA regulations will now last between 30 and 60 days. Voluntary guidance to federal agencies, who will continue to follow their existing rules until new rules are created. Public comment on proposed NEPA regulations will now last between 30 and 60 days. Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued to develop America's energy and natural resources by encouraging energy exploration and production on federal lands and waters, as well as growing production and processing of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals. It also orders an immediate review of all agency actions that "potentially burden the development of domestic energy resources" and regarding domestic mining and processing of non-fuel minerals, including those that withdrew public lands from consideration. The EO terminates the American Climate Corps, terminates (where appropriate) state tailpipe emissions waivers and pauses disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, "including but not limited to funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program." On the permitting front, the EO restarts the review of applications for liquified natural gas projects and works to expedite and simplify the permitting process and prepare recommendations to Congress to "facilitate the permitting and construction of interstate energy transportation and other critical energy infrastructure, including, but not limited to, pipelines" and streamline National Environmental Policy Act review. Finally, the EO directs the U.S. trade representative to investigate exploitative practices in global mineral markets and assess their impact on U.S. commerce. Also tasks the secretary of commerce with evaluating the national security implications of mineral imports and proposes measures to counteract forced labor in mineral supply chains.
Declaring a National Energy Emergency	Executive Order	Energy	02/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Declaring a National Energy Emergency Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued aiming to use emergency authorities to facilitate the identification, leasing, siting, production, transportation, refining, and generation of domestic energy resources; this includes the use of eminent domain. Agencies are directed to consider emergency fuel waivers to allow the year-round sale of E15 gasoline and identify and use available authorities to speed up the completion of all "authorized and appropriated infrastructure, energy, environmental and natural resource projects." The EO also aims to identify planned or potential actions to "facilitate the nation's energy supply" that may be subject to regulations under the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act and assess how the Department of Defense can acquire and transport energy, electricity or fuels necessary to "protect the homeland and to conduct operations abroad."
Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects	Memorandum	Energy	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf From Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects Jan. 20, 2025: Memorandum issued banning wind energy leasing in all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf. This action does not affect current leases in this area, but a review of all existing leases has been ordered. In addition, no new permits for onshore or offshore wind energy shall be issued.
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California	Memorandum	Energy	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California Jan. 20, 2025: Memorandum issued restarting efforts to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Northern California to areas in the Central Valley and Southern California.
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis	Presidential Action	Environment and Natural Resources	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis Jan. 20, 2025: Directs all executive departments and agencies to pursue eliminating policies that "increase the cost of food and fuel."
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential	Executive Order	Environment and Natural Resources	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued that expands and expedites natural resource development in Alaska, including "energy, mineral, timber, and seafood" by expediting the permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects on federal and state lands, with a specific focus on liquefied natural gas sales and transportation.
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	Multiple cases filed challenging transfer of transgender women from women's carceral facilities to men's and to order prohibiting transgender people from serving in the military. These cases are pending.	01/20/2025	Full text: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government Jan. 20, 2025: EO declared that it's the federal government's policy to define sex as strictly male or female and that gender identity, including transgender and nonbinary, is to be stripped from federal government policies and procedures. The order requires transgender women incarcerated in federal prisons to be transferred to men's facilities and denied transgender healthcare. The order also bans transgender people from serving in the military. Within 30 days of the date of the order, the secretary of Health and Human Services is ordered to provide to the U.S. government, external partners, and the public clear guidance expanding on the sex-based definitions set forth in the order.
Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued that begins the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations' global public health agency. The U.S. has historically been one of the largest funders of the organization.
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis	Presidential Action	Economy	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis Jan. 20, 2025: Orders the leaders of all federal agencies to pursue actions to lower the cost of housing, expand the housing supply, eliminate practices that increase health care costs, and bring more workers into the labor force.
Initial Rescissions of the Previous Administration's Executive Orders	Executive Order	Economy	Others may be forthcoming within 45 days of Jan. 20.	01/20/2025	Full text: Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued rescinding other executive orders. This includes previous EOs regarding access to affordable, quality health coverage, relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic, prescription drug costs for Americans, worker health and safety, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued that communicates that the United States doesn't have the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants, including refugees. Public safety, national security and protection of taxpayer resources are priorities, therefore only refugees who can fully assimilate into the U.S. without infringing on these paramount goals will be permitted. Additionally, state and local governments are granted a say on where refugees will be placed. The order also revokes former President Joe Biden's executive order addressing refugee resettlement.
Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Clarifying The Military's Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued declaring that there are existing threats to our national sovereignty and calls for the military to seal the southern border to protect against "forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities."
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full text: Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued declaring the current situation at the southern border a national emergency, directs secretary of defense to send armed forces members to assist the Department of Homeland Security in operations at the border, and instructs the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to construct physical barriers along the border.
Securing Our Borders	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Securing Our Borders Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued ordering the construction of physical barriers at the southern border, terminates categorical parole programs for certain countries, directs the Department of Justice and the DHS to take DNA samples and fingerprints of migrants without legal status in federal custody, and directs the DOJ and DHS to prioritize human trafficking and smuggling cases for prosecution.
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full text: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued directing all agencies to stop issuing proof of citizenship to individuals who were born in the United States, but whose mother was unlawfully or lawfully temporarily present in the country at the time of the individual's birth, if that individual's father was not a citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said individual's birth.
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued directing agencies to strengthen vetting and screening of migrants seeking admission to or already present in the United States. The order also directs agencies to identify countries with deficient screening information and to partially or fully suspend the admission of nationals from those countries.
Protecting the American People Against Invasion	Executive Order	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Protecting The American People Against Invasion Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued directing agencies to revoke memoranda and guidance based on certain immigration-related executive orders from previous administrations and prioritize the prosecution of criminal offenses related to unauthorized entry or the continued presence of migrants lacking legal status.
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion	Proclamation	Immigration and Border Action	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion Jan. 20, 2025: Proclamation issued declaring the situation at the southern border an invasion.
America First Trade Policy	Memorandum	Trade	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: America First Trade Policy Jan. 20, 2025: Memorandum issued that directs federal agencies to address trade deficits, unfair trade practices and currency manipulation while reviewing trade agreements such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The policy emphasizes boosting domestic manufacturing, protecting intellectual property and safeguarding national security. It includes measures to assess impacts on American workers, farmers and businesses, with potential implications for state economies through changes in tariff rates and trade practices more broadly. See additional trade-related item under Unleashing American Energy heading above.
Establishing and Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency	Executive Order	Miscellaneous, Health	05/16/2025	01/20/2025	Full text: Establishing and Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency May 16, 2025: Judge McElroy extends April’s temporary restraining order. The TRO blocks the termination of HHS funds, including billions in COVID-era funds to states. April 3, 2025: U.S. District Court Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order pausing the termination of federal public health funds to states. Over $11 billion in grants was initially allocated to state and local health departments for COVID-related activities, but states were given the authority to use for non-COVID public health emergencies. Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued launching the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, by renaming the United States Digital Service to the United States DOGE Service with a goal of "modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." The order further directs agency heads to establish a "DOGE Team" to implement the president's DOGE agenda. Trump first announced his intention to establish DOGE in November; it was to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who published an op-ed stating the federal government needs paring down and that the "entrenched and ever-growing bureaucracy represents an existential threat to our republic." Ramaswamy has since left the effort to run for governor of Ohio. The GOP House congressional leadership supports the effort and created an Oversight Subcommittee for Delivering on Government Efficiency. However, opponents to the effort quickly mobilized as multiple lawsuits were filed immediately after Trump's swearing in, challenging the legality of the DOGE under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness	Executive Order	Miscellaneous	02/11/2025	01/20/2025	Full text: Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness Feb. 11, 2025: Google Maps and Apple Maps updated "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" on their services. Jan. 27, 2025: Alaska House asked administration to reverse the decision. Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued renaming Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America's highest peak, to Mount McKinley and the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border	Executive Order	Tariffs	03/03/2025	02/01/2025	Full text: Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Tariffs on Imports from Canada, Mexico and China Mar. 3, 2025: Additional EO issued increasing the additional tariff on products from the People's Republic of China from 10% to 20%. Mar. 2, 2025: Additional EO issued modifying trade rules for imports coming over the northern border. Certain items will temporarily remain duty free until the government upgrades its ability to collect tariffs efficiently. Feb. 24, 2025: The president and administration officials indicated that tariffs on Mexico and Canada would "go ahead as planned," although uncertainty remains as to when they will take effect. Feb. 3, 2025: Trump paused tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for 30 days. Feb. 1, 2025: EO issued citing the "extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl." President Donald Trump placed a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on goods from China. Energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10% tariff, the order states.
Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families	Executive Order	Education	01/29/2025	01/29/2025	Full text: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families Jan. 29, 2025: EO issued requiring several departments to provide guidance, resources or other information regarding increasing access to schools other than students' assigned district public school through existing grants or school systems. Specifically, the order directs the secretary of education to issue guidance on how formula funds can be used to support K-12 school choice initiatives and to prioritize school choice in the department's discretionary grant programs. The order also requires the Department of Defense and Bureau of Indian Education to help families use federal funding for school choice.
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling	Executive Order	Education	01/29/2025	01/29/2025	Full Text: Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling Jan. 29, 2025: EO issued directing several agencies, including the Department of Education, to develop an "ending indoctrination strategy." The plans will evaluate where federal funds directly or indirectly subsidize "discriminatory equity ideology," which the order defines as instruction treating people as "members of preferred or disfavored groups, rather than as individuals." If the agency finds such instances, the plans will make recommendations where those funds could be rescinded "to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law." The order reestablishes the 1776 Commission, originally formed at the end of Trump's first term, to promote "patriotic education" surrounding the 250th anniversary of American independence and defines the term "patriotic education."
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	01/24/2025	01/24/2025	Full Text: Enforcing the Hyde Amendment Jan. 24, 2025: EO issued revoking executive Order 14076, "Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services," and executive Order 14079, "Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services," restricting the use of federal funding for abortions, according to the order.
Adjusting Imports of Steel and Aluminum into The United States	Executive Order	Tariffs	02/10/2025 - 02/11/2025	02/10/2025 - 02/11/2025	Full text: Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States \| Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States Feb. 10-11, 2025: Orders issued raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 25%, citing the need to protect national security and support domestic manufacturing. The proclamations aim to remove exemptions for key trading partners and strengthen U.S. supply chains by encouraging the use of American-made materials. Tariffs will go into effect on March 12.
Department of Education Reinstates Previous Title IX Rule on Sexual Harassment, Rescinds Guidance on Name, Image and Likeness	Department Letter	Education, Civil Rights	02/04/2025	02/04/2025	Full Text: Letter The Department of Education stated in a letter that the 2020 Title IX rule on sexual harassment is once again in effect after the courts vacated a similar rule finalized in 2024 to replace the 2020 rule. Notably, the 2020 rule contains provisions that outline how schools and universities must handle allegations of sexual assault and harassment, including giving accused students a written notice of allegations, the right to an advisor, and the right to submit, cross-examine and challenge evidence at a live or virtual hearing. Schools may choose between two standards of evidence when adjudicating complaints: the "preponderance of the evidence" standard or the "clear and convincing evidence" standard. The 2020 rule also expanded the definition of "sexual harassment" to include sexual assault, dating violence and stalking, among other provisions. In a separate action, the department rescinded January 2024 guidance related to name, image and likeness activities under Title IX. The previous guidance was the first of its kind for NIL activities. It is unclear whether the department will issue new guidance or promulgate a rule. Under the previous guidance, any compensation a school provided for a student-athlete's NIL was to be considered as athletic financial assistance, which must be provided proportionally to male and female student-athletes.
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	02/14/2025	01/28/2025	Full text: Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation Feb. 14, 2025: Temporary restraining order issued for 14 days (American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Inc., et al Lawsuit). Feb. 14, 2025: Temporary restraining order issued for 14 days (State of Washington Lawsuit). Jan. 28, 2025: EO issued prohibiting federal agencies from funding, sponsoring, promoting, assisting or supporting the "transition" of a child younger than 19 from one sex to another. The order directs federal agencies to rescind and amend all policies that rely on guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and directs HHS to take immediate steps to prevent the "chemical and surgical mutilation of children."
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission	Executive Order	Health and Human Services	02/13/2025	02/13/2025	Full text: Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission-The White House Feb. 13, 2025: EO established the president's Make America Healthy Again Commission chaired by the secretary of Health and Human Services with the assistant to the president for domestic policy serving as executive director. Other specified officials from across the federal government will also serve. The initial mission is to advise and assist the president on how best to exercise his authority to address the childhood chronic disease crisis by studying the crisis, informing the president and the public, and providing government-wide recommendations to end the crisis.
Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending	Memorandum to Agency Heads	Transparency in Spending	02/18/2025	02/18/2025	Full Text: Radical Transparency About Wasteful Spending-The White House Feb. 18, 2025: Memo issued directing head of executive departments and agencies to promote the policies of the administration, the complete details of terminated programs, cancelled contacts, terminated grants, or other discontinued obligation of federal funds.
Commending the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy	Executive Order	Reducing Government	02/19/2025	02/19/2025	Full Text: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy-The White House Feb. 19, 2025: EO issued aiming to reduce the size of the federal government. In particular, it orders the elimination of non-statutory components and functions of a specific list of governmental entities.
Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation	Executive Order	Regulatory Freeze	01/31/2025	01/31/2025	Full Text: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation Jan. 31, 2025: EO issued establishing a framework to reduce federal regulatory burdens and promote economic growth by implementing a "ten-for-one" rule, requiring agencies to remove at least 10 old regulations for every new one they create. It mandates that the total incremental cost of regulations for fiscal year 2025 be significantly less than zero, ensuring a net reduction in regulatory costs. Agencies must report their regulatory changes to the Office of Management and Budget, which will oversee implementation and provide guidance. The order brings back older rules for reviewing regulations and makes exceptions for national security and minor regulations. Overall, the goal is to simplify government rules, lower costs, and encourage innovation while keeping necessary oversight in place.
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review	Executive Order	Regulatory Freeze	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Regulatory Freeze Pending Review Jan. 20, 2025: EO issued temporarily stopping the implementation of new federal regulations until they are reviewed and approved by agency heads appointed by the new administration after Jan. 20, 2025. It also withdraws unpublished rules for further review and allows for a 60-day delay in the enforcement of recently published rules to assess legal, factual and policy concerns. Agencies may open a comment period during this review and, if necessary, extend delays. The Office of Management and Budget will oversee this process, granting exemptions for emergencies or urgent matters. This order ensures that the new administration has control over pending regulations and aligns them with its priorities.
Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas Extortion and Unfair Fines and Penalties	Memorandum	Tariffs	02/21/2025	02/21/2025	Full Text: Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas Extortion and Unfair Fines and Penalties Feb. 18, 2025: Memo issued instructing heads of executive departments and agencies to identify and counteract foreign policies that unfairly target U.S. businesses, particularly in the technology sector. It emphasizes the administration's commitment to imposing tariffs and other responsive measures against foreign governments that levy discriminatory taxes, fines, or regulations designed to appropriate funds or intellectual property from American companies. The goal is to protect U.S. economic and national security interests from one-sided, anti-competitive practices of foreign entities.
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing	Presidential Action		03/26/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Mar. 26, 2025: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on Wednesday denied a request by the Trump administration to reverse a block on its efforts to pause federal funding to states. The decision, which bars the Office of Management and Budget from implementing a now-rescinded January memo freezing federal payments, came in response to lawsuits brought by attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia. In an opinion upholding U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s ruling earlier this month, the three-judge panel wrote that the freeze would result in a “number of harms” to the plaintiff states, including “the inability to pay existing debt; impediments to planning, hiring, and operations; and disruptions to research projects by state universities.” Jan. 29, 2025: Office of Management and Budget issues memorandum rescinding Jan. 27 memorandum (M-25-13). Jan. 28, 2025: The Office of Management and Budget released a follow-up Q&A document to clarify that the pause is not intended to stop all funding, but instead is "expressly limited to programs, projects, and activities implicated by the President's Executive Orders, such as ending DEI, the green new deal, and funding nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest." The reversal followed a federal judge's temporary stay on the initial pause on Jan. 28, which would have continued until Feb. 3 to provide time for thorough deliberation on the matter. Jan. 27, 2025: The Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum (M-25-13) to heads of executive departments and agencies providing further guidance. any program not implicated by the executive orders above is not subject to the pause. Any program that provides benefits directly to individuals was not subject to the pause. And a list of the programs subject to the pause does not currently exist as they are still identifying how funds are being spent.
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid	Executive Order	Foreign Aid	01/20/2025	01/20/2025	Full Text: Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid

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