Overview | Executive Orders from the Trump Administration
Listed below is a condensed overview of the updates and Executive Orders that have been published by the Trump Administration. Click on the Order links to learn more about each one.
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Executive Orders:
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion
GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION
Summary: This order issues a suspension of entry at the U.S.'s southern border by aliens, and prohibits aliens engaged in invasion across the southern border from invoking provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that would permit their continued presence in the United States. The order requires that aliens seeking to enter the US to provide Federal officials with medical information, criminal history records, and background information. The order calls for the suspension of physical entry of any alien engaged in crossing the U.S.'s southern border and direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate actions as may be necessary. Lastly, the Order allows Homeland Security to remove any alien engaged in attempting to cross the southern border.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
Restoring the Names That Honor American Greatness
RESTORING THE NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS
Summary: This order seeks to promote our Nation's heritage and preserve our Nation's history for future generations. Within seven days of the date of this order, each agency head with authority to appoint members to the Board on Geographic Names (Board) shall review their respective appointees and consider replacing those appointees in accordance with applicable law.
Additionally, the order states that within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall reinstate the name “Mount McKinley," the Secretary shall update the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) to reflect the renaming and reinstatement of Mount McKinley, and the national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall retain the name Denali National Park and Preserve. The Secretary of the Interior shall also work with Alaska Native entities and state and local organizations to adopt names for landmarks to honor the history and culture of the Alaskan people.
Lastly, the order states that within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior shall take all appropriate actions to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” The Secretary shall subsequently update the GNIS to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico from the GNIS, consistent with applicable law. The Board shall provide guidance to ensure all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect its renaming.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Admiralty/Maritime, Corporate & Business Transactions, Economic Development, Environmental Law, Global Trade & Investment, Hospitality & Tourism, Natural Resources, Import & Export Controls, Tax Law
Effective Date: 2/19/2025
DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRITORIES
Summary: This order creates a process where certain international cartels (the Cartels) and other organizations will be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
Effective Date: 2/3/2025
REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
REFORMING THE FEDERAL HIRING PROCESS AND RESTORING MERIT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Summary: This order seeks to make the Federal hiring and recruitment process more efficient and focused on attaining the best-qualified candidates as opposed to factors promoting equity.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Government & Regulatory Affairs
Effective Date: 5/20/2025
ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
Summary: This order aims to terminate all discriminatory programs, including Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA), from activities within the Federal Government.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Compliance & Risk Management
Effective Date: 3/21/2025
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Summary: This order states that there are only two recognized sexes in the U.S.: male and female. The order defines a "female" as a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell, and a "male" as a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell. The order also dismisses the concepts of gender ideology and gender identity and explicitly states that Federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment; Compliance & Risk Management; Government & Regulatory Affairs
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY"
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY"
Summary: This order establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to implement the President’s DOGE Agenda, by modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity. The United States Digital Service is hereby publicly renamed as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and shall be established in the Executive Office of the President. There shall be a USDS Administrator established in the Executive Office of the President who shall report to the White House Chief of Staff. There is further established within USDS a temporary organization known as “the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization”. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization shall be headed by the USDS Administrator and shall be dedicated to advancing the President’s 18-month DOGE agenda.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Complex Contracting & Technology; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Electronic Management & Information Management
AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
AMERICA FIRST POLICY DIRECTIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Summary: This order directs that the foreign policy of the United States shall champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs
PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
Summary: This order directs, in an effort to protect the U.S. from harmful alien/ terrorist attacks or threats to our Nation's security, that the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall promptly: (i) identify all resources that may be used to ensure that all aliens seeking admission to the United States, or who are already in the United States, are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible; (ii) determine the information needed from any country to adjudicate any visa, admission, or other benefit under the INA for one of its nationals, and to ascertain whether the individual seeking the benefit is who the individual claims to be and that the individual is not a security or public-safety threat; (iii) re-establish a uniform baseline for screening and vetting standards and procedures, consistent with the uniform baseline that existed on January 19, 2021, that will be used for any alien seeking a visa or immigration benefit of any kind; and (iv) vet and screen to the maximum degree possible all aliens who intend to be admitted, enter, or are already inside the United States, particularly those aliens coming from regions or nations with identified security risks.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
UNLEASHING ALASKA'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
UNLEASHING ALASKA'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
Summary: This order directs the United States to: (a) fully avail itself of Alaska’s vast lands and resources for the benefit of the Nation and the American citizens who call Alaska home; (b) efficiently and effectively maximize the development and production of the natural resources located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska; (c) expedite the permitting and leasing of energy and natural resource projects in Alaska; and (d) prioritize the development of Alaska’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) potential, including the sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG to other regions of the United States and allied nations within the Pacific region.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Natural Resources
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
Summary: This order identifies that it is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people. Further, it is the policy of the United States to achieve the total and efficient enforcement of those laws, including through lawful incentives and detention capabilities.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration; International Trade
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL)
THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) GLOBAL TAX DEAL (GLOBAL TAX DEAL)
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, to investigate whether any foreign countries are not in compliance with any tax treaty with the United States or have any tax rules in place, or are likely to put tax rules in place, that are extraterritorial or disproportionately affect American companies, and develop and present to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, a list of options for protective measures or other actions that the United States should adopt or take in response to such non-compliance or tax rules.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Tax Law
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND SUBCOMMITTEES
ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND SUBCOMMITTEES
Summary: This order directs the NSC to convene as the HSC on topic areas agreed to in advance by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (Homeland Security Advisor). Along with its subordinate committees and staff, the NSC shall be the President’s principal means for coordinating Executive departments and agencies in the development and implementation of national and homeland security policies, strategies, activities, and functions, their integration across departments and agencies within their purview, and for long-term strategic planning.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security; Cybersecurity
REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
Summary: This order directs all department and agency heads with responsibility for United States foreign development assistance programs shall immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implement non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors pending reviews of such programs for programmatic efficiency and consistency with United States foreign policy, to be conducted within 90 days of this order.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Foreign Investment
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
Summary: This order withdraws from disposition for wind energy leasing all areas within the Offshore Continental Shelf (OCS) as defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. This withdrawal temporarily prevents consideration of any area in the OCS for any new or renewed wind energy leasing for the purposes of generation of electricity or any other such use derived from the use of wind. This withdrawal does not apply to leasing related to any other purposes such as, but not limited to, oil, gas, minerals, and environmental conservation.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Solutions; Natural Resources
PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
PROMOTING BEAUTIFUL FEDERAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE
Summary: This order allows the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the heads of departments and agencies of the United States where necessary, to submit to President Trump within 60 days recommendations to advance the policy that Federal public buildings should be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Construction Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use. In addition to pursuing the death penalty where possible, the Attorney General shall, where consistent with applicable law, pursue Federal jurisdiction and seek the death penalty regardless of other factors for every federal capital crime involving: (i) The murder of a law-enforcement officer; or (ii) A capital crime committed by an alien illegally present in this country.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Criminal Law
PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PUTTING PEOPLE OVER FISH: STOPPING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM TO PROVIDE WATER TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the heads of other departments and agencies of the United States as necessary, to immediately restart the work from Trump's first Administration by the National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and other agencies to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Natural Resources
SECURING OUR BORDERS
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States to take all appropriate action to secure the borders of our Nation through the following means: (a) Establishing a physical wall and other barriers monitored and supported by adequate personnel and technology; (b) Deterring and preventing the entry of illegal aliens into the United States; (c) Detaining, to the maximum extent authorized by law, aliens apprehended on suspicion of violating Federal or State law, until such time as they are removed from the United States; (d) Removing promptly all aliens who enter or remain in violation of Federal law; (e) Pursuing criminal charges against illegal aliens who violate the immigration laws, and against those who facilitate their unlawful presence in the United States; (f) Cooperating fully with State and local law enforcement officials in enacting Federal-State partnerships to enforce Federal immigration priorities; and (g) Obtaining complete operational control of the borders of the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law
REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
REALIGNING THE UNITED STATES REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
Summary: This order establishes a policy to ensure that public safety and national security are paramount considerations in the administration of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), and to admit only those refugees who can fully and appropriately assimilate into the United States and to ensure that the United States preserves taxpayer resources for its citizens.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
Effective Date: 1/27/2025
UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States: (a) to encourage energy exploration and production on Federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf, in order to meet the needs of our citizens and solidify the United States as a global energy leader long into the future; (b) to establish our position as the leading producer and processor of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals, which will create jobs and prosperity at home, strengthen supply chains for the United States and its allies, and reduce the global influence of malign and adversarial states; (c) to protect the United States' economic and national security and military preparedness by ensuring that an abundant supply of reliable energy is readily accessible in every State and territory of the Nation; (d) to ensure that all regulatory requirements related to energy are grounded in clearly applicable law; (e) to eliminate the “electric vehicle (EV) mandate” and promote true consumer choice, which is essential for economic growth and innovation, by removing regulatory barriers to motor vehicle access; by ensuring a level regulatory playing field for consumer choice in vehicles; by terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers that function to limit sales of gasoline-powered automobiles; and by considering the elimination of unfair subsidies and other ill-conceived government-imposed market distortions that favor EVs over other technologies and effectively mandate their purchase by individuals, private businesses, and government entities alike by rendering other types of vehicles unaffordable; (f) to safeguard the American people’s freedom to choose from a variety of goods and appliances, including but not limited to lightbulbs, dishwashers, washing machines, gas stoves, water heaters, toilets, and shower heads, and to promote market competition and innovation within the manufacturing and appliance industries; (g) to ensure that the global effects of a rule, regulation, or action shall, whenever evaluated, be reported separately from its domestic costs and benefits, in order to promote sound regulatory decision making and prioritize the interests of the American people; (h) to guarantee that all executive departments and agencies (agencies) provide opportunity for public comment and rigorous, peer-reviewed scientific analysis; and (i) to ensure that no Federal funding be employed in a manner contrary to the principles outlined in this section, unless required by law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Solutions; Natural Resources
CLARIFYING THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES
CLARIFYING THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN PROTECTING THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This order establishes the policy of the United States to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States prioritize the protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States along our national borders.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs
AMERICA FIRST TRADE POLICY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative, to investigate the causes of our country’s large and persistent annual trade deficits in goods, as well as the economic and national security implications and risks resulting from such deficits, and recommend appropriate measures, such as a global supplemental tariff or other policies, to remedy such deficits.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Global Trade; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Sanctions & Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
MEMORANDUM TO RESOLVE THE BACKLOG OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PERSONNEL
Summary: This order directs the White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months; and that these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Cybersecurity & Privacy; Government & Regulatory Affairs
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of each relevant military department, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to order as many units or members of the Armed Forces, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, as the Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate to support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security in obtaining complete operational control of the southern border of the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration
HOLDING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION
Summary: This order directs the revocation of any active or current security clearances held by the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign and John R. Bolton. It is also the policy of the United States to ensure that the Intelligence Community not be engaged in partisan politics or otherwise used by a U.S. political campaign for electioneering purposes.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs; Federal Workforce
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
RESTORING ACCOUNTABILITY TO POLICY-INFLUENCING POSITIONS WITHIN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
Summary: This order immediately reinstates Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service), with full force and effect, subject to the amendments described in section 3 of this order; provided that the date of this order shall be treated as the date of Executive Order 13957.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Summary: This order states the United States’ intent to withdraw from the WHO.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Healthcare; National Security/ Defense
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK
APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK
Summary: This order addresses the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”) (Pub. L. 118-50, div. H), which regulates “foreign adversary-controlled applications,” specifically those operated by TikTok and any other subsidiary of its China-based parent company, ByteDance Ltd., on national security grounds.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Cybersecurity & Privacy; Energy, Broadband and Technology; Sanctions & Import/ Export Controls; Trade Law
GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021
Summary: This order commutes the sentences of the following individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, to time served as of January 20, 2025.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs
PUTTING AMERICA FIRST IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
PUTTING AMERICA FIRST IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
Summary: This order establishes a policy to put the interests of the United States and the American people first in the development and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage or stifle the American economy. These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the United States.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; International Law
DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
DELIVERING EMERGENCY PRICE RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DEFEATING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
Summary: This order establishes that all executive departments and agencies deliver emergency price relief, consistent with applicable law, to the American people and increase the prosperity of the American worker. This shall include pursuing appropriate actions to: lower the cost of housing and expand the housing supply; eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses and rent-seeking practices that increase healthcare costs; eliminate counterproductive requirements that raise the costs of home appliances; create employment opportunities for American workers, including drawing discouraged workers into the labor force; and eliminate harmful, coercive “climate” policies that increase the costs of food and fuel.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Economic Development; Environmental Law; Healthcare Law
HIRING FREEZE
Summary: This order establishes a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
REGULATORY FREEZE PENDING REVIEW
REGULATORY FREEZE PENDING REVIEW
Summary: This order establishes that all executive departments and agencies may not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by sending a rule to the Office of the Federal Register (the “OFR”), until a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President after noon on January 20, 2025, reviews and approves the rule. The department or agency head may delegate this power of review and approval to any other person so appointed or designated by the President, consistent with applicable law.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORK
Summary: This order establishes that heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce
ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ENDING THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Summary: This order establishes a policy to identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to the weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization of the Intelligence Community.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Federal Workforce; Government & Regulatory Affairs
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
Summary: This order establishes that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution enshrines the right of the American people to speak freely in the public square without Government interference.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law/ Free Speech
INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
INITIAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Summary: This order evokes executive actions of the Biden Administration deemed harmful by the Trump Administration, including but not limited to COVID-19, Immigration, Environmental and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law/ Assignment of Power
FLYING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AT FULL-STAFF ON INAUGURATION DAY
FLYING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AT FULL-STAFF ON INAUGURATION DAY
Summary: This order directs that the flag of the United States shall be flown at full-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government, in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions, for the remainder of January 20, Inauguration Day. Upon the end of this Inauguration Day, the flag of the United States shall be returned to half-staff as directed by Proclamation 10876 of December 29, 2024 (Announcing the Death of James Earl Carter, Jr.), in recognition of the memory of the former President.
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PRESIDENT TRUMP DESIGNATES CHAIRMAN AND ACTING CHAIRMAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP DESIGNATES CHAIRMAN AND ACTING CHAIRMAN
Summary: This order directs certain individuals to perform the functions and duties of the indicated Chairman positions... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES ACTING CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES ACTING CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL POSITIONS
Summary: This order directs certain individuals to perform the functions and duties of the indicated Cabinet-level positions in an acting capacity until the position is filled by appointment... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES SUB-CABINET APPOINTMENTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES SUB-CABINET APPOINTMENTS
Summary: This order submits certain Sub-Cabinet nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES CABINET AND CABINET-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS
Summary: This order submits certain Cabinet nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Compliance/ Assignment of Power
ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY
ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY
Summary: This order directs all executive departments and agencies to terminate all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs.
Issued: 1/21/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment
KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IN AVIATION
KEEPING AMERICANS SAFE IN AVIATION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately rescind any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator shall review the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions and take all appropriate action to ensure that any individual who fails or has failed to demonstrate requisite capability is replaced by a high-capability individual that will ensure top-notch air safety and efficiency.
Issued: 1/21/2025
Practice Group Impact: Labor & Employment
DESIGNATION OF ANSAR ALLAH AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATION OF ANSAR ALLAH AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Summary: This order establishes policy to cooperate with regional partners to eliminate Ansar Allah’s capabilities and operations, deprive it of resources and thereby end its attacks on United States personnel and civilians, United States partners and maritime shipping in the Red Sea.
Issued: 1/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law; Assignment of Power; Immigration; National Security
NOMINATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE
NOMINATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE
Summary: This order presents certain nominations to the Senate for confirmation... (see link for full summary.)
Issued: 1/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Constitutional Law; Assignment of Power
REMOVING BARRIERS TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
REMOVING BARRIERS TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Summary: This order revokes certain existing AI policies and directives that act as barriers to AI innovation, clearing a path for the U.S. to act decisively to retain global leadership in artificial intelligence. It is the policy of the U.S. to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness and national security.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Corporate & Business Transactions; Cybersecurity & Privacy; Electronic Discovery & Information Management; Energy, Broadband & Technology
DECLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS CONCERNING THE ASSASSINATIONS OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, AND THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Summary: This order establishes guidelines and dates for the release of all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinations.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Investigations
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Summary: This order directs policy to support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology and related technologies across all sectors of the economy.
Issued: 1/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Banking & Finance; Complex Contracting & Technology; Corporate & Business Transactions; Electronic Discover & Information Management; Energy, Broadband & Technology; Fintech
ENFORCING THE HYDE AMENDMENT
Summary: This order enforces the Hyde Amendment to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion. It revokes Executive Order 14076 of July 8, 2022, and Executive Order 14079 of August 3, 2022.
Issued: 1/24/25
MEMORANDUM: THE MEXICO CITY POLICY
MEMORANDUM: THE MEXICO CITY POLICY
Summary: This revokes the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017 (The Mexico City Policy.) It implements a plan to extend the Memorandum requirements and directs the Secretary of State to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
Issued: 1/24/25
NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, 2025
NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ, 2025
Summary: This order establishes January 27, 2025, as a National Day of Remembrance for the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. American citizens are encouraged to observe this day with programs, ceremonies and prayers commemorating the victims of the Holocaust and honoring the sacrifices of the men and women who helped liberate the victims of the Nazis at Auschwitz.
Issued: 1/27/25
THE IRON DOME FOR AMERICA
Summary: This order initiates policy on the possible threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles and other advanced aerial attacks.
Issued: 1/27/25
PRIORITIZING MILITARY EXCELLENCE AND READINESS
PRIORITIZING MILITARY EXCELLENCE AND READINESS
Summary: This order initiates policy banning transgender or a person expressing a false "gender identity" from military service.
Issued: 1/27/25
RESTORING AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCE
RESTORING AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCE
Summary: This order initiates policy in which the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Coast Guard (USCG), and every element of the Armed Forces should operate free from any preference based on race or sex.
Issued: 1/27/25
REINSTATING SERVICE MEMBERS DISCHARGED UNDER THE MILITARY'S COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE
REINSTATING SERVICE MEMBERS DISCHARGED UNDER THE MILITARY'S COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE
Summary: This order reinstates members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged solely for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated.
Issued: 1/27/25
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION
PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION
Summary: This order initiates policy prohibiting federal funding, sponsoring, promoting or assisting in the "transition" of a child from one sex to another.
Issued: 1/28/25
EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES
EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES
Summary: This order provides support for parents in choosing and directing the upbringing and education of their children.
Issued: 1/29/25
ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING
ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING
Summary: This order requires recipients of Federal funds providing K-12 education to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in various contexts and protecting parental rights, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.; Title IX, 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.; FERPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232g; and the PPRA, 20 U.S.C. 1232h.
Issued: 1/29/25
CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY
Summary: This order initiates efforts to provide a grand celebration for the 250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026. It is also the purpose of this order to take other actions to honor the history of the United States.
Issued: 1/29/25
Effective Date: 7/4/26
EXPANDING MIGRANT OPERATIONS CENTER AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY TO FULL CAPACITY
EXPANDING MIGRANT OPERATIONS CENTER AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY TO FULL CAPACITY
Summary: This memorandum is issued in order to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels and restore national sovereignty.
Issued: 1/29/25
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNED S.5 INTO LAW
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNED S.5 INTO LAW
Summary: This law, S. 5, the “Laken Riley Act,” requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft and for other purposes.
Issued: 1/29/25
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
Summary: This order initiates policy to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools, to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.
Issued: 1/29/25
IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF AVIATION SAFETY
IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT OF AVIATION SAFETY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior four years and to take such corrective action as necessary to achieve uncompromised aviation safety, including the replacement of any individuals who do not meet qualification standards.
Issued: 1/30/25
LIMITING LAME-DUCK COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THAT IMPROPERLY ATTEMPT TO CONSTRAIN THE NEW PRESIDENT
Summary: This order initiates policy that collective bargaining agreements executed in the 30 days prior to the inauguration of a new President and that purport to remain in effect despite the inauguration of a new President and administration shall not be approved.
Issued: 1/31/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of Mexico, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order imposes an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of the People’s Republic of China, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
IMPOSING DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order imposes an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty on all articles that are products of Canada, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order.
Issued: 2/1/25
AMERICAN HEART MONTH, 2025
Summary: This order recognizes the devastating affliction of heart disease and invites all Americans to participate in National Wear Red Day on February 7, 2025.
Issued: 2/3/25
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, 2025
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, 2025
Summary: This order proclaims February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month.
Issued: 2/3/25
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order pauses the tariffs placed on Mexico for 30 days.
Issued: 2/3/25
A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
A PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING A UNITED STATES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce, in close coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, to develop a plan for the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund to promote fiscal sustainability, lessen the burden of taxes on American families and small businesses, establish economic security for future generations and promote United States economic and strategic leadership internationally.
Issued: 2/3/25
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR NORTHERN BORDER
PROGRESS ON THE SITUATION AT OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order pauses the tariffs placed on Canada for 30 days.
Issued: 2/3/25
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-2
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-2
Summary: This order Directs multiple cabinet secretaries to impose sanctions or appropriate enforcement remedies on all persons for which the Department has evidence of activity in violation of one or more Iran-related sanctions, modify or rescind sanctions waivers, particularly those that provide Iran any degree of economic or financial relief, drive Iran’s export of oil to zero, deny freedom of movement or safe haven to the IRGC or any terror proxy of Iran, continue to pursue international sanctions and restrictions on Iran, investigate, disrupt, and prosecute financial and logistical networks, operatives, or front groups inside the United States that are sponsored by Iran or an Iranian terror proxy, and pursue all available legal steps to indict and prosecute the leaders and members of Iranian-funded terrorist groups and proxies that have captured, harmed, or killed American citizens and, where possible, seek their arrest and extradition to the United States.
Issued: 2/4/25
WITHDRAWING THE UNITED STATES FROM AND ENDING FUNDING TO CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS AND REVIEWING UNITED STATES SUPPORT TO ALL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Summary: This order terminates the United States’ involvement in the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and removes funding from UNRWA. The Secretary of State and UN Ambassador will further review all intergovernmental organizations the U.S. is a member of and provide funding to determine which organizations, conventions, and treaties are contrary to the interests of the United States and whether such organizations, conventions, or treaties can be reformed.
Issued: 2/4/25
KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
Summary: This order applies definitions in Executive Order 14168 of January 20, 2025 (Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government), and directs the Attorney General to take all appropriate action to affirmatively protect all-female athletic opportunities and all-female locker rooms and thereby provide the equal opportunity guaranteed by Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, including enforcement actions described in subsection (iii)
Issued: 2/5/25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This executive order directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGOs. The heads of agencies shall align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities the Trump Administration.
Issued: 6-Feb-25
ERADICATING ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
ERADICATING ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS
Summary: This executive order establishes a task force within the Department of Justice to "Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias” that will review the activities of all executive departments and agencies, recommend to the head of the relevant agency steps to revoke or terminate any violative policies, practices, or conduct , share information and develop strategies to protect the religious liberties of Americans, solicit information and ideas from a broad range of individuals and groups, including Americans affected by anti-Christian conduct, faith-based organizations, and State, local, and Tribal governments, and recommend any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary to rectify past improper anti-Christian conduct, protect religious liberty, or otherwise fulfill the purpose and policy of this order
Issued: 6-Feb-25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This action directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGOs. The heads of agencies shall align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities of the Trump Administration, as expressed in executive actions; as otherwise determined in the judgment of the heads of agencies; and on the basis of applicable authorizing statutes, regulations, and terms.
Issued: 2/6/25
IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Summary: This action finds that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and Israel. It directs that any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons, as defined in section 8(d) of this order, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to address that threat.
Issued: 2/6/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Summary: This action names Pastor Paula White-Cain as a Special Government Employee and Senior Advisor of the newly created White House Faith Office, Jennifer S. Korn s a Deputy Assistant to the President and Faith Director of the newly created White House Faith Office and Jackson Lane as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Faith Engagement
Issued: 2/7/25
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FAITH OFFICE
Summary: This action establishes within the Executive Office of the President (EOP) the White House Faith Office and provides for its duties thereof.
Issued: 2/7/25
PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
Summary: This action directs the Attorney General to examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.
Issued: 2/7/25
ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
ADDRESSING EGREGIOUS ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Summary: This action establishes that, as a result of the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 by the Republic of South Africa, it shall be the policy of the United States that, as long as South Africa continues these unjust and immoral practices that harm our Nation:
- (a) the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa; and
- (b) the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.
Issued: 2/7/25
GULF OF AMERICA DAY, 2025
Summary: This action proclaims February 9, 2025, as Gulf of America Day
Issued: 2/9/25
ENDING PROCUREMENT AND FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS
ENDING PROCUREMENT AND FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS
Summary: This action directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate action to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.
Issued: 2/10/25
ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE
ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE
Summary: This action directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take all necessary steps to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute, in accordance with applicable law. Further, all prior Presidential or other executive branch documents establishing or requiring the existence of the Federal Executive Institute, including the Presidential Memorandum of May 9, 1968, regarding the Federal Executive Institute, and any applicable provisions of Executive Order 11348 of April 20, 1967 (Providing for the Further Training of Government Employees), are hereby revoked.
Issued: 2/10/25
PAUSING FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ENFORCEMENT TO FURTHER AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY
PAUSING FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ENFORCEMENT TO FURTHER AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Summary: This action directs for a period of 180 days following the date of this order, the Attorney General to review guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under 1977, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. During the review period, the Attorney General shall cease initiation of any new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions, unless the Attorney General determines that an individual exception should be made; (ii) review in detail all existing FCPA investigations or enforcement actions and take appropriate action with respect to such matters to restore proper bounds on FCPA enforcement and preserve Presidential foreign policy prerogatives; and (iii) issue updated guidelines or policies, as appropriate, to adequately promote the President’s Article II authority to conduct foreign affairs and prioritize American interests, American economic competitiveness with respect to other nations, and the efficient use of Federal law enforcement resources.
Issued: 2/10/25
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF STEEL INTO THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This action imposes additional ad valorem tariffs and rates of duty on certain countries related to foreign steel articles
Issued: 2/10/25
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” WORKFORCE OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE
Summary: This action implements the Department of Government Efficiency and provides structure, mandates, and restrictions thereto.
Issued: 2/11/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PRESIDENT’S INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Summary: This action establishes a President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) and names the following individuals thereto: Devin Gerald Nunes – Chair, Scott Glabe, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Brad Robert Wenstrup, Wayne Berman, Reince Priebus, Robert O’Brien, Joshua Lobel, Sander R. Gerber, Katie Miller, Jeremy Katz, Thomas Ollis Hicks, Jr.
Issued: 2/11/25
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM INTO THE UNITED STATES
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF ALUMINUM INTO THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This action adjusts the tariff proclaimed by Proclamation 9704, as amended, and the tariff proclaimed by Proclamation 9980, as amended, to increase the tariff rate from 10 percent ad valorem to 25 percent ad valorem against aluminum articles of certain importers.
Issued: 2/11/25
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
Summary: This Order sends certain names to the Senate for confirmation for multiple positions, including but not limited to Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, various Assistant Secretaries, and Generals Counsel.
Issued: 2/12/25
ONE VOICE FOR AMERICA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS
ONE VOICE FOR AMERICA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS
Summary: This action directs The Secretary to, consistent with applicable law, reform the Foreign Service and the administration of foreign relations to ensure faithful and effective implementation of the President’s foreign policy agenda, including implementation of reform provisions.
Issued: 2/12/25
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION
Summary: This action directs that all federally funded health research should empower Americans through transparency and open-source data, and should avoid or eliminate conflicts of interest that skew outcomes and perpetuate distrust; (b) the National Institutes of Health and other health-related research funded by the Federal Government should prioritize gold-standard research on the root causes of why Americans are getting sick; (c) agencies shall work with farmers to ensure that United States food is the healthiest, most abundant, and most affordable in the world; and (d) agencies shall ensure the availability of expanded treatment options and the flexibility for health insurance coverage to provide benefits that support beneficial lifestyle changes and disease prevention. This action also establishes the Make America Healthy Again Commission and designates its committee membership and its mandates.
Issued: 2/13/25
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL ENERGY DOMINANCE COUNCIL
Summary: This action establishes a National Energy Dominance Council and identifies Cabinet members who shall serve and advise the President on how best to exercise his authority to produce more energy to make America energy dominant and improve the processes for permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, and export of all forms of American energy, including critical minerals.
Issued: 2/14/25
KEEPING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND ENDING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS
KEEPING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND ENDING COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS
Summary: This action directs the Secretary of Education as soon as practicable to issue guidelines to elementary schools, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education regarding those entities’ legal obligations with respect to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under law, as relevant to coercive COVID-19 school mandates. Federal funds are to be withheld from elementary schools, local educational agencies, State educational agencies, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education that are non-compliant with the guidelines issued pursuant to this action.
Issued: 2/15/25
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES KENTUCKY EMERGENCY DECLARATION
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP APPROVES KENTUCKY EMERGENCY DECLARATION
Summary: This action declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides beginning on February 14, 2025, and continuing.
Issued: 2/16/25
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Summary: This action directs the heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate actions to make public, to the maximum extent permitted by law and as the heads of agencies deem appropriate to promote the policies of the Trump Administration, the complete details of every terminated program, canceled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds.
Issued: 2/18/25
RADICAL TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WASTEFUL SPENDING
RADICAL TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WASTEFUL SPENDING
Summary: This action calls for each executive agency to publish to the maximum extent allowed by law the details of every terminated program, canceled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds.
Issued: 2/18/25
EXPANDING ACCESS TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
EXPANDING ACCESS TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
Summary: This action directs the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to submit to the President within 90 days of the date of this order a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.
Issued: 2/18/25
ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AGENCIES
ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AGENCIES
Summary: With the exception of the Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to the Federal Open Market Committee in its conduct of monetary policy, this action seeks to establish performance standards and management objectives for independent agency heads through the Office of Management and Budget, who is empowered to adjust such agencies’ apportionments by activity, function, project, or object, as necessary and appropriate, to advance the President’s policies and priorities.
Issued: 2/18/25
ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF OPEN BORDERS
ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF OPEN BORDERS
Summary: This action requires that the head of each executive department or agency shall:
- (i) identify all federally funded programs administered by the agency that currently permit illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit, and, consistent with applicable law, take all appropriate actions to align such programs with the purposes of this order and the requirements of applicable Federal law, including the Federal law, including the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193) (PRWORA), which generally prohibits illegal aliens from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits.
- (ii) ensure, consistent with applicable law, that Federal payments to States and localities do not, by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called “sanctuary” policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation; and
- (iii) enhance eligibility verification systems, to the maximum extent possible, to ensure that taxpayer-funded benefits exclude any ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully present in the United States.
Issued: 2/19/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS
This order appoints the following governors to the Council of Governors:
- Governor Glenn Youngkin (VA) – Co-Chair
- Governor Josh Stein (NC) – Co-Chair
- Governor Ron DeSantis (FL)
- Governor Brian Kemp (GA)
- Governor Jeff Landry (LA)
- Governor Wes Moore (MD)
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer (MI)
- Governor Kathy Hochul (NY)
- Governor Josh Shapiro (PA)
- Governor Henry McMaster (SC)
Issued: 2/19/25
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
Summary: This Order proclaims February 19, 2025, as the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Issued: 2/19/25
ENSURING LAWFUL GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT’S “DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY” DEREGULATORY INITIATIVE
Summary: This Order directs agency heads, their DOGE team leads, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to initiate a process to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction for consistency with law and Administration policy. Certain areas of inquiry include but are not limited to regulations that implicate matters of social, political, or economic significance that are not authorized by clear statutory authority; regulations that impose significant costs upon private parties that are not outweighed by public benefits; regulations that harm the national interest by significantly and unjustifiably impeding technological innovation, infrastructure development, disaster response, inflation reduction, research and development, economic development, energy production, land use, and foreign policy objectives; and regulations that impose undue burdens on small business and impede private enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Issued: 2/19/25
COMMENCING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
COMMENCING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
Summary: This Order eliminates “non-statutory components and functions” of the following governmental entities: the Presidio Trust, the Inter-American Foundation, the United States African Development Foundation, and the United States Institute of Peace.
Issued: 2/19/25
DEFENDING AMERICAN COMPANIES AND INNOVATORS FROM OVERSEAS EXTORTION AND UNFAIR FINES AND PENALTIES
DEFENDING AMERICAN COMPANIES AND INNOVATORS FROM OVERSEAS EXTORTION AND UNFAIR FINES AND PENALTIES
Summary: This Order directs the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and the Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing to investigate whether any act, policy, or practice of any country in the European Union or the United Kingdom has the effect of requiring or incentivizing the use or development of United States companies’ products or services, particularly but not exclusively digital commerce, in ways that undermine freedom of speech and political engagement or otherwise moderate content, and recommend appropriate actions to counter such practices under applicable authorities. In doing so, the United States shall consider responsive actions necessary to mitigate the harm to the United States and to repair any resulting imbalance.”
Issued: 2/21/25
AMERICA FIRST INVESTMENT POLICY
AMERICA FIRST INVESTMENT POLICY
Summary: This Order creates an expedited “fast-track” process, based on objective standards, to facilitate greater investment from specified allied and partner sources in United States businesses involved with United States advanced technology and other important areas, requires specified foreign investors to avoid partnering with United States foreign adversaries, expedite environmental reviews for any investment over $1 billion in the United States, strengthen Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) authority over “greenfield” investments, to restrict foreign adversary access to United States talent and operations in sensitive technologies (especially artificial intelligence), and to expand the remit of “emerging and foundational” technologies addressable by CFIUS. This action defines “foreign adversaries” to include the PRC, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region; the Republic of Cuba; the Islamic Republic of Iran; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; the Russian Federation; and the regime of Venezuelan politician Nicolás Maduro.
Issued: 2/21/25
PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES DECISIVE ACTION TO DELIVER RELIEF TO KENTUCKY
PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES DECISIVE ACTION TO DELIVER RELIEF TO KENTUCKY
Summary: This Order grants a Major Disaster Declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky following severe storms and flooding will make federal funding available for individuals in impacted areas. The assistance can include grants for temporary housing and other programs to help individuals and businesses recover. Federal funding will also be made available to the Commonwealth, local governments, and certain nonprofit organizations.
Issued: 2/25/25
ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY FROM IMPORTS OF COPPER
ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY FROM IMPORTS OF COPPER
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an investigation and assess several factors to determine national security threats arising from the imports of all forms of copper and consult about the results with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of other relevant executive departments. This order further demands a report of the findings from the investigation to be issued to the President within 270 days of this order.
Issued: 2/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: International Law; Trade Law; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Sanctions & Import/Export Controls; Environmental Law, Natural Resources
Effective Date: 11/22/2025
SUSPENSION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES AND EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
SUSPENSION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES AND EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies to immediately suspend any active security clearances held by Peter Koski and all members, partners, and employees of Covington & Burling LLP who assisted Special Counsel Jack Smith during his time as Special Counsel. This order further directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a memorandum to all agencies to review all Government contracts with Covington & Burling LLP.
Issued: 2/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs; Government Solutions; National Security/ Defense
MAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN BY EMPOWERING PATIENTS WITH CLEAR, ACCURATE, AND ACTIONABLE HEALTHCARE PRICING INFORMATION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement and enforce the healthcare price transparency regulations pursuant to Executive Order 13877, including, within 90 days of this order, action to require the disclosure of the actual prices of items and services (not estimates); issue updated guidance or proposed regulatory action ensuring pricing information is standardized and easily comparable across hospitals and health plans; and issue guidance or proposed regulatory action updating enforcement policies designed to ensure compliance with the transparent reporting of complete, accurate, and meaningful data.
Issued: 2/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Healthcare
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY' COST EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE
IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S "DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY' COST EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE
Summary: This order directs agency heads and their DOGE team leads to initiate a technological system within the agency to record every payment issued by the agency pursuant to each agency's covered contracts and grants, along with a written justification for each payment submitted by the agency employee who approved the payment. This order further directs the agency heads and their DOGE team leads to initiate a process to review all existing covered contacts and grants and each agency's contracting policies, procedures, and personnel within 30 days of this order. Upon review and prior to entering into new contracts, the agency heads and their DOGE team lead shall issue guidance on signing new contracts or modifying existing contracts to promote Government efficiency. This order also directs agency heads and their DOGE team leads to initiate a technological system within each agency that records approvals for federally funded travel for conferences and other non-essential purposes, along with a written justification for the federally funded travel. Each DOGE team lead then must provide the Administrator with a monthly informational report listing each agency's justifications for non-essential travel. Additionally, this order requires all credit cards held by agency employees to be frozen for 30 days from the date of this order. This order requires each agency head to provide a report to the Administrator of General Services within 7 days of this order updates to the Federal Real Property Profile Management System to ensure the system reflects a real and accurate inventory of real property. Lastly, this order requires each agency head to identify all terminations rights the agency head has under existing leases of Government-owned real property within 30 days of this order and requires the Administrator of General Services to submit a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the disposition of Government-owned real property that is no longer needed.
Issued: 2/26/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government & Regulatory Affairs; Government Solutions; National Security/ Defense
Effective Dates:
- Review: 3/28/2025
- Credit Card Freeze: 3/28/2025
- Real Property Report: 3/5/2025
- Real Property Leases: 3/28/2025
- Real Property Disposition: 4/27/2025
DESIGNATING ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES
DESIGNATING ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES
Summary: This order designates English as the official language of the United States and revokes Executive Order 13166.
Issued: 3/1/2025
IMMEDIATE EXPANSION OF AMERICAN TIMBER PRODUCTION
IMMEDIATE EXPANSION OF AMERICAN TIMBER PRODUCTION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to provide, submit, and/or complete several tasks, including:
- issue new or updated guidance regarding tools to facilitate increased timber production and sound forest management, reduce time to deliver timber, and decrease timber supply uncertain, as well as submitting to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget any legislative proposals that would expand authorities to improve timber production and sound forest management all within 30 days of this order;
- to submit together to the President a plan that sets a target for the annual amount of timber per year to be offered for sale over the next 4 years within 90 days of this order;
- to complete the Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation under section 7 of the ESA within 120 days of this order;
- adopt categorical exclusions administratively established by other agencies to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and reduce unnecessarily lengthy processes and associated costs related to administrative approvals for timber production, forest management, and wildfire risk reduction treatments, all within 180 days of this order; and
- establish a new categorical exclusion for timber thinning and re-establish a categorical exclusion for timber salvage activities, within 280 days of this order.
This order also directs, within 60 days of this order, the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS), and the Secretary of Commerce to complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects to improve the speed of approving forestry projects. This order further directs all relevant agencies to eliminate, suspend, and revise all existing regulations that impose an undue burden on timber production. Lastly, this order directs agents to use the ESA regulations on consultations in emergencies to facilitate the Nation's timber production and requires Federal members of the Endangered Species Committee to submit a report to the President identifying obstacles to domestic timber production infrastructure.
Issued: 3/1/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental; Global Trade; Import/ Export Controls; Government Solutions, Natural Resources
ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY FROM IMPORTS OF TIMBER, LUMBER
ADDRESSING THE THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY FROM IMPORTS OF TIMBER, LUMBER
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, upon review of several factors, to initiate an investigation under the Trade Expansion Act to determine the effects on the national security of imports of timber, lumber, etc. The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Secretary of Defense and other relevant executive departments and agencies to evaluate the national security risks associated with imports of lumber, timber, etc., and shall submit a report to the President, no later than 270 days after this order, that includes: findings on whether imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products threaten national security; recommendations on actions to mitigate such threats, including potential tariffs, export controls, or incentives to increase domestic production; and policy recommendations for strengthening the United States timber and lumber supply chain through strategic investments and permitting reforms.
Issued: 3/1/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental; Global Trade; Import/ Export Controls; Government Solutions, Natural Resources
Effective: 11/26/2025
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order further amends Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025 (amended by Executive Order 14197 of February 3, 2025) to read as follows: (h) Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible covered articles described in subsection (a) and subsection (b) of this section. Such duty free de minimis treatment shall cease to be available for such otherwise eligible covered articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a) and subsection (b) of this section for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.
Issued: 3/2/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration; National Security
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order further amends Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025 (amended by Executive Order 14198 of February 3, 2025) to read as follows: (g) Duty-free de minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 is available for otherwise eligible covered articles described in subsection (a) of this section. Such duty free de minimis treatment shall cease to be available for such otherwise eligible covered articles upon notification by the Secretary of Commerce to the President that adequate systems are in place to fully and expeditiously process and collect tariff revenue applicable pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for covered articles otherwise eligible for de minimis treatment.
Issued: 3/2/2025
Practice Group Impact: Immigration; National Security
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO DUTIES ADDRESSING THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order amends section 2a of Executive Order 14195 by striking the words "10 percent" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "20 percent".
Issued: 3/3/2025
HONORING JOCELYN NUNGARAY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Interior to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge within 30 days of this order.
Issued: 3/5/2025
Effective: 4/5/2025
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order amends Executive Order 14193 of February 1, 2025, to state that articles classified as goods of Canada shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) or section 2(b) of Executive Order 14193, and the additional rate of duty on potash that is not subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced to 10 percent in lieu of 25 percent.
Issued: 3/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Trade; Imports/Exports
Effective: 3/7/2025
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM PERKINS COIE LLP
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM PERKINS COIE LLP
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, Director of Intelligence, and relevant agency heads to immediately suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie, pending a clearance review; require Government contractors to disclose and business they do with Perkins Coie and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract; direct the agency heads to terminate any contract that Perkins Coie has been hired to perform and submit to the Director of the Office Management and Budget (within 30 days of this order) an assessment of contracts with Perkins Coie or entities that do business with Perkins Coie. The order also directs the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in consultation with State Attorneys General to investigate large law firms who do business with Federal entities for compliance with race-based and sex-based non-discrimination laws, and require agency heads to limit official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Perkins Coie when such action would threaten national security, as well as instructing agency heads to refrain from hiring employees of Perkins Coie.
Issued: 3/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order amends Executive Order 14194 of February 1, 2025, to state that articles classified as goods from Mexico shall not be subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty described in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14194, and the additional rate of duty on potash that is not subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced to 10 percent in lieu of 25 percent.
Issued: 3/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Trade; Imports/ Exports
Effective: 3/7/2025
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND UNITED STATES DIGITAL ASSET STOCKPILE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND UNITED STATES DIGITAL ASSET STOCKPILE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Treasury to establish an office to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts known as the "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" and "United States Digital Asset Stockpile," collectively known as "Government Digital Assets". Within 30 days of this order, each agency shall review and submit a report detailing its authority to transfer any Bitcoin (BTC) or Stockpile Assets. The order further directs the Secretary of Treasury to develop strategies for acquiring additional Government BTC, but not additional Stockpile Assets (absent few exceptions). Within 60 days of this order, the Secretary of Treasury shall deliver an evaluation of the legal and investment considerations for establishing and managing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile. Lastly, within 30 days of this order, the heads of each agency shall provide the Secretary of Treasury and the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets with a full accounting of all Government Digital Assets in such agency's possession.
Issued: 3/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Banking & Finance; Complex Contracting & Technology; Corporate & Business Transactions; Electronic Discover & Information Management; Energy, Broadband & Technology; Fintech
ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
Summary: This order establishes the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 (Task Force), the Chair and Vice Chair served by the President and Vice President, along with a designated Executive Director who shall administer and execute the day-to-day operations of the Task Force. The order designates the Task Force to coordinate with executive departments and agencies to assist in the planning, organization, and execution of the events surrounding the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the Task Force shall be terminated on December 31, 2026.
Issued: 3/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Assignment of Power
RESTORING PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS
RESTORING PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Education and Secretary of the Treasury to propose revisions to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to ensure the definition of "public service" excludes organizations that engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose, including: (a) aiding or abetting violations of Federal immigration laws; (b) supporting terrorism; (c) child abuse or child trafficking; (d) aiding or abetting illegal discrimination; or (e) engaging in a pattern of violating State tort laws.
Issued: 3/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
U.S. HOSTAGE AND WRONGFUL DETAINEE DAY, 2025
U.S. HOSTAGE AND WRONGFUL DETAINEE DAY, 2025
Summary: This order designates March 9 of each year as "U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day."
Issued: 3/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
Summary: This order nominates several individuals to be assigned specific tasks, agency positions, and Senate roles.
Issued: 3/11/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Solutions
ADDITIONAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
ADDITIONAL RESCISSIONS OF HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS
Summary: This order revokes several executive actions that were previously effective, including, but not limited to: Executive Order 13994 of January 21, 2021 (Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 an Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats), National Security Memorandum 3 of February 4, 2021 (Revitalizing America's Foreign Policy and National Security Workforce, Institutions, and Partnerships), and Executive Order 14026 of April 27, 2021 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors).
Issued: 3/14/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM PAUL WEISS
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM PAUL WEISS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, Director of Intelligence, and relevant agency heads to immediately suspend any active security clearances held by Paul Weiss and Mark Pomerantz and require Government contracting agencies to disclose any business they do with Paul Weiss including whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract. Upon review of the contracts with Paul Weiss, the heads of agencies shall terminate any contact that Paul Weiss has been hired to perform any service, and require all agencies to submit to the Director of Office Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with Paul Weiss or entities that do business with Paul Weiss within thirty (30) days of the date of this order. Lastly, this order directs the heads of all agencies to limit official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Paul Weiss when access would threaten national security, and the agency officials shall refrain from hiring employees of Paul Weiss, absent a waiver from the head of the agency.
Issued: 3/14/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security
CONTINUING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
CONTINUING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY
Summary: This order requires that the non-statutory components and functions of several government entites shall be eliminated, as well as reduce the performance of the entities' statutory function and associated personnel. The following entities include but are not limited to: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the United States Agency for Global Media, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. This order further requires the head of each governmental entity listed above to submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget confirming compliance with the order within seven (7) days of the date of this order, and the Director of the Office of Management Budget shall reject funding requests for such governmental entities to the extent they are inconsistent with the requests of this order.
Issued: 3/14/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
INVOCATION OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT REGARDING THE INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES BY TREN DE ARAGUA
INVOCATION OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT REGARDING THE INVASION OF THE UNITED STATES BY TREN DE ARAGUA
Summary: This order declares that all Venezuelan citizens age fourteen (14) or older who are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), within the United States, and are not naturalized or lawful permanent residents of the United States may be restrained, removed, and secured as Alien Enemies, and declare that all members of TdA can charged with hostility against the U.S., ineligible for benefits, and a danger to the public peace and safety of the U.S. This order also directs the Attorney General to publish a letter describing this policy with the chief justice of the U.S., the Governor of each State, and the highest-ranking judicial officer of each state within sixty (60) days of the date of this order. Furthermore, this order allows Homeland Security to apprehend and remove any Alien Enemy under separate authority, executive department and agencies to collaborate with law enforcement officials to apprehend, restrain and secure Alien Enemies, and the Attorney General may issue guidance to effectuate prompt apprehension, detention and removal of Alien Enemies.
Issued: 3/15/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security; Immigration
ACHIEVING EFFICIENCY THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL PREPAREDNESS
ACHIEVING EFFICIENCY THROUGH STATE AND LOCAL PREPAREDNESS
Summary: This order directs the States, local governments, and individuals to play a more active and significant role in national resilience and preparedness by way of updating federal policy to save lives and end the subsidization of mismanagement in the following ways:
(a) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA) shall publish within ninety (90) days of this order a National Resilience Strategy to be reviewed and revised every four (4) years; (b) The APNSA to review and coordinate, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, all critical infrastructure and national continuity policies and recommend to the President the revisions, recissions, and replacements necessary to achieve more resiliency and streamline national continuity capabilities; and (c) the APNSA to review all national preparedness and response policies within two hundred and forty (240) days of this order and make recommendations to the President and coordinate the development of a National Risk Register that identities, articulates, and quantifies natural and malign risks to our national infrastructure.
Issued: 3/19/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
IMPROVING EDUCATION OUTCOMES BY EMPOWERING PARENTS, STATES, AND COMMUNITIES
IMPROVING EDUCATION OUTCOMES BY EMPOWERING PARENTS, STATES, AND COMMUNITIES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Education to take all necessary steps to close the Department of Education, return authority over education to the States and local communities, and ensure the allocation of any Federal Department of Education funds are subject to rigorous compliance with Federal law and Administration policy.
Issued: 3/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO INCREASE AMERICAN MINERAL PRODUCTION
IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO INCREASE AMERICAN MINERAL PRODUCTION
Summary: This order directs the heads of each executive department and agency involved in the permitting of mineral production in the U.S. to provide the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) a list of all mineral production projects for which a plan of operations, a permit application or other plan for approval has been submitted to such agency, and within ten (10) days of the submission of the lists, the heads of each agency identify priority projects that can be immediately approved or have permits immediately issued. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Chair of the NEDC and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs shall jointly prepare and submit recommendations to the President of the Congress to clarify the treatment of waste rock, tailings, and mine waste disposal. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Energy shall prioritize sites from a list generated and circulated by the agencies where mineral production projects could be fully permitted and operational as soon as possible, and the Secretaries of Defense and Energy shall provide loans, capital assistance, and working capital to assist parties entering into leases and commercial agreements to further these mineral production projects. Lastly, the Secretary of Defense shall utilize the National Security Captial Forum to accelerate private and public capital investment opportunities, such as through loans, grants, and equity investments, and by developing and proposing a plan to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to establish a dedicated mineral and mineral production fund for domestic investments.
Issued: 3/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Natural Resources
ELIMINATING WASTE AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY CONSOLIDATING PROCUREMENT
ELIMINATING WASTE AND SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY CONSOLIDATING PROCUREMENT
Summary: This order directs agency heads to submit to the Administrator proposals to have the General Services Administration conduct domestic procurement with respect to common goods and services for the agency within sixty (60) days of this order, and direct the Administrator to submit a comprehensive plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to procure common goods and services across the domestic components of the Government within ninety (90) days of this order. This order further directs the Director of OMB to designate the Administrator as the executive agent for all Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology within thirty (30) days and issue a memorandum to agencies implementing the acquisition contracts within fourteen (14) days.
Issued: 3/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
STOPPING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE BY ELIMINATING INFORMATION SILOS
STOPPING WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE BY ELIMINATING INFORMATION SILOS
Summary: This order directs the agency heads to take the necessary steps to ensure Federal officials designated by the President or Agency Heads have full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, data, software systems and information technology systems for purposes of pursuing Administration priorities related to the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse. Within thirty (30) days of this order, Agency Heads shall rescind or modify all agency guidance serving as a barrier to the inter- or intra-agency sharing of unclassified information and review agency regulations governing unclassified data access and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget. This order further directs the Federal Government and the Secretary of Labor access to all data from State programs receiving Federal funding and unemployment data/ related payment records. Lastly, this order directs the Agency Heads to conduct a review of classified information policies to determine whether they result in the classification of materials beyond what is necessary to protect critical national security interests and submit a report to the Office of Management Budget within forty-five (45) days of this order.
Issued: 3/20/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDRESSING REMEDIAL ACTION BY PAUL WEISS
ADDRESSING REMEDIAL ACTION BY PAUL WEISS
Summary: This order revokes Executive Order 14237 of March 14, 2025 (Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss).
Issued: 3/21/2025
RESCINDING SECURITY CLEARANCES AND ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FROM SPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
RESCINDING SECURITY CLEARANCES AND ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FROM SPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS
Summary: This order directs every executive department and agency to revoke any active security clearances held by Antony Blinken, Jacob Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, Andrew Weissmann, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Cheney, Kamala Harris, Adam Kinzinger, Fiona Hill, Alexander Vindman, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and any other member of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s family.
Issued: 3/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PREVENTING ABUSES OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE FEDERAL COURT
PREVENTING ABUSES OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE FEDERAL COURT
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General to seek sanction and take all appropriate actions against attorneys and law firms engaged in frivolous litigation against the U.S., executive departments, or agencies.
Issued: 3/22/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2025
GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: A NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION OF GREEK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, 2025
Summary: This order declares March 25, 2025, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
Issued: 3/24/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
IMPOSING TARIFFS ON COUNTRIES IMPORTING VENEZUELAN OIL
IMPOSING TARIFFS ON COUNTRIES IMPORTING VENEZUELAN OIL
Summary: This order implements a twenty-five percent (25%) tariff on all goods imported into the U.S. from any country that imports Venezuelan oil and shall expire one (1) year after the last date on which the country imported Venezuelan oil. This order also authorized the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the United States Trade Representative to impose tariffs established by this order.
Issued: 3/24/2025
Practice Group Impact: Imports/Exports; Tariffs; Natural Resources
Effective: 4/2/2024
MODERNIZING PAYMENTS TO AND FROM AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT
MODERNIZING PAYMENTS TO AND FROM AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Treasury to cease using paper checks for all Federal disbursements including intragovernmental payments, benefits payments, vendor payments, and tax refunds, and transition to using electronic funds transfer (EFT). This order also directs the Secretary of Treasury to review and revise procedures to grant limited exceptions where electronic payment and collection methods are not feasible.
Issued: 3/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
Effective: 9/30/2025
PROTECTING AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT AGAINST FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE
PROTECTING AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT AGAINST FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE
Summary: This order promotes financial integrity by enabling the Department of Treasury to more easily conduct improper payment and fraud prevention screening prior to disbursing funds on behalf of agents. This order also increases transparency and accountability by requiring agencies to prove the Department of Treasury with the information needed to track transactions through the General Fund in greater detail. Lastly, this order promotes operational efficiency by returning disbursing functions to the Department of Treasury when possible and consolidating and standardizing core Federal financial systems.
Issued: 3/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS
PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS
Summary: This order seeks to enforce the Federal prohibition on foreign nationals voting in Federal elections by directing the Election Assistance Commission, within thirty (30) days of this order, to take appropriate action to require proof of U.S. citizenship and identify unqualified voters registered in the States in its national mail voter registration form. Additionally, within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the Attorney General complete information on all foreign nationals who have indicated they are registered or voted in a Federal, State, or local election. To assist States in determining whether individuals are eligible to register and vote, the Commissioner of Social Security, Attorney General and Secretary of Defense shall take necessary steps to ensure compliance with all requirements and regulations. This order also directs improvements to the Election Assistance Commission and creates opportunities for prosecuting election crimes. Lastly, this order also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to take the necessary steps to improve the security of all voting equipment and systems used to cast ballots, tabulate votes and report results.
Issued: 3/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security, Voting/ Election
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM JENNER & BLOCK
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM JENNER & BLOCK
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies to immediately suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Jenner & Block LLP (Jener) pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest, and require all Government contractors to disclose any business they do with Jenner and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract.
Issued: 3/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security
EXECUTIVE GRANT OF CLEMENCY FOR DEVON ARCHER
EXECUTIVE GRANT OF CLEMENCY FOR DEVON ARCHER
Summary: This order pardons Devon Archer for any offenses against the United States individually enumerated, those set before the President, and the remission of any and all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and restitution ordered by the court.
Issued: 3/26/2025
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM WILMERHALE
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM WILMERHALE
Summary: This order directs the Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies to immediately take steps to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at WilmerHale pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest, and require Government contractors to disclose any business they do with WilmerHale and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract.
Issued: 3/27/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Government Contracts
RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY
RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY
Summary: This order seeks to restore the Smithsonian Institution by putting the Vice President in charge of creating policies with the Smithsonian Board of Regents to remove improper ideologies from Smithsonian properties, work with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure future appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution, and work with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senate Majority Leader to seek the appointment of citizen members to the Smithsonian Board of Regents. This order also directs the Secretary of Interior to provide sufficient funding to improve the infrastructure of Independence National Historical Park and to determine whether public monuments, memorials, or statues have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history.
Issued: 3/27/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
EXCLUSIONS FROM FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAMS
EXCLUSIONS FROM FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAMS
Summary: This order amends Executive Order 12171 of November 19, 1979 and delegates authority to the Secretary of Transportation the ability to issue orders excluding any subdivision of the Department of Transportation. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the head of each agency with employees covered by Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, shall submit a report to the President identifying any agency subdivision not covered by Executive Order 12171 as amended.
Issued: 3/27/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
MAKING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL
MAKING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL
Summary: This order establishes the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force to work closely with local officials to share information, develop joint priorities, and maximize resources to make the District of Columbia safe. The Secretary of Interior and other heads of executive departments or agencies shall develop and implement a program to beautify and make prosperous the District of Columbia by restoring Federal public monuments, removing graffiti from commonly visited areas, and ensuring the cleanliness of public spaces, sidewalks, parks, and roads.
Issued: 3/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ESTABLISHING THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR
ESTABLISHING THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT ACCELERATOR
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Treasury, and Assistant to the President of Economic Policy, within thirty (30) days of this order, to establish within the Department of Commerce and office named the United States Investment Accelerator to facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the U.S. by assisting investors as they navigate U.S. Government regulatory processes efficiently. The Investment Accelerator shall be headed by an Executive Director and shall identify any existing mechanisms, exceptions, and opportunities in Federal law that can be used to assist foreign and domestic investors, consistent with the protection of national security.
Issued: 3/31/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
COMBATING UNFAIR PRACTICES IN THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
COMBATING UNFAIR PRACTICES IN THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry, including transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process; prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive conduct in the secondary ticketing market; and ensure that ticket scalpers are operating in the full compliance with the Internal Revenue Code. The Secretary of Treasury, Attorney General, and Chairman of the FTC shall jointly submit a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the Office and Management and Budget identifying any recommendations for regulations or legislation necessary to protect consumers with respect to the live concert and entertainment industry, within one hundred eighty (180) days of this order.
Issued: 3/31/2025
Practice Group Impact: Antitrust and Unfair Competition
REGULATING IMPORTS WITH A RECIPROCAL TARIFF TO RECTIFY TRADE PRACTICES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LARGE AND PERSISTENT ANNUAL UNITED STATES GOODS TRADE DEFICITS
Summary: This order declares a national emergency arising from conditions reflected in large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits reflecting asymmetries in trade relationships that U.S. producers’ ability to export and their incentive to produce. This order directs that an additional ad valorem duty beginning at ten percent (10%) be imposed on all imports from all trading partners, with additional duties placed on certain goods from Canada and Mexico to better address the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of Homeland Security, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs shall collaborate together to recommend additional action if this action is not effective.
Issued: 4/2/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Imports/ Exports; National Security; Tariffs & Taxes
Effective: 4/5/2025
FURTHER AMENDMENT TO DUTIES ADDRESSING THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS APPLIED TO LOW-VALUE IMPORTS
Summary: This order directs the duty-free de minimis treatment under Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to no longer be available for products of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) (which includes products of Hong Kong) described in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14195, as amended by Executive Order 14228, including international postal packages sent to the U.S. through the international postal network from the PRC or Hong Kong, that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after May 2, 2025. This order requires all carriers that transport international postal packages from the PRC or Hong Kong to the U.S. as part of or on behalf of the international postal network must report to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) the total number of postal items containing goods and the value of each postal item containing goods, transported per conveyance, in a timeframe and manner prescribed by CBP. This order implements an ad valorem duty of thirty percent (30%) of the value of the postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption beginning May 2, 2025, twenty-five dollars ($25) per postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption beginning May 2, 2025 to June 1, 2025, and fifty dollars ($50) per postal item containing goods for merchandise entered for consumption beginning June 1, 2025.
Issued: 4/2/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Imports/ Exports; National Security; Tariffs & Taxes
Effective: 5/2/2025
EXTENDING THE TIKTOK ENFORCEMENT DELAY
EXTENDING THE TIKTOK ENFORCEMENT DELAY
Summary: This order extends the enforcement delay specified in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14166 of January 20, 2025 to June 19, 2025. During this time, the Department of Justice shall not take any action against or impose any penalties for any noncompliance with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
Issued: 4/4/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security; Technology
STRENGTHENING THE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC GRID
STRENGTHENING THE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC GRID
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Energy and executive agency heads to streamline and expedite the Department of Energy’s processes for issuing orders under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act during the periods when grid operations could experience a temporary interruption in electrical supply. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Energy shall develop a uniform methodology for analyzing current and anticipated reserve margins for all regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and shall utilize this methodology to identify current and anticipated regions with reserve margins below acceptable thresholds as identified by the Secretary of Energy.
Issued: 4/8/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Energy, Broadband and Technology; Government Compliance; Natural Resources
PROTECTING AMERICAN ENERGY FROM STATE OVERREACH
PROTECTING AMERICAN ENERGY FROM STATE OVERREACH
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General and the heads of executive departments and agencies to identify all State and local laws and regulations burdening the identification, development or use of domestic energy resources that are or may be unconstitutional or preempted by Federal law, and prioritize the identification of any State laws that address “climate change,” “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions, and funds to collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes. Within sixty (60) days of this order, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the President regarding the actions taken and to request any additional Presidential or legislative action.
Issued: 4/8/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Compliance; Natural Resources
PREINVIGORATING AMERICA'S BEAUTIFUL CLEAN COAL INDUSTRY ADN AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 14241
PREINVIGORATING AMERICA'S BEAUTIFUL CLEAN COAL INDUSTRY ADN AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 14241
Summary: This order directs the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) to designate coal as a “mineral” as defined in section 2 of Executive Order 14241 (March 20, 2025) and entitling coal to all the benefits of a “mineral” under that order, and amending Executive Order 14241 by deleting the reference to “4332(d)(1)(B)” in section 6(d) of that order and replacing it with a reference to “4532(D)(1)(B).” Within sixty (60) days of this order, the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, and Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to the President identifying coal resources and reserves on Federal lands and propose policies to enable the mining of coal resources by public or private actors. In addition, this order directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of Treasury to lift barriers to coal mining on Federal lands, support American coal as an energy source, support American coal exports, designate steel as a “critical material” and accelerate coal technologies (including artificial intelligence (AI)).
Issued: 4/8/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Compliance; Natural Resources
AMENDMENT TO RECIPROCAL TARIFFS AND UPDATED DUTIES AS APPLIED TO LOW-VALUE IMPORTS FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security and U.S. Trade Representative to review the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of Executive Order 14257 regarding goods entered for consumption on or after April 9, 2025, and make the following modifications to Executive Order 14257
- Heading 9903.01.63 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting [thirty-four percent] (“34%”) each place that it appears and by inserting [eighty-four percent] (“84%”) in lieu thereof; and
- Subdivision (v)(xii)(10) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting thirty-four percent (34%) and inserting eighty-four percent (84%) in lieu thereof.
This order also directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security and U.S. Trade Representative to make the following modifications to Executive Order 14256:
- Increase the ad valorem rate of duty from thirty percent (30%) or ninety percent (90%);
- Increase the per postal item containing goods duty in section 2(c)(i) that is in effect on or after May 2, 2025, and before June 1, 2025, from twenty-five dollars ($25) to seventy-five dollars ($25); and
- Increase the per postal item containing goods duty in section 2(c)(ii) that is in effect on or after June 1, 2025, from fifty dollars ($50) to one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).
Issued: 4/8/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Sanctions and Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE WATER PRESSURE IN SHOWERHEADS
MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE WATER PRESSURE IN SHOWERHEADS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Energy to publish in the Federal Register a notice rescinding Energy Conservation program: Definition of Showerhead, 86 Fed. Reg. 71797 (December 20,2021), including the definition of “showerhead” codified at 10 C.F.R. 430.2.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
Effective: 5/9/2025
REFORMING FOREIGN DEFENSE SALES TO IMPROVE SPEED AND ACCOUNTABILITY
REFORMING FOREIGN DEFENSE SALES TO IMPROVE SPEED AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Summary: This order directs the President’s Administration to improve accountability and transparency throughout the foreign defense sales system, consolidate parallel decision-making when determining which military capabilities the U.S. will choose to provide to certain countries, reduce rules and regulations involved in the development, execution, and monitoring of foreign defense sales, increase government-industry collaboration to achieve cost and schedule efficiencies in the execution of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, and advance U.S. competitiveness abroad, revitalize the defense industrial base, and lower unit costs for the U.S. and our allies/ partners. This order further directs the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum 10 of April 19,2018 or any successor policy directive, reevaluate restrictions imposed by the Missile Technology Control Regime on Category I items, and submit a joint letter to the Congress proposing an update to statutory congressional certification. Using a phased implementation program, within sixty (60) days of this order, the Secretary of State shall develop a list of priority partners for conventional arms transfers and the Secretary of Defense shall develop a list of priority end-items for potential transfer to priority partners identified by the Secretary of State, ensure the transfer or priority end-items to priority partners would not cause significant harm to U.S. force readiness, and ensure the transfer of priority end-items to priority partners would advance the goals of strengthening allied burden-sharing.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Supply Chain and Import/Export Controls; Technology
ZERO-BASED REGULATORY BUDGETING TO UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY
ZERO-BASED REGULATORY BUDGETING TO UNLEASH AMERICAN ENERGY
Summary: This order directs certain agencies to incorporate a sunset provision, effective not later than September 30,2025, into their regulations governing energy production to the extent permitted by law, thus compelling those agencies to reexamine their regulations periodically to ensure that those rules serve the public good. The sunset rule shall provide that each Covered Regulation in effect on the date of this order shall have a Conditional Sunset Date of one (1) year after the effective date of the sunset rule. In any new Covered Regulation, the relevant Covered Agency shall include a Conditional Sunset Date that is not more than five (5) years in the future. The sunset provision added to existing and new Covered Regulations shall provide that the agency will offer the public an opportunity to comment on the costs and benefits of each regulation. Neither a determination to extend the Constitutional Sunset Date of a particular regulation, nor a regulation that expires as a result of this order, shall count towards the ten-for-one regulatory requirement in Executive Order 14192 of January 21, 2025... (see link for full list of full list of agencies this order applies to).
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
REDUCING ANTI-COMPETITIVE REGULATORY BARRIERS
REDUCING ANTI-COMPETITIVE REGULATORY BARRIERS
Summary: This order directs Agency heads to rescind anti-competitive regulations by reviewing all regulations subject to their rulemaking authority and identify those that create or facilitate the creation of de facto or de jure monopolies; create unnecessary barriers to entry for new market participants; limit competition between competing entities or have the effect of limiting competition between competing entities; create or facilitate licensure or accreditation requirements that unduly limit competition; unnecessarily burden the agency’s procurement processes, thereby limiting companies’ ability to compete for procurement; or otherwise impose anti-competitive restraints or distortions on the operation of the free market. Within seventy (70) days of this order, agency head shall each provide to the Chairman and Attorney General a list of regulations and recommendations as to whether each of the listed regulations warrants rescission or modification in light of its anti-competitive effects. Within ten (10) days of this order, the Chairman shall issue a request for information (RFI) that seeks public input on the identification of regulations that fall within the categories specified in the agency list provided to the Attorney General. Within ninety (90) days of receipt of the agency list, the Chairman, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and relevant agency heads shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director) a consolidated list of regulations that warrant rescissions or modification in light of their anti-competitive effects, along with recommended modifications.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Economic Development; Government Compliance
RESTORING AMERICA'S MARITIME DOMINANCE
RESTORING AMERICA'S MARITIME DOMINANCE
Summary: This order directs the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA) and the heads of executive departments and agencies to submit a Maritime Action Plan (MAP) to the President, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, identifying key maritime components in the supply chain that are essential rebuilding and expanding the Maritime Industrial Base. Based on the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) determinations arising out of its Section 301 Investigation of the PRC’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance, the USTR shall consider implementing tariffs on ship-to-shore cranes manufactured, assembled, or made using components of PRC origin, or manufactured anywhere in the world by a company owned, controlled, or substantially influenced by a PRC national; and tariffs on other cargo handling equipment. This order also directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all necessary steps to require all foreign-origin cargo arriving by vessel to clear the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry process at a U.S. port of entry for security and collection of all applicable duties, customs, taxes and fees; and ensuring any foreign-origin cargo first arriving by vessel to North America clearing the CBP process at an inland location from the country of land transit (Canada or Mexico) is assessed applicable customs, duties, taxes, and fees plus a ten percent (10%) service fee for additional costs to the CBP. This order also calls for the reduced dependence on adversaries through allies and partners; launching a Maritime Security Trust Fund; implementing a shipbuilding financial incentive program; establishing maritime prosperity zones; reporting on maritime industry needs; expanding mariner training and education; improving procurement and Government efficiency; increasing the fleet of commercial vessels trading internationally under the U.S.; and ensuring the security and leadership of arctic waterways. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a shipbuilding review; deregulate any unnecessary costs and barriers to emerging technologies and related efficiencies; review and issue guidance on the funding retention, support, and mobilization of a robust inactive reserve fleet.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Admiralty & Maritime; Economic Development; Global Trade & Investment; Government Compliance; Government & Regulatory Affairs; Sanctions & Import/Export Controls; Tax Law
MODERNIZING DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS AND SPURRING INNOVATION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
MODERNIZING DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS AND SPURRING INNOVATION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Summary: This order directs that within sixty (60) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President a plan to reform the Department of Defense’s acquisition processes that, to the maximum extent possible, incorporates utilization of existing authorities to expedite acquisitions throughout the Department of Defense; a detailed process review of each functional support role within the acquisition workforce to eliminate unnecessary tasks, reduce duplicative approvals, and centralize decision-making; and a detailed process by which the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Service Acquisition Executives, and Component Acquisition Executives can effectively manage risk for all acquisition programs through a formal steering board known as a Configuration Steering Board. The Secretary of Defense shall oversee the review of and propose revisions to relevant Department of Defense instructions, implementation guides, manuals, and regulations relating to acquisition to eliminate or revise any unnecessary supplemental regulations or any other internal guidance and to promote expedited and streamlined acquisitions. This order further directs the Secretary of Defense, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, to develop and submit to the President a plan for consideration to reform, right-size, and train the acquisition workforce including components such as the restructuring of performance evaluation metrics for acquisition workforce members to include the ability to demonstrate and apply a first consideration of commercial solutions, adaptive acquisition pathways through the Adaptive Acquisition framework, and iterative requirements based on the perspective of the end user; an analysis of acquisition workforce staff levels required to develop, deliver, and sustain warfighting capabilities; establish field training trams by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide hands on guidance, and deliver templates and case studies of successful approaches for implementing innovative acquisition authorities, and assist integrated functional program teams in completing acquisition and sustainment tasks. Within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a comprehensive review of all major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) to determine if any such programs are inconsistent with the policy objectives set forth in this order. As part of the review of all MDAPS: (i) any program more than fifteen percent (15%) behind schedule based on the current Acquisition Program Baseline (APB), fifteen percent (15%) over cost based on the current APB, unable to meet any key performance parameters, or unaligned with the Secretary of Defense’s mission priorities, will be considered for cancellation; and (ii) the Secretary of Defense shall provide a listing of all MDAPs contracts, along with the performance against original and approved Government cost estimates to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review within ninety (90) days from the date of this order. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Defense to complete a comprehensive review of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of this order, with the goal of streamlining and accelerating acquisition.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM SUSMAN GODFREY
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM SUSMAN GODFREY
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies to immediately take steps consistent with applicable law to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Susman, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest. To prevent the transfer of taxpayer dollars to Federal contractors whose earning subsidize activities that are not aligned with American interests, Government contracting agencies shall require Government contractors to disclose any business they do with Susman and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government Contract. The heads of agencies shall review all contracts with Susman or with entities that disclose doing business with Susman and shall take appropriate steps to terminate any contract for which Susman has been hired to perform any service and otherwise align their agency funding decisions with the interests of the citizens of the U.S. Additionally, the heads of agencies shall provide guidance limiting official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Susman when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the U.S. and refrain from hiring employees of Susman, absent a waiver from the head of the agency.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security
MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT TRADING PARTNER RETALIATION AND ALIGNMENT
MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT TRADING PARTNER RETALIATION AND ALIGNMENT
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security and U.S. Trade Representative to review the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) of Executive Order 14257 regarding goods entered for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, and make the following modifications to Executive Order 14257:
- Deleting eighty-four percent (84%) each place it appears and inserting one hundred and twenty five percent (125%) in lieu thereof, and by deleting “April 9, 2025,” each place it appears and inserting “April 10, 2025” in lieu thereof; and
- Headings 9903.01.43-9903.01.62 and 9903.01.64-9903.01.76 are suspended, and subdivisions (v)(xiii)(i)-(ix) and (xi)-(lvii) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS are hereby suspended for a period of ninety (90) days beginning on April 10, 2025.
This order also directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security and U.S. Trade Representative to make the following modifications to Executive Order 14256:
- Increase the ad valorem rate of duty set forth in section 2(c)(i), as modified by the Executive Order dated April 8, 2025, effective May 2, 2025, through June 1, 2025, from seventy-five dollars ($75) to one hundred dollars ($100);
- Increase per postal item containing goods in section 2(c)(ii), s modified by Executive Order dated April 8, 2025, effective May 2, 2025, through Hune 1, 2025, form seventy-five dollars ($75) to one hundred dollars ($100); and
- Increase per postal item containing goods in section 2(c)(ii), as modified by Executive Order dated April 8, 2025, effective June 1, 2025, from one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) to two hundred dollars ($200).
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Sanctions and Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM CHRIS KREBS AND GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP
ADDRESSING RISKS FROM CHRIS KREBS AND GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General and heads of executive departments and agencies to immediately revoke any active security clearance held by Christopher Krebs, including SentinelOne, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest. This order also directs the Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and other agency heads to review Krebs’ activities as a Government employee (including his leadership of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and identify instances where Krebs’ conduct appeared to have been contrary to suitability standards for Federal employees, involved the unauthorized dissemination of classified information, or contrary to the purposes and policies identified in Executive Order 14149 of January 20,2025, and a comprehensive evaluation of all of CISA’s activities over the last six (6) years.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security
ADDRESSING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EGREGIOUS LEAKER AND DISSEMINATOR OF FALSEHOODS
ADDRESSING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EGREGIOUS LEAKER AND DISSEMINATOR OF FALSEHOODS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant executive department and agency heads to immediately suspend any active security clearances held by Miles Taylor, in addition to individuals at entities associated with Taylor, including the University of Pennsylvania, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest. This order further directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and other relevant agency heads to review Mile Taylor’s activities as a Government employee and identify any instances where his conduct appears to have been contrary to suitability standards for Federal employees and where his conduct appears to have involved the unauthorized dissemination of classified information.
Issued: 4/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: National Security
RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
Summary: This order directs, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, that the Administrator of the Office of Federal Public Procurement Policy, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council), agencies heads, and senior acquisition and procurement officials from agencies to amend the FAR to ensure it contains only provisions that are required by statute or that are otherwise necessary to support simplicity and usability, strengthen the efficacy of the procurement system, or protect economic or national security interests. Within fifteen (15) days of this order, each agency exercising procurement authority pursuant to the FAR shall designate a senior acquisition or procurement official to work with the Administration and the FAR Council to ensure agency alignment with FAR reform Within twenty (20) days of this order, the Director of Office of Management Budget shall issue to agencies a memorandum that ensures consistency and alignment of policy objectives and implementation regarding changes to the FAR and agencies’ supplemental regulations to the FAR with the goal of promoting expedited and streamlined acquisitions. Lastly, the Administrator and FAR Council shall (a) identify all FAR provisions not required by statute that will remain the in FAR, (b) consider amending the FAR so that any provisions identified in subsection (a) will expire four (4) years after the effective date of the final rule; and (c) consider whether any new FAR provision not required by statute that is promulgated after the effective date of the final rule in subsection (b) should include a provision stating that it will expire four (4) years after its effective date unless renewed by the FAR Council.
Issued: 4/15/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Government & Regulatory Affairs; National Security
LOWERING DRUG PRICES BY ONCE AGAIN PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST
LOWERING DRUG PRICES BY ONCE AGAIN PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek guidance for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for initial price applicability year 2028 and manufacturer effectuation of maximum fair price under programs in 2026, 2027, and 2028, with the goal of improve the transparency of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, prioritize the selection of prescription drugs with high costs to the Medicare program, and minimize any negative impacts of the maximum fair price on pharmaceutical innovation within the U.S.
Issued: 4/15/2025
Practice Group Impact: Antitrust & Unfair Competition; Healthcare Law; Government Compliance
ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE THROUGH SETION 232 ACTIONS ON PROCESSED CRITICAL MINERALS AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act (Section 232) to determine the effects on national security of imports of processed critical minerals and their derivative products by assessing factors such as (i) identification of U.S. imports of all processed critical minerals and derivative products, (ii) foreign sources by percent and volume of all processed critical minerals imports and derivative product imports, (iii) an analysis of the distortive effects of the predatory economic, pricing, and market manipulation strategies and practices used by countries that process critical minerals that are exported to the U.S., (iv) a review and risk assessment of global supply chains for processed critical minerals and their derivative products, and (v) an analysis of the current and potential capabilities of the U.S. to process critical minerals and their derivative products. Lastly, within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit for internal review and comment a draft interim report to the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Trade Representative, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing.
Issued: 4/15/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; National Security; Natural Resources
RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO FEDERAL OFFICE SPACE MANAGEMENT
RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO FEDERAL OFFICE SPACE MANAGEMENT
Summary: This order revokes Executive Order 12072 of August 16, 1978, and Executive Order 13006 of May 21, 1996. This order also directs the Administrator of General Services to initiate the process to amend the regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps necessary in accordance with applicable law to conform Federal office space management policy with this order, and agencies that acquire or utilize federally owned or leased space under authority other than the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall conform to the provisions of this order.
Issued: 4/15/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ENSURING COMMERCIAL, COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS
ENSURING COMMERCIAL, COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS
Summary: This order directs each agency’s approval authority, within sixty (60) days of this order, to direct the agency’s contracting officers to conduct a review of all open agency solicitations, pre-solicitation notices, solicitation notices, award notices, and sole source notices for non-commercial products or services, such as highly specialized, Government-unique systems, custom-developed products or services, or research and development requirements where the agency has not identified a satisfactory commercial option, and the proposed application contains market research and price analysis used to determine the availability of commercial products and services to meet the Government’s needs and to justify the procurement of a non-commercial product or service. This order also directs each approval authority, within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of the proposed applications, shall assess each proposed application’s compliance with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA) and make appropriate recommendations to advance the solicitation of commercial products or services where those products or services would be sufficient to serve the applicable procurement needs. Lastly, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order and annually thereafter, each agency’s approval authority shall provide a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) detailing the agency’s compliance with FASA and its progress towards implementing the policies of this order.
Issued: 4/16/2025
Practice Group Impact: Corporate & Business Transactions; Economic Development; Government Compliance
RESTORING AMERICAN SEAFOOD COMPETITIVENESS
RESTORING AMERICAN SEAFOOD COMPETITIVENESS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, within thirty (30) days of this order, to identify the most heavily overregulated fisheries requiring action and take appropriate action to reduce the regulatory burden on them, in cooperation with the Regional Fishery Management Councils, interagency partners, and through public-private partnerships, including a request that each Regional Fishery Management Council, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, shall provide the Secretary of Commerce with updates to their submitted recommendations to reduce burdens on domestic fisheries and increase production. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce to direct the National Marine Fisheries Service to incorporate less expensive and more reliable technologies and research programs, and shall develop and implement an America First Seafood Strategy to promote production, marketing, sale and export of U.S. fishery products. Within sixty (a60) days of this order, the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative shall assess seafood competitiveness issues, jointly develop a comprehensive seafood trade strategy, examine relevant trade practices of major seafood-producing nations, and consider revising or rescinding recent expansions of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to unnecessary species and further improve the program to more effectively target high-risk shipments from nations that routinely violate international fishery regulations.
Issued: 4/17/2025
Practice Group Impact: Economic Development; Global trade & Investment; Government Compliance; Sanctions and Import/ Export Controls; Trade Regulations
TRANSPARENCY REGARDING FOREIGN INFLUENCE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
TRANSPARENCY REGARDING FOREIGN INFLUENCE AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Education to take appropriate actions to enforce the requirements of section 1011f of title 20, United States Code, to require complete and timely disclosure by higher education institutions of foreign funding, including the following actions: (i) reversing or rescinding any actions by the prior administration that permit higher education institutions to maintain improper secrecy regarding their foreign funding; (ii) requiring universities to more specifically disclose details about foreign funding; and (iii) providing American people with greater access to information about foreign funding to higher education institutions. The order also directs the Secretary of Education and heads of other appropriate executive departments and agencies to take appropriate action to prospectively ensure that certification of compliance by higher education institutions with 20 U.S.C. 1011f and any other applicable foreign disclosure requirements is material for purposes of 31 U.S.C. 3729.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Education; Foreign Funding; Government Compliance
REFORMING ACCREDITATION TO STRENGTHEN HIGHER EDUCATION
REFORMING ACCREDITATION TO STRENGTHEN HIGHER EDUCATION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Education to hold accountable accreditors who fail to meet the applicable recognition criteria or otherwise violate federal law, including by requiring institutions seeking accreditation to engage in unlawful discrimination in accreditation-related activity under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives. This order also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Education to investigate and take appropriate action to terminate unlawful discrimination by American law schools that is advanced by the Council and assess whether to suspend or terminate the Council’s status as an accrediting agency under federal law. The Attorney General and Secretary of Education are further directed to investigate and take appropriate action to terminate unlawful discrimination by American medical schools or graduate medical education entities, including unlawful “diversity, equity, and inclusion” requirements under the guise of accreditation standards. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Education, in an effort to realign accreditation with high-quality, valuable education for students, to take appropriate steps to ensure that, for example, (i) accreditation requires higher education institutions to provide high-quality, high-value academic programs free from unlawful discrimination or violation of Federal law; and (ii) barriers are reduced that limit institutions from adopting practices that advance credential and degree completion and spur new models of education.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Compliance & Risk Management; Education; Government Compliance
WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Summary: This order establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) (Initiative), which shall work with executive departments and agencies, educational associations, and the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs to increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest quality education to an increasing number of students. The Initiative shall have two (2) primary roles: (i) increasing the private-sector role, including the role of private foundations by strengthening HBCUs through enhanced institutional planning, development, and financial planning; upgrading institutional infrastructure; and providing professional development opportunities for HBCU students; and (ii) enhancing HBCUs’ capabilities to serve the nation’s young adults by supporting implementation of the HBCU Partners Act, fostering private-sector initiatives and public-private and philanthropic partnerships to promote centers of academic research, and improving the availability and quality of information concerning HBCUs in the public policy sphere. This order also establishes the President’s Board of Advisors on HBSCs (Board), which shall receive funding from the Department of Education and shall advise the President, through the Initiative, on the matters set forth in section 5(c) of the HBCU Partners Act. Lastly, this order revokes Executive Order 14041 of September 3, 2021.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Compliance & Risk Management; Education; Government Compliance
PREPARING AMERICAN FOR HIGH-PAYING SKILLED TRADE JOBS OF THE FUTURE
PREPARING AMERICAN FOR HIGH-PAYING SKILLED TRADE JOBS OF THE FUTURE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Education, within ninety (90) days of this order, to review all Federal workforce development programs and submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Office of Management and Budget a report setting forth strategies to help American workers, including (i) opportunities to integrate systems and realign resources to address critical workforce needs and in-demand skills of emerging industries and companies investing in the U.S., (ii) opportunities to invest in the upskilling of incumbent workers to meet rapidly evolving skill demands of their industries (including artificial intelligence in their workplace), and (iii) available statutory authorities to promote innovation and system integration in pursuit of better employment and earnings outcomes for program participants. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Education to submit to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Office of Management and Budget, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, a plan to reach and surpass 1 million new active apprentices and shall improve transparency on the performance outcomes of workforce development programs and credentials supported through Federal investments.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
REINSTATING COMMON SENSE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES
REINSTATING COMMON SENSE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES
Summary: This order directs, within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Education and Attorney General to issue new guidance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) regarding school discipline and their obligations not to engage in racial discrimination under Title VI in all contexts, including racial discrimination in the application of school discipline, and shall coordinate with the governors and state attorneys general, within sixty (60) days of this order, regarding prevention of racial discrimination in the application of school discipline. Within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall issue a revised school discipline code that appropriately protects and enhances the education of the children of America’s military-service families. Lastly, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Education, Attorney General, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary of Homeland Security are directed to submit a report to the President regarding the status of discriminatory-equity-ideology-based school discipline and behavior modification techniques in American public education.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
RESTORING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MERITOCRACY
RESTORING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MERITOCRACY
Summary: This order revokes (a) the Presidential approval of July 25, 1966, the Department of Justice Title VI regulations, as applied to 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(2), and (2) the Presidential approval of July 5, 1973, of the Department of Justice Title VI regulations, as applied to the words “or effect” in both places they appear in 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(3), and as applied to 28 C.F.R. 42.104(b)(6)(ii) and 28 C.F.R.(c)(2). This order directs the Attorney General to initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability, and shall submit a report to the President within thirty (30) days of this order all existing regulations, rules, and State laws impose disparate-impact liability. This order further directs the Attorney General, Chair of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Chair of Federal Trade Commission and other agency heads to assess civil rights laws within their respective jurisdictions and evaluate all pending proceedings that rely on theories of disparate-impact liability. Lastly, the Attorney General shall determine whether any Federal authorities preempt State laws, regulations, policies or practices that impose disparate-impact liability based on a federally protected characteristic such as race, sex, or age.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADVANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN YOUTH
ADVANCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN YOUTH
Summary: This order establishes the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education (Task Force). Within ninety (90) days of this order, the Task Force shall establish plans for a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge (Challenge) aimed at encouraging and highlighting student and educator achievements in AI, to be held no later than twelve (12) months from submission of the plan. The Task Force shall seek to improve K-12 education through AI, such as identifying any Federal funding mechanisms that can provide resources for AI education and improve education outcomes using AI including AI based high-quality instructional resources, high-impact tutoring, and college and career pathways exploration/ advising, all within ninety (90) days of this order. This order also directs the Secretary of Education, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and Secretary of Agriculture, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, to take stops to prioritize the use of AI in grant programs for teacher training, prioritize research on the use of AI in education, and prioritize research and education on the use of AI in formal and non-formal education. In addition, this order directs the Secretary of Labor, within one hundred and twenty (120) days to increase participation in AI-related Registered Apprenticeships, encourage States to use funding provided under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to develop AI skills and support work-based learning opportunities within occupations utilizing AI, and to engage with relevant State and local workforce boards to identify and promote high-quality AI skills education coursework and certifications across the country. Lastly, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Labor, Director of NSF, and Secretary of Education shall support the creation of opportunities for high school students to take AI course and certification programs by committing to fund these programs.
Issued: 4/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Education; Government Compliance; Technology
STRENGTHENING PROBATIONARY PERIODS IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE
STRENGTHENING PROBATIONARY PERIODS IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE
Summary: This order submits a new Civil Service Rule XI that supersedes subpart H of part 315 of title 5, C.F.R. ... (see link for full summary). The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) shall prepare and publish a rule rescinding subpart H within thirty (30) days of this order. This order also directs the heads of each executive agency, within fifteen (15) days of this order, to identify each employee at their agency serving an initial probationary or trial period in the Federal service that ends ninety (90) days or more from this date, and to designate individuals at their agency who shall be responsible for evaluating the continued employment of employees serving an initial probationary or trial period in the Federal service. At least sixty (60) days prior to the end of each employee’s initial probationary period, the individuals who were identified shall meet with each employee serving an initial probationary or trial period to discuss the employee’s performance and conduct, the needs of the agency, and the efficiency of the service. Within thirty (30) days of the end of each employee’s probationary period, the agency shall determine whether to finalize the employee’s appointment to the Federal service or to terminate their service.
Issued: 4/24/2025
Prictice Group Impact: Government Compliance
Effective Date: Effective immediately, except for sections 5(b) through 5(d) of this order and Civil Service Rule 11.5 - effective 90 days from date of this order
UNLEASHING AMERICA'S OFFSHORE CRITICAL MINERALS AND RESOURCES
UNLEASHING AMERICA'S OFFSHORE CRITICAL MINERALS AND RESOURCES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, within sixty (60) days of this order, to expedite the process for reviewing and issuing seabed mineral exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits in areas beyond national jurisdiction under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resource Act.
The Secretary of Commerce shall provide a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council, and the Vice Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council that identifies:
- (i) private sector interest and opportunities for seabed mineral resource exploration, mining, and environmental monitoring in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf and areas beyond national jurisdiction; and
- (ii) private sector interests and opportunities for polymetallic nodule and other seabed mineral resources processing capacity in the U.S. or on U.S. flagged vessels.
This order further directs the Secretary of Interior to:
- (i) establish an expedited process for reviewing and approving permits for prospecting and granting leases for exploration, development, and production of seabed mineral resources within the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, and
- (ii) identify critical mineral that may be derived from seabed resources and coordinate with the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy to indicate which minerals are essential for applications such as defense infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy.
This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Energy to:
- (i) engage with key allies and partners to offer support for seabed mineral resource exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring in areas within the national jurisdictions of those partners and allies, and
- (ii) provide a joint report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy on the feasibility of an international benefit-sharing mechanism for seabed mineral resource extraction
This order directs the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy to:
- Provide a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy to address the feasibility and potential benefits or drawbacks of using the National Defense Stockpile for physical or virtual storage of materials derived from seabed polymetallic nodules;
- Review and revise existing regulations to support domestic processing capabilities for seabed mineral resources; and
- Ensure the Strategic and Critical Material Board of Directors considers seabed mineral resource developments when recommending a strategy for ensuring a secure supply of materials designated as critical to national security
Issued: 4/24/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Natural Resources
ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR AMERICA'S TRUCK DRIVERS
ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR AMERICA'S TRUCK DRIVERS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation, within sixty (60) days of this order, to rescind the guidance document titled “English Language Proficiency Testing and Enforcement Policy MC-ECE-2016-006" issued on June 15, 2016, and issue new guidance to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and enforcement personnel outlining revised inspection procedures necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(92). This order further directs the Secretary of Transportation to ensure that the out-of-service criteria are revised such that a violation of the English language proficiency requirement results in the driver being placed out of service, as well as reviewing non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to identify any unusual patterns or irregularities with respect to non-domiciled CDL issuance and verifying the authenticity and validity of both domestic and international commercial driving credentials. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Transportation, within sixty (60) days of this order, to begin carrying out and enforcing additional administrative, regulatory, or enforcement actions to improve the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.
Issued: 4/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Employment & Labor Law; Government Compliance
PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM CRIMINAL ALIENS
PROTECTING AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FROM CRIMINAL ALIENS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, within thirty (30) days of this order, to publish and update a list of States and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws (sanctuary jurisdictions), and the head of each executive department or agency shall identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions for suspension, termination, and the pursuance of all necessary legal remedies and enforcement measures to end these violations and bring such jurisdictions into compliance with U.S. laws. This order also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to develop guidance, rules, and other mechanisms to ensure appropriate eligibility verification is conducted for individuals receiving Federal public benefits from private entities in a sanctuary jurisdiction. Lastly, this order directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of state and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable.
Issued: 4/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security
STRENGTHENING AND UNLEASHING AMERICA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PURSUE CRIMINALS AND PROTECT INNOCENT CITIZENS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General to take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal sources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law. This order further directs the Attorney General and other appropriate heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to take all appropriate action to maximize the use of Federal resources, including but not limited to providing new best practices to State and local law enforcement to aggressively police communities against all crimes, expand access and improve the quality of training available to State and local law enforcement, increase pay and benefits for law enforcement officers, and strengthen and expand legal protections for law enforcement officers. Within sixty (60) days of this order, the Attorney General shall review all ongoing Federal consent decrees and post-judgment orders to which a State or local law enforcement agency is a party and modify, rescind, or move to conclude such measures that unduly impede the performance of law enforcement functions. This order also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Defense, within ninety (90) days of this order, to increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist state and local law enforcement. Lastly, this order directs the Attorney General to pursue all necessary legal remedies and enforcement measures to enforce the rights of Americans impacted by crime and prioritize the prosecution of any application violations of Federal criminal law with respect to State and local jurisdictions whose officials willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal laws and unlawfully engage in discrimination or civil rights violations under the guise of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives that restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens.
Issued: 4/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDRESSING CERTAIN TARIFFS ON IMPORTED ARTICLES
ADDRESSING CERTAIN TARIFFS ON IMPORTED ARTICLES
Summary: This order shall apply only to the administration of tariffs imposed through the following actions and subsequent amendments to those tariffs (...see link for full summary). This order also states that there shall be no stacking of tariff measures and that nothing in this order shall apply to other tariff measures. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all necessary steps to update guidance, systems, and enforcement mechanisms to reflect the policy set forth in this order and provide additional guidance as necessary to ensure consistent interpretation and application of the policy set forth in this order. Any changes made to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) necessary to comply with this order shall be made not later than 12:01am EST on May 16, 2025, and this order shall retroactively apply to all entries of merchandise subject to any applicable tariffs outlined in this order made on or after March 4, 2025.
Issued: 4/29/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Import/Export Controls; Tax Law
Effective: 5/16/2025
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION
Summary: This order establishes the Religious Liberty Commission (Commission) to be composed of up to fourteen (14) members appointed by the President acting as representatives of various sectors of society. The members shall serve for one term (ending on July 4, 2026) with the ability to have the President extend their term and be eligible for reappointment to a two (2) year term. This order directs the Commission to produce a report on the foundations of religious liberty in America, the impact of religious liberty on American society, current threats to domestic religious liberty, strategies to preserve and enhance religious liberty protections for future generations, programs to increase awareness of and celebrate America’s peaceful religious pluralism, and shall advise the White House Faith Office and Domestic Policy Council on religious liberty policies of the U.S. This order also calls for the establishment of the following Advisory Board, all of them acting as a subcomponent of the Commission:
- an Advisory Board of Religious Leaders to be designated by the President, not to consist of more than fifteen (15) members;
- an Advisory Board of Lay Leaders from religious congregations to be designated by the President, not to consist of more than fifteen (15) members; and
- an Advisory Board of Legal Experts to be designated by the President and shall consist of the Attorney General (or the Attorney General’s designee) and no more than ten (10) attorneys.
Issued: 5/1/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
Summary: This order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Board to cease direct funding to National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) , and shall cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and decline to provide future funding. The CPB Board shall also cease indirect funding to NPR and PBS, including by ensuring that licensee and permittees of public radio and television stations, as well as any other recipients of CPB funds, do not use Federal funds to NPR and PBS. Before June 30, 2025, the CPB Board shall revise the 2025 Television Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria and the 2025 Radio Community Service Grants General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria to prohibit direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS. This order also directs the heads of all agencies to identify and terminate any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS, and shall identify any remaining grants, contract, or other funding instruments entered into with NPR or PBS to determine whether NPR and BS are in compliance with the terms of those instruments.
Issued: 5/1/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Summary: This order directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and relevant agency heads to establish guidance for heads of relevant agencies to immediately (a) end Federal funding of dangerous gain-of-function research conducted by foreign entities in countries of concern pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6627(c), or in countries where there is not adequate oversight to ensure proper compliance with U.S. standards and policies, and (b) end Federal funding to other life-science research that is occurring in countries of concern of foreign countries where there is not adequate oversight to ensure that the countries are compliant with U.S. oversight and policies that could reasonably pose a threat to public health and safety and economic or national security. This order further directs the Director of OSTP to revise or replace the 2024 “United States Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential” to (a) strengthen top-down independent oversight, (b) incorporate enforcement mechanisms, and (c) provide for review and revision every four (4) years. In addition, this order directs the Director of OSTP, within ninety (90) days of this order, to review or replace the 2024 “Framework for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening” (Framework) to ensure it takes a commonsense approach and effectively encourages providers of synthetic nucleic acid sequences to implement comprehensible screening mechanisms to reduce the risk of misuse. Within one hundred eighty (180) days of this order, the Director of OSTP and relevant agency heads shall develop and implement a strategy to govern, limit, and track dangerous gain-of-function research across the U.S. that occurs without consequences, and shall ensure that the revised policies of this order includes a mechanism where research institutions that receive Federal funding must report dangerous gain-of-function research and include search that is supported by non-Federal funding mechanisms. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and heads of other relevant agencies to include in every life-science research contract or grant award: (a) a term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance in all respects is material to the Government’s payment decisions, (b) a term requiring a counterparty or recipient to certify that it does not operate, participate in, or fund any dangerous gain-of-function research of life-science research in foreign countries that could cause national security risks, (c) a term stating that a violation of the terms of this order may be considered a violation of such term by the recipient’s employer or institution, and (d) a term stating that any grant recipient, employer, or institution found to be in violation of the terms of this order may be subject to immediate revocation of ongoing Federal funding and up to a five (5) year period of ineligibility for Federal life-sciences grants funds.
Issued: 5/5/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Healthcare Law; National Security
REGULATORY RELIEF TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MEDICINES
REGULATORY RELIEF TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL MEDICINES
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA Commissioner), within one hundred eighty (180) days of this order, to review existing regulations and guidance that pertain to the development of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing and take necessary steps to eliminate any duplicative or unnecessary requirements in such regulations and guidance; maximize the timeliness and predictability of agency review; and streamline and accelerate the development of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing. This order directs the FDA Commissioner to (a) evaluate the current risk-based approach to prior approval of licensure inspections, (b) identify and undertake measures necessary to expand existing programs that provide early technical advice before a facility is operational; (c) identify and undertake measures necessary to improve enforcement of data reporting under section 510(j)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and (d) provide clearer guidance regarding the requirements or recommendations for site changes. This order further directs the FDA Commissioner, within ninety (90) days of this order, to develop and advance improvements to the risk-based inspection regime that ensures routine reviews of overseas manufacturing facilities involved in the supply of U.S. medicines. This order directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action to update regulations and guidance that allow for streamlining the inspection and approval of new and expanded domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of the Army, through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, within one hundred eighty (180) days of this order, to review the nationwide permits issued under section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 to determine whether an activity-specific national permit is needed to facilitate the efficient permitting of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
Issued: 5/5/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Healthcare Law
FIGHTING OVERCRIMINALIZATION IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS
FIGHTING OVERCRIMINALIZATION IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Summary: This order directs the heads of each agency, to provide the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a report, within three hundred sixty-five (365) of this order, containing a list of all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable by the agency of the Department of Justice and the range of potential criminal penalties for a violation (including the applicable mens rea standard for the criminal regulatory offense). This order further requires that all future notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) and final rules published in the Federal Register shall include a statement identifying that the rule or proposed rule is a criminal regulatory offense and the authorizing statute. However, strict liability criminal regulatory offenses are disfavored, and any proposed or final criminal regulatory offense that includes a strict liability mens rea for the offense shall be treated as a “significant regulatory action.” This order also directs the heads of each agency to submit a report presenting a plan for changing the applicable mens rea standards and adopting a generally applicable background mens rea standard. Within forty-five (45) days of this order, each agency shall publish guidance in the Federal Register describing its plan to address criminally liable regulatory offenses. Lastly, nothing in this order shall apply to the enforcement of the immigration laws or national security/ defense laws.
Effective: 5/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Criminal Law
INCREASING EFFICIENCY AT THE OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER
INCREASING EFFICIENCY AT THE OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER
Summary: This order directs the Archivist of the United States (Archivist), acting through the Office of the Federal Register, to work with the Director of the Government Publishing Office to reduce publication delays to the greatest extent feasible, including by modernizing computer systems and eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy, and shall (within fifteen (15) days of this order) submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management Budget (OMB) reflecting average publication times for different categories of document. This order further directs the Archivist to review the fee schedules for publication in the Federal Register and take steps to ensure that fees are based on the actual costs of publication and account or increased efficiencies achieved as a result of this order. Lastly, this order directs that no later than August 22, 2025, the Archivist shall submit a second report to the Director of OMB reflecting average publication times between July 15, 2025, and August 15, 2025.
Effective: 5/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
KEEPING PROMISES TO VETERANS AND ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR INDEPENDENCE
KEEPING PROMISES TO VETERANS AND ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR INDEPENDENCE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to take all appropriate action to: (a) designate a National Center for Warrior Independence on the West Los Angeles VA Campus, (b) work with other municipalities and VA facilities to ensure homeless veterans outside of Los Angeles can benefit from the services and benefits of the National Center for Warrior Independence, (c) ensure proper allocation of funds to construct, establish, and maintain the National Center for Warrior Independence, (d) work to restore self-sufficiency to the homeless veterans, and (e) present an action plan to meet these directives with the President within one hundred twenty (120) days of this order. This order also directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to use vouchers to support homeless veterans in the Los Angeles metropolitan areas and around the Nation. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary to restore accountability at the Department of Veterans Affairs by taking appropriate action against individuals who have committed misconduct, and rectify the previous administration's decision to rehire and reinstate back pay for employees previously fired for misconduct. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary to take steps to increase the excellence of and options for care, benefits, and services for veterans, including: (a) submitting a report to the President, within sixty (60) days, with a plan to reduce wait times for VA Health appointments, (b) direct a feasibility study at the Manchester VA Medical Center within thirty (30) days of this order and submit to the President an action plan to expand services to support a full service medical center in New Hampshire within one hundred eighty (180) days, and (c) develop a strategy to improve the delivery and quality of the Department’s healthcare services in a more efficient and effective manner to support veterans.
Effective: 5/9/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Military Benefits
DELIVERING MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING TO AMERICAN PATIENTS
DELIVERING MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING TO AMERICAN PATIENTS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to take all necessary and appropriate action to ensure foreign countries are not engaged in any act, policy, or practice that may be unreasonable or discriminatory or that may impair U.S. national security and that has the effect of forcing American patients to pay for a disproportionate amount of global pharmaceutical research and development. Furthermore, this order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to facilitate direct-to-consumer purchasing programs for pharmaceutical manufacturers that sell their products to American patient at the most-favored-nation price. To establish the most-favored-nation price, this order directs the Secretary, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other relevant agency department heads to communicate most-favored-nation price targets to pharmaceutical manufacturers to bring prices for American patients in line with comparably developed nations. If there is not significant progress towards most-favored-nation pricing for American patients, this order directs: (a) the Secretary to propose a rulemaking plan to impose most-favored-nation pricing, (b) the Secretary to consider certification to the Congress that importation will pose no additional risk to the public’s health and safety and result in a significant reduction int he cost of prescription drugs to the American consumer, and (c) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to review and potentially modify or revoke approvals granted for drugs that may be unsafe, ineffective, or improperly marketed.
Effective: 5/12/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security
MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order directs that, with respect to all goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after May 14, 2025, all articles imported into the U.S. from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) shall be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of ten percent (10%) subject to all applicable exceptions set forth in Executive Order 14257 and the Presidential memorandum of April 11, 2025. This order further directs the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) be modified as follows:
- Heading 9903.01.25 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting the article description and by inserting “Articles the product of any country, except for products described in headings 9903.01.26-9903.01.33, and except as provided for in heading 9903.01.34, as provided for in subdivision (v) of U.S. not 2 to this subchapter...” in lieu thereof;
- Heading 9903.01.63 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting “125” each place that it appears and by inserting “34%” in lieu thereof;
- Subdivision (v)(xiii)(10) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting “125%”, and by inserting “34%” in lieu thereof; and
- Heading 9903.01.63 and subdivision (v)(xiii)(10) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS are hereby suspended for a period of ninety (90) days beginning at 12:01am easter daylight time on May 14, 2025.
Additionally, this order implements a decrease in the ad valorem rate of duty set forth in section 2(c)(i) of Executive Order 14256 of April 2, 2025, from one hundred twenty percent (120%) to fifty-four percent (54%), and retains the per postal item containing goods duty of one hundred dollars ($100) in section 2(c)(ii) of Executive Order 14256 unless otherwise modified by a subsequent executive action. This order also modifies the HTSUS with respect to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01am easter daylight time on May 14, 2025, as follows:
- Subdivision (w) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting “120 percent” and by inserting “54 percent” in lieu thereof; and
- Subdivision (w) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall be amended by deleting “and before 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 1, 2025. For merchandise entered for consumption on or after 12:01am ester daylight time on June 1, 2025, the applicable specific duty rate is $200 per postal item containing such goods.”
Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security, U.S. Trade Representative to take all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this order through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register and adopting rules and regulations, as may be necessary to implement this order.
Issued: 5/12/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; Sanctions and Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
RESTORING GOLD STANDARD SCIENCE
RESTORING GOLD STANDARD SCIENCE
Summary: This order directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP Director) and relevant agency heads to issue guidance for agencies on implementation of “Gold Standard Science” in the conduct and management of their respective scientific activities within thirty (30) days of this order. Gold Standard Science is defined as science conducted in a manner that is reproducible, transparent, communicative of error and uncertainty, collaborative and interdisciplinary, and skeptical of its findings and assumptions. Each agency head shall update applicable agency policies governing the production and use of scientific information to implement the OSTP Director’s guidance on Gold Standard Science and implement Gold Standard Science within sixty (60) days of this order. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the agency heads and employees shall comply with a list of rules governing the use, interpretation, and communication of scientific data (...see link for full list). An interim scientific integrity policy shall be implemented until the agencies’ scientific integrity policies are updated to comply with the changes mentioned above. The agencies should ensure the new policies include the open exchange of ideas, provide for consideration of different or dissenting viewpoints, and protect employees from efforts to prevent or deter consideration of alternative scientific opinions. These policies and rules shall be applicable to all employees involved in the generation, use, interpretation or communication of scientific information. Additionally, each agency head shall establish internal processes to evaluate alleged violations of the requirements of this order and other applicable agency policies governing the generation, use, interpretation, and communication of scientific information. An agency head may request in writing that the OMB Director, in consultation with the OSTP Director, waive any of the requirements of this order for good cause shown. Lastly, notwithstanding any other provision of this order, the policies and requirements of this order shall apply to agency actions that pertain to foreign or military affairs, or to a national security or homeland security function of the U.S., only to the extent that the applicable agency head determines they should apply.
Issued: 5/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
REINVIGORATING THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL BASE
REINVIGORATING THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRIAL BASE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), within two hundred and forty (240) days of this order, to prepare and submit a report that recommends a policy aimed at strengthening the domestic nuclear fuel cycle. This report would include, but is not limited to the following: (i) a recommended national policy to support the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste and the development and deployment of advanced fuel cycle capabilities to establish a safe, secure, and sustainable long-term fuel cycle, and (ii) a review of relevant statutory authorities to identify any legislative changes necessary or desirable to achieve the national policy recommended above (...see link for full list). Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Energy shall develop a plan to expand domestic uranium conversion capacity and expand enrichment capabilities sufficient to meet projected civilian and defense reactor needs for low and high enriched uranium. Within ninety (90) days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Energy shall update the Department of Energy’s excess uranium management policy to align with the policy objectives of this order and the Nuclear Fuel Security Act. Additionally, within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Energy shall utilize authority provided to the President in section 708(c)(1) of the Defense production Act of 1950 (DPA) to seek voluntary agreements pursuant to section 708 of the DPA with domestic nuclear energy companies. Such voluntary agreements shall further allow consultation with domestic nuclear energy companies to discuss and implement methods to enhance the capability to manage spent nuclear fuel, including the recycling and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, to ensure the continued reliable operation of the Nation’s nuclear reactors. In addition, to maximize the speed and scale of new nuclear capacity, the Department of Energy shall prioritize work with the nuclear energy industry to facilitate five (5) gigawatt of power uprates to existing nuclear reactors and have ten (10) new large reactors with complete designs under construction by 2030. This order also directs the Secretary of Energy to coordinate with the Secretary of Defense to assess the feasibility of restarting or repurposing close nuclear power plants as energy hubs for military microgrid support, and prioritize funding for qualified advances nuclear technologies through grants, loans, investment capital, funding opportunities, and other Federal support. Priority shall be given to those companies demonstrating the largest degrees of design and technological maturity, financial backing, and potential for near-term deployment of their technologies. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Education to expand the nuclear energy workforce by increasing participation in nuclear energy-related registered apprenticeships and Career and Technical Education programs.
Issued: 5/23/2025
Energy & Natural Resources Government Compliance; National Security
REFORMING NUCLEAR REACTOR TESTING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
REFORMING NUCLEAR REACTOR TESTING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Energy (“Secretary”) to issue guidance regarding what counts as a qualified test reactor for purposes of this order within sixty (60) days of this order. This order further directs the Secretary to take appropriate actions to revise the regulations, guidance, and procedures and practices of the Department of Defense (“Department”), the National Laboratories, and any other entity under the Department’s jurisdiction to significantly expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under the Department’s jurisdiction within ninety (90) days of this order. The Secretary shall ensure that the Department’s expedited procedures enable qualified test reactors to be safely operational at Department-owned or Department-controlled facilities within two (2) years following the submission of a substantially complete application. Additionally, the Secretary shall create a pilot program for reactor construction and operation outside the National Laboratories, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act’s authorization of reactors under the Department’s sufficient control, and the Secretary shall approve at least three (3) reactors pursuant to this pilot program with the goal of achieving critically in each of the three (3) reactors by July 2026. This order also directs the Secretary to reform the Department’s rules governing compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) no later than June 30, 2025. Lastly, the Secretary shall use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite the Department’s environmental reviews for authorizations, permits, approvals, leases, and any other activity requested by an applicant or potential applicant.
Issued: 5/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Energy & Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Government Compliance; National Security; Technology
ORDERING THE REFORM OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ORDERING THE REFORM OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Summary:This order directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) “licensing and regulation of the civilian use of radioactive materials and nuclear energy be conducted in a manner that is efficient and does not unnecessarily limit (1) the civilian use of radioactive materials and deployment of nuclear energy or (2) the benefits of civilian use of radioactive materials and nuclear energy technology to society,” with the purpose of facilitating nuclear power while ensuring reactor safety. The NRC shall, in consultation with the NRC’s DOGE Team, and consistent with its governing statutes, reorganize the NRC to promote the expeditious processing of license applications and the adoption of innovative technology. The NRC shall also create a dedicated team of at least 20 officials to draft the new regulations as directed by this order. This order further directs the NRC to undertake a review and wholesale revision of its regulations and guidance documents, and issue notice(s) of proposed rulemaking effecting this revision within 9 months of the date of this order. The NRC shall issue final rules and guidance to conclude this revision process within 18 months of the date of this order. These rules shall include the following: (a) established deadlines for the evaluation and approval of licenses, license amendments, license renewals, and certificates of compliance; (b) adopt science-based radiation limits; (c) revise the NRC regulations governing NRC’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act to reflect Congress’s 2023 amendments; and (d) establishment of an expedited pathway to approve reactor designs that the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Energy (DOE) have tested and that have demonstrated the ability to function safely.
Issued: 5/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Energy & Natural Resources; Government Compliance; National Security
DEPLOYING ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
DEPLOYING ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program for the utilization of nuclear energy for both installation energy and operational energy. This order further directs the Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Army, to commence the operation of a nuclear reactor, regulated by the U.S. Army, at a domestic military base or installation no later than September 30, 2028, with the Secretary of the Army as the executive agent for both installation and operational nuclear energy across the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense shall prepare and submit to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affair recommendations for legislative proposals and regulatory actions regarding the distribution, operation, replacement, and removal of advanced nuclear reactors and spent nuclear fuel on military installations. Additionally, the Secretary of Energy shall initiate the process for designating AI data centers within the forty-eight (48) contiguous States and the District of Columbia that are located at or operated in coordination with Department of Energy facilities, including as support for national security missions, as critical defense facilities, where appropriate. The Secretary of Energy shall designate one (1) or more sites owned or controlled by the Department of Energy within the United States, including national laboratories, for the use and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies within thirty (30) days of this order. Furthermore, the Secretary of Energy shall identify all useful uranium and plutonium material within the Department of Energy’s inventories that may be recycled or processed into nuclear fuel for reactors in the U.S. This order also directs the Secretary of Energy to release into a readily available fuel bank not less than twenty (20) metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for any project from the private sector that received authorization to construct and operate at a Department of Energy-owned or controlled site and that is regulated by the Department of Energy for the purpose of powering AI and other infrastructure. Additionally, the Secretary of Energy shall implement plans to ensure that a long-term supply of enriched uranium is available for the continued operation of the projects referenced above, including through the establishment of domestic fuel fabrication and supply chains to reduce reliance on foreign sources of fuel. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall consult with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality regarding (a) applying the Department of Defense’s and the Department of Energy’s established categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the construction of advanced nuclear reactor technologies on certain Federal sites within the U.S. for any other appropriate measures for the purposes of implementing this order, (b) adopting other executive departments’ and agencies’ (agencies) categorical exclusions for the same purposes, and (c) establishing new categorical exclusions for the same purposes. In addition, the Secretary of State shall (a) lead diplomatic engagement and negotiations for Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (123 Agreement), (b) aggressively pursue at least twenty (20) new 123 Agreements by the close of the 120th Congress to enable the U.S. nuclear industry to access new markets in partner countries, and (c) aggressively renegotiate 123 Agreements set to expire within the next decade. The Secretary of Energy shall also approve or deny each technology transfer export authorization request within thirty (30) days of receipt of a complete application and completion by the Department of Energy of the required accompanying analysis. The Secretary of Energy shall work in compliance with the other relevant agency heads to develop and implement policies and strategies that promote American nuclear exports within ninety (90) days of this order. Lastly, the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize the issuance as appropriate of Department of Energy and Department of Defense security clearances, including “L,” “Q,” “TOP SECRET,” “RD,” “CNWDI,” and “SCI,” to support the rapid distribution and use of nuclear energy and fuel cycle technologies.
Issued: 5/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Energy & Natural Resources; Government Compliance; National Security
SUSTAINING SELECT EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S CYBERSECURITY AND AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 13964 AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 14144
Summary: This order amends Executive Order 14144 of January 16, 2025, and Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015. In an effort to improve the Nation’s cybersecurity against cyber threats from other countries, this order calls for improvements to our Nation’s cybersecurity, focusing on defending our digital infrastructure, securing the services and capabilities most vital to the digital domain, and building our capability to address key threats.
Executive Order 14144 shall be amended to include the following (see link for full list of amendments):
- Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a consortium with industry at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to develop guidance, informed by the consortium as appropriate, and operations practices based on National Institution of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-218.
- Directs the Secretary of Commerce to update NIST Special Publication 800-53 to provide guidance on how to securely and reliably deploy patches and updates.
- Directs the Secretary of State to develop and publish a preliminary update to the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) to include practices, procedures, controls, and implementation examples regarding the secure and reliable development and delivery of software as well as the security of the software itself.
- Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to release and regularly update a list of product categories in which products that support post-quantum cryptography (PQC) are widely available.
- Directs the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that existing datasets for cyber defense research have been made accessible to the broader academic research community to the maximum extent feasible, in consideration of business confidentiality and national security.
- Directs the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence to incorporate management of AI software vulnerabilities and compromises into their respective agencies’ existing processes and interagency coordination mechanisms for vulnerability management, including through tracking, response, and reporting, and by sharing indicators of compromise for AI systems.
Executive Order 13694 shall be amended to include the following (see link for full list of amendments):
- Strike the phrase “any person” from subsections 1(a)(ii) and (iii) and replace it with “any foreign person”.
Issued: 6/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Cybersecurity, National Security, Government Compliance
UNLEASHING AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE
UNLEASHING AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE
Summary: This order directs that, within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), shall issue a proposed rule enabling routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for commercial and public safety purposes. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish clear metrics for assessing the performance and safety of BVLOS operations, and within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, shall identify and describe additional regulatory barriers and challenges to BVLOS implementation. Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in and expedite the review of UAS waiver applications. These AI tools shall (i) support performance and risk based evaluation of proposed operations, (ii) identify materially similar precedents and recommend consistent mitigation measures, and (iii) assist the FAA in identifying categories of operations with sufficient safety data or recurring approval patterns that may warrant further rulemaking to eliminate the need for individualized waivers. Within two hundred and forty (240) days of this order, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish an updated roadmap for the integration of civil UAS into the National Airspace System. The Secretary of Transportation shall establish the electrical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) as an extension of the BEYOND program to accelerate the deployment of safe and lawful eVTOL operations in the U.S. The Secretary of Transportation shall issue ap public request for proposals to State, local, and tribal governments. Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this request, the Secretary of Transportation shall select at least five (5) pilot projects that plan to begin eVTOL operations within ninety (90) days after the date on which any agreement for a pilot project is established. Within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the selection of pilot program participants, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit an initial implementation report to the President through the Director of OSTP, summarizing early-stage planning, interagency coordination, and any immediate regulatory or legislative challenges identified. The eIPP shall conclude three (3) years after the date the first pilot project becomes operational, unless the Secretary of Transportation determines that an extension is warranted in the national interest. The Secretary of Commerce shall review and amend export control regulations within ninety (90) days of the date of this order to enable the expedited export of the US-manufactured civil UAS to foreign partners, provided such end-users and recipient countries are not identified as foreign adversaries and the report does not pose a risk of diversion to programs of concern or are otherwise restricted under applicable statutes or regulations. The Secretary of Commerce shall designate the export of US-manufactured civil UAS as a priority area within the Department of Commerce’s export promotion efforts and shall coordinate interagency initiatives to expand market access, reduce foreign trade barriers, and promote international interoperability. Within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate with the Secretary of Transportation to streamline the approval processes to expand access to airspace for conducting UAS training. Lastly, within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall task the Secretary of each military department to identify programs that would be more cost efficient or lethal if replaced by UAS and shall submit a report to the President through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA).
Issued: 6/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security, Technology
RESTORING AMERICAN AIRSPACE SOVERIGNTY
RESTORING AMERICAN AIRSPACE SOVERIGNTY
Summary: This order shall establish the Federal Task Force to Restore American Airspace Sovereignty (Task Force). This order directs the Task Force to review relevant operational, technical, and regulatory frameworks and develop and propose solutions to UAS threats. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shall (i) promptly submit a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to the Office of Management and Budget and the Task Force establishing the statutorily required process for restricting drone flights over fixed site facilities, (ii) promulgate a final rule as soon as practicable after publication of the NPRM, and (iii) within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, make freely available online Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) in an open format easily accepted for drone geofencing and Aircraft Navigation and Guidance system purposes. The Attorney General shall take appropriate steps to ensure full enforcement of appliable civil and criminal laws when drone operators endanger the public, violate established airspace restrictions, or operate a drone in furtherance of an element of another crime. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure their respective departments’ grant programs permit otherwise eligible state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) agencies to receive grants of drones and drone signals, consistent with the legal authorities of those SLTTs. This order also directs the executive departments and agencies to use all available existing authorities to employ equipment to detect, track, and identify drones and drone signals. Within sixty (60) days of this order, the Administrator of the FAA shall provide automated real-time access to personal identifying information associated with UAS remote identification signals to appropriate executive departments and agencies and SLTT agencies for the purposes of enforcing applicable Federal or State law, with appropriate national security and privacy safeguards. Also, within sixty (60) days of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the FAA shall publish guidance to aid private critical infrastructure owners or operators in employing technologies to detect, track, and identify drones and drone signals. Within thirty (30) days of this order, the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security shall explore integrating counter-UAS operational responses as part of Joint Terrorism Task Forces for the purpose of protecting mass gathering events. Lastly, the Attorney General and relevant agency heads shall promptly take all appropriate steps to implement the recommendations of the March 2022 Feasibility Report to Congress with regard to the creation of the National Training Center for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Center), and, upon establishment of the Center, focus initial training provided by the Center on development of Federal and SLTT capabilities to secure major upcoming national and international sporting events held in the U.S., such as the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Issued: 6/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security, Technology
LEADING THE WORLD IN SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
LEADING THE WORLD IN SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
Summary: This order directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take the necessary steps, including through rulemaking, to repeal the prohibition on overland supersonic flight in 14 CFR 91.817 within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of this order and establish an interim noise-based certification standard, making any modification to 14 CFR 91.818 as necessary, as consistent with applicable law. This order also directs the Administrator of the FAA to take immediate steps to repeal 14 CFR 91.819 and 91.821, which will remove additional regulatory barriers that hinder the advancement of supersonic aviation technology in the U.S. Within eighteen (18) months of this order, the Administrator of the FAA shall issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish a standard for supersonic aircraft noise certification under 14 CFR Part 36 and amend 14 CFR 91.817, including definitions for acceptable noise thresholds for takeoff, landing, and en-route supersonic operation based on operational testing and research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) data as identified in subsection 3(a) of this order, and considering community acceptability, economic reasonableness, and technological feasibility. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the heads of relevant executive departments and agencies shall coordinate supersonic research and development through the National Science and Technology Council with the goal of (i) identifying RDT&E needs for regulatory development, commercial viability, and operational integration of supersonic aircraft into the National Airspace System; (ii) coordinating federally funded RDT&E and industry-led testing of supersonic technologies at Federal test sites; and (iii) collecting and sharing the results of such RDT&E in a manner suitable for informing domestic regulatory development and international science and technology engagement on civil supersonic matters. The Secretary of Transportation and the heads of other relevant agencies shall engage the International Civil Aviation Organization and key foreign partners to seek global alignment regarding supersonic regulatory approaches. Lastly, the Administrator of the FAA shall seek to secure bilateral aviation safety agreements with foreign aviation authorities as necessary for the safe international operation of supersonic aircraft.
Issued: 6/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Aviation & Airport Law; Government Compliance; National Security; Technology
EMPOWERING COMMONSENSE WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
EMPOWERING COMMONSENSE WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to consolidate their wildland fire programs to achieve the most efficient and effective use of wildland fire offices, coordinating bodies, programs, budgets, procurement processes, and research and, as necessary, recommend additional measures to advance this objective. Within ninety (90) days of this order, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall (i) expand and strengthen the use of partnerships, agreements, compacts, and mutual aid capabilities that empower Federal, State, local, tribal, and community-driven land management that reduces wildfire risk and improves wildfire response, including on public lands; (ii) develop and expand the use of other measures to incentivize reasonable land management and wildfire prevention, mitigation, and response measures at the State and local levels. Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall (i) develop a comprehensive technology roadmap, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to increase wildfire firefighting capabilities at the State and local levels, including through artificial intelligence (AI) data sharing, innovative modeling and mapping capabilities, and technology to identify wildland fire ignitions and weather forecasts to inform response and evacuation, and (ii) to promote the use of a risk-informed approach to develop new policies that remove barriers to preventing and responding to wildfires. Within ninety (90) days of this order: (i) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consider modifying or rescinding Federal rules or policies that impede the use of appropriate, preventative prescribed fires; (ii) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall consider modifying or rescinding Federal rules or policies hindering the appropriate use of fire retardant to fight wildfires; and (iii) the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider promoting, assisting, and facilitating, as consistent with applicable law, innovative uses of woody biomass and forest products to reduce fuel loads in areas at risk of wildfires. Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense and the other relevant agency heads shall identify, declassify, and make publicly available historical satellite datasets that will advance wildfire prevention and response and improve wildfire prediction and evaluation models. Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall (i) identify rules that impede wildfire prevention, detection, or response and consider eliminating or revising those rules, and (ii) develop performance metrics for wildfire response, including metrics related to average response times, annual fuels treatments, safety and cost effectiveness, and other subjects. Lastly, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense shall evaluate and prioritize the sale of excess aircraft and aircraft parts to support wildfire mitigation and response.
Issued: 6/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Environmental Law; Government Compliance
REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION BY NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION BY NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Summary: This order amends Sections 2(a) and 2(e) of the January 3, 2025, order titled “Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of United States Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation (January 3 Order). This order also removes Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the January 3 Order.
- Section 2(a) is amended to read as follows: “The Proposed Transaction, and any substantially similar transaction between the Purchasers and U.S. Steel, whether effected directly or indirectly by the Purchasers, through the Purchasers’ shareholders or shareholders’ immediate, intermediate, or ultimate foreign person beneficial owners, or through the Purchasers’ partners, subsidiaries, or affiliates, is prohibited, unless the Purchasers and U.S. Steel execute with the Department of the Treasury and any other appropriate member agencies of CFIUS, on or before the closing date of the Proposed Transaction, and remain in compliance thereafter with, a national security agreement (NSA) that is materially consistent, as so determined by the Department of the Treasury, with the draft NSA submitted to the Purchasers and U.S. Steel by the United States Government on June 13, 2025.”
- Section 2(e) is amended to read as follows: “Without limitation on the exercise of authority by any agency under other provisions of law, and until such time as the Purchasers and U.S. Steel have either abandoned the Proposed Transaction to the satisfaction of CFIUS or entered into the NSA referred to in subsection (a) of this section, CFIUS is further authorized to implement measures, including monitoring and enforcement measures, it deems necessary and appropriate with regard to the Proposed Transaction to protect the national security of the United States, including measures available to it under section 721 and its implementing regulations, which include the remedies available for violations of any order, agreement, or condition entered into or imposed under section 721.”
Issued: 6/13/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance; National Security
IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMIC PROSPERITY DEAL
Summary: This order establishes an annual tariff-rate quota of 100,000 automobiles as classified in heading 8703 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) for automobiles that are products of the United Kingdom. Imports of automobiles within the tariff-rate quota that would otherwise be subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) tariff under Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025, shall instead be subject to a seven and a half percent (7.5%) tariff, in addition to the most-favored-nation rate for automobiles of two and a half percent (2.5%), for a combined tariff of ten percent (10%). Imports of automobiles in excess of the tariff-rate quota shall remain subject to the full duties imposed by Proclamation 10908. Automotive parts specified in note 33(g) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS that would otherwise be subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) tariff under Proclamation 10908 shall instead be subject to a total tariff of ten percent (10%), provided that they are products of the United Kingdom and are for use in automobiles that are products of the United Kingdom. Within seven (7) days of the date of publication of this order in the Federal Register, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) shall publish notice in the Federal Register modifying the HTSUS. With respect to products from the United Kingdom that fall under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, the tariffs imposed through the following presidential actions and subsequent amendments to those actions shall no longer apply as of the date of publication of the Federal Register: (i) Executive Order 14257, as amended; (ii) Proclamation 9704, as amended; and (iii) Proclamation 9705, as amended. At a future time that the Secretary deems appropriate, the Secretary shall design and establish a tariff-rate quota for aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles that are products of the United Kingdom. Lastly, at a future time that the Secretary deems appropriate, the Secretary shall design and establish a tariff-rate quota for steel articles and derivative steel articles that are products of the United Kingdom.
Issued: 6/16/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, National Relations; Sanctions and Import/ Export Controls; Tax Law
FURTHER EXTENDING THE TIKTOK ENFORCEMENT DELAY
FURTHER EXTENDING THE TIKTOK ENFORCEMENT DELAY
Summary: This order calls for the enforcement delay specified in section 2(a) of Executive Order 14166 of January 20, 2025, as extended by Executive Order 14258 of April 4, 2025, is further extended until September 17, 2025. This order further states that, even after the expiration of the time mentioned above, the Department of Justice shall not take any action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any conduct that occurred during the above-specified period or any period prior to the issuance of this order. The Attorney General shall take appropriate action to issue written guidance to implement the provisions of this order and shall issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no liability for any conduct that occurred during the above-specified period, as well as for any conduct from the effective date of this order. Lastly, because of national security interests at stake and because section 2(d) of the Act vests authority for investigations and enforcement of the Act only in the Attorney General, attempted enforcement by the states or private parties represents an encroachment on the powers of the executive. The Attorney General shall exercise all available authority to preserve and defend the Executive’s exclusive authority to enforce the Act.
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Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, National Security, Technology
PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF SYRIA SANCTIONS
PROVIDING FOR THE REVOCATION OF SYRIA SANCTIONS
Summary: This order hereby terminates Executive Order 13338 (May 11, 2004) and revokes that order as well as the following Executive Orders: Executive Order 13339 (April 25, 2006, Executive Order 13460 (February 13, 2008), Executive Order 13572 (April 29, 2011), and Executive Order 13582 (August 17, 2011). This order also further amends Executive Order 13894 by striking the language in Section 1 (a) and Section 2(a) and replacing those sections with new provisions (see the link for the full list of amendments). This order also amends Executive Order 13606 by removing the following text from the preamble: “Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent Executive Orders,” and replacing it with: “Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019, and relied upon for additional steps and further amended in subsequent Executive Orders.”
Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to examine whether the criteria set forth in section 7431(a) of the Caesar Act have been met, and on the basis of that examination may, pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of March 31, 2020, suspend in whole or in part the imposition of sanctions otherwise required under the Caesar Act. The Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury shall continue to review the situation in Syria, and if both the Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury determine that the criteria set forth in section 7431(a) are no longer met, the Secretary of State shall reimpose sanctions. This order also states that, in the interest of national security, the United States is to waive the application of subsection (a)(1), with respect to items on the Commerce Control List only, and subsection (a)(2)(A) of the Syria Accountability Act only.
This order also directs that the following sanctions imposed on Syria for the prior use of chemical weapons under the former regime of Bashar al-Assad to be waived: (i) the restriction on foreign assistance under section 307(a)(1) of the CBW Act; (ii) the restriction on U.S. Government credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance under section 307(a)(4) of the CBW Act; (iii) the restrictions on the export of national security-sensitive goods and technology under 307(a)(5) of the CBW Act and on all other gods and technology under section 307(b)(2)(C) of the CBW Act; and (iv) the restrictions on U.S. banks from making any loan or providing any credit to the Government of Syria under section 307(b)(2)(B) of the CBW Act.
Furthermore, this order directs the Secretary of State to take all appropriate actions to review the designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism consistent with section 1754(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, and section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Lastly, the Secretary of State shall take appropriate steps to advance U.S. policy objectives at the United Nations to support a Syria that is stable and at peace and to support Syrian efforts to counter terrorism and comply with its responsibilities and obligations concerning weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and biological weapons.
Issued: 6/30/25
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, National Security
Effective: 7/1/2025
MAKING AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN BY IMPROVING OUR NATIONAL PARKS
MAKING AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN BY IMPROVING OUR NATIONAL PARKS
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Interior to develop strategy to increase revenue and improve the recreational experience at national parks by appropriately increasing entrance fees and recreation pass fees for nonresidents in areas of the National Park System that charge entrance fees or recreation pass fees. The Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall take steps to increase the prices at which the America the Beautiful Pass – the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass – and any site-specific agency or regional multi-entity passes are sold to nonresidents. This order further directs the Secretary of Interior to use any increased fee revenue generated to improve the infrastructure of, or otherwise enhance enjoyment of or access to, America’s Federal recreational areas, and to improve services and affordability for U.S. residents visiting national parks. The order also directs the Secretary of Interior and Secretary of State to encourage international tourism to American’s national parks and outdoor recreation areas, and to review the maintenance backlog within the National Park Service to take all appropriate action to fully implement the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund established in the Great American Outdoors Act, invest in the infrastructure of national parks, and increase visitor capacity to allow more Americans to visit national parks. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Interior to review all of the Department of the Interior’s rules and policies related to public use of national parks and take actions consistent with the policy of this order. Lastly, this order hereby revoked the Presidential Memorandum of January 12, 2017.
Issued: 7/3/2025
Practice Group Impact: Enivornmental Law, Government Compliance
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN COMMISSION
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN COMMISSION
Summary: This order directs all the Federal land management agencies, to the extent practicable, to ensure that their policies (a) promote responsible stewardship of natural resources while driving economic growth, (b) expand access to public lands and waters for recreation, hunting, and fishing, (c) encourage responsible, voluntary conservation efforts, and (d) cut bureaucratic delays that hinder effective environmental management, and (e) recover America’s fish and wildlife populations through proactive, voluntary, on-the-ground collaborative conservation efforts. In addition to the Cahir and the Executive Director, the Commission shall include the following officials or their designees: (i) the Secretary of Defense; (ii) Secretary of Agriculture; (iii) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (iv) Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (v) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors; (vi) Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff; (Vii) Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; (viii) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality; and (ix) other members of my Administration invited to participate, at the discretion of the Chair and the Executive Director. Lastly, this order directs the Commission to advise and assist the President regarding how best to responsibly conserve America’s national treasures and natural resources, including by: (a) monitoring the implantation of this order and facilitating interagency coordination on conservation efforts; (b) providing to the President actionable recommendations for improving conservation efforts; and (c) developing policies to recover fish and wildlife populations through collaboration rather than regulation, including policies involving coordination with State wildlife agencies.
Issued: 7/3/2025
Practice Group Impact: Enivornmental Law, Government Compliance
ENDING MARKET DISTORTING SUBSIDIES FOR UNRELIABLE, FOREIGN CONTROLLED ENERGY SOURCES
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT'S MAKE AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AGAIN COMMISSION
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Treasury, within forty five (45) days of enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to take all action as the Secretary of Treasury deems necessary and appropriate to strictly enforce the termination of the clean electricity production and investment tax credits under sections 45Y and 48E of the Internal Revenue Code for wind and solar facilities, including using new and revised guidance as the Secretary of Treasury deems appropriate and consistent with applicable law to ensure that policies concerning the “beginning of construction” are not circumvented. This order further directs the Secretary of Treasury, within forty-five (45) days following enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to take prompt action as the Secretary of Treasury deems appropriate and consistent with applicable law to implement the enhanced Foreign Entity Concern restrictions in One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Lastly, within forty-five (45) days following enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Secretary of Interior shall conduct a review of regulations, guidance, policies, and practices under the Department of Interior’s jurisdiction to determine whether any provide preferential treatment to wind and solar facilities in comparison to dispatchable energy sources, and revise any identified regulations, guidance, policies, and practices as appropriate and consistent with applicable law to eliminate any such preferences for wind and solar facilities.
Issued: 7/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Enivornmental Law, Government Compliance, Tax Law
EXTENDING THE MODIFICATION OF THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES
EXTENDING THE MODIFICATION OF THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES
Summary: This order directs that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) shall be modified, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time on July 9, 2025, by suspending headings 9903.01.43 through 9903.01.62 and 9903.01.64 through 9903.01.76, and subdivisions (v)(xiii)(1)-(9) and (11)-(57) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter 99 of the HTSUS, until 12:01am eastern daylight time on August 1, 2025. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security, and U.S. Trade Representative to take all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this order, consistent with applicable law, including through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register and by adopting rules, regulations, or guidance, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement this order.
Issued: 7/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Sanctions & Import/Export Controls, Tax Law
CREATING SCHEDULE G IN THE EXPECTED SERVICE
CREATING SCHEDULE G IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE
Summary: This order directs Civil Service Rule VI to be amended as follows:
- 5 CFR 6.2 is amended to read: “OPM shall list positions that it excepts from the competitive service in Schedules A, B, C, D, E, Policy/ Career, and G, which schedules shall constitute parts of this rule, as follows:
Schedule A. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-determining character for which it is not practicable to examine shall be listed in Schedule A.
Schedule B. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-determining character for which it is not practicable to hold a competitive examination shall be listen in Schedule B. Appointment to these positions shall be subject to such noncompetitive examination as may be prescribed by OPM.
Schedule C. Positions of a confidential or policy-determining character normally subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition shall be listed in Schedule C.
Schedule D. Positions other than those of a confidential or policy-determining character for which the competitive service requirements make impracticable the adequate recruitment of sufficient numbers of students attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have recently completed qualifying education programs. These positions, which are temporarily laced in the excerpted service to enable more effective recruitment from all segments of a society by using means of recruiting and assessing candidates that diverge from the rules generally applicable to the competitive services, shall be listed in Schedule D.
Schedule E. Positions of administrative law judge appointed under 5 U.S.C 3105 shall be listed in Schedule E. Conditions of good administration warrant that the position of administrative law judge be placed in the excepted service and that appointment to this position not be subject to the requirements of 5 CFR, party 302, including examination and rating requirements, though each agency shall follow the principle of veteran preference as far as administratively feasible.
Schedule Policy/ Career. Career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character not normally subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition shall be listed in Schedule Policy/ Career. In appointing an individual to a position in Schedule Policy/ Career, each agency shall follow the principle of veteran preference as far as administratively feasible.
Schedule G. Positions of a policy-making or policy-advocating character normally subject to change as a result of a Presidential transition shall be listed in Schedule G.
- 5 CFR 6.4 is amended to read:
“Except as required by statute, the Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall not apply to removals from positions listed in Schedules A, B, C, D, E, Policy/ Career, or G, or from positions excepted from the competitive service by statute. The Civil Service Rules and Regulations shall apply to removals from positions listed in Schedule B of persons who have competitive status.”
This order also directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to adopt such regulations as the Director determines may be necessary to implement this order, giving particular attention to appropriate amendments to 5 CFR, part 213. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in making appointments to positions in Schedule of the excepted service, to consider whether prospective appointees would be suitable exponents of the President’s policies, and to not take into account prospective appointee’s political affiliation or political activity.
Issued: 7/17/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PREVENTING WOKE AI IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PREVENTING WOKE AI IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Summary: This order directs that agency heads shall, consistent with applicable law and in consideration of guidance issued pursuant to section 4 of this order, procures only those LLMs developed in accordance with the following two principles (Unbiased AI Principles): (a) Truth Seeking. LLMs shall be truthful in responding to user prompts seeking factual information or analysis. LLMs shall prioritize historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity, and shall acknowledge uncertainty where reliable information is incomplete or contradictory; and (b) Ideological Neutrality. LLMs shall be neutral, nonpartisan tools that do not manipulate responses in favor of ideological dogmas such as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Developers shall not intentionally encode partisan or ideological judgments into an LLM’s outputs unless those judgments are prompted by or otherwise readily accessible to the end user.
This order also states that, within one hundred twenty (120) days of this order, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shall issue guidance to agencies to implement section 3 of this order. That guidance shall (i) account for technical limitations in complying with this order; (ii) permit vendors to comply with the requirement in the second Unbiased AI Principle to be transparent about ideological judgments through disclosure of the LLM’s system prompt, specifications, evaluations, or other relevant documentation, and avoid requiring disclosure of specific model weights or other sensitive technical data where practicable; and (iii) avoid over-prescription and afford latitude for vendors to comply with the Unbiased AI Principles and take different approaches to innovation. Lastly, each agency head shall, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law: (i) include in each Federal contract for an LLM entered into requiring that the procured LLM comply with the Unbiased AI Principles and providing that decommissioning costs shall be charged to the vendor in the event of termination by the agency for the vendor’s noncompliance with the contract following a reasonable period to cure; (ii) revise existing contracts for LLMs to include the terms specified in subsection (b)(i) of this section; and (iii) within ninety (90) days of the OMB guidance issued above, adopt procedures to ensure that LLMs procured by the agency comply with the Unbiased AI Principles.
Issued: 7/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Technology
ACCELERATING FEDERAL PERMITTING OF DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCELERATING FEDERAL PERMITTING OF DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce and other relevant executive departments and agencies to launch an initiative to provide financial support for Qualifying Projects, which could include loan guarantees, grants, tax incentives, and offtake agreements. This order also revokes Executive Order 14141 of January 2025. Furthermore, this order directs reach relevant agency, within ten (10) days of the date of this order, to identify to the Council on Environmental Quality any categorical exclusions already established or adopted by such agency pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), reliance on and adoption of which by agencies could facilitate the construction of Qualifying Projects. The Council on Environmental Quality shall coordinate with relevant agencies on the establishment of new categorical exclusions to cover actions related to Qualifying Projects that normally do not have a significant effect on the human environment. This order also directs that loans, loan guarantees, grants, tax incentives, or other forms of Federal financial assistance for which an agency lacks substantial project-specific control and responsibility over the subsequent use of such financial assistance shall not be considered a “major Federal action” under NEPA. Additionally, the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) may, within thirty (30) days of the date that a project is identified to FPISC by a relevant agency, designate a Qualifying Project as a transparency project. This order also directs the Executive Director to expedite the transition of eligible Qualifying Projects from transparency projects to FAST-41 “covered projects.” The order further directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist in expediting permitting on Federal and non-Federal lands by developing or modifying regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; and other relevant applicable laws that impact the development of Qualifying Projects. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall identify Brownfield Sites and Superfund Sites for use by Qualifying Projects, and within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of this order, shall develop guidance to help expedite environmental reviews for qualified reuse and assist State governments and private parties to return such Brownfield Sites and Superfund Sites to productive use as expeditiously as possible. In addition, the order states that, upon identification of sites by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy shall initiate consultation under section 7 of the ESA with the Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Commerce, or both with respect to common construction activities for Qualifying Projects that will occur over the next ten 910) years at a programmatic level. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy shall, after consultation with industry and further in consultation with the Department of Commerce as to the Project Sponsors to which relevant authorizations shall be granted, offer appropriate authorizations for sites identified by the Secretary of Interior or Secretary of Energy, as applicable and appropriate for the relevant uses. Lastly, the order directs the Secretary of Defense to identify suitable sites on military installations for Covered Component infrastructure uses and competitively lease available lands for Qualifying Projects to support the Department of Defense’s energy, workforce, and mission needs, subject to security and force protection considerations.
Issued: 7/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PROMOTING THE EXPORT OF THE AMERICAN AI TECHNOLOGY STACK
PROMOTING THE EXPORT OF THE AMERICAN AI TECHNOLOGY STACK
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of State, and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), within ninety (90) days of this order, to establish and implement the American AI Exports Program (Program) to support the development and development of United States full-stack AI export packages. This order further directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue a public call for proposal from industry-led consortia for inclusion in the Program. Additionally, the order states that the public call shall require that each proposal include a full-stack AI technology package, which encompasses AI optimized computer hardware, data center storage, cloud services, networking, data pipelines and labeling systems, AI models and systems, and AI applications for specific use cases (software engineering, education, healthcare, etc). The proposal also must identify specific target countries or regional blocs for export management; describe a business and operational model to explain, at a high level, which entities will build, own, and operate data centers and associated infrastructure; detail requested Federal incentives and support mechanisms; and comply with all relevant U.S. export control regimes, outbound investment regulations and end-user policies. Any proposals selected by the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, and Director of OSTP shall be designated as priority AI export packages and have access to priority tools. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Economic Diplomacy Action group (EDAG), shall be responsible for (i) developing and executing a unified Federal Government strategy to promote the export of American AI technologies and standards; (ii) aligning technical, financial, and diplomatic resources to accelerate deployment of priority AI export packages under the Program; (iii) coordinating U.S. participation in multilateral initiatives and county-specific partnerships for AI deployment and export promotion; and (iv) supporting partner countries in fostering pro-innovation regulatory, data, and infrastructure environments conducive to the deployment of American AI systems. Lastly, members of the EDAG shall deploy, to the maximum extent permitted by law, available Federal tools to support the priority export packages selected for participation in the Program, including direct loans and loan guarantees; equity investments, co-financing, political risk insurance, and credit guarantees; and technical assistance and feasibility studies.
Issued: 7/23/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Technology
ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA'S STREETS
ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA'S STREETS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to take appropriate action to (i) seek, in appropriate cases, the reversal of Federal or State judicial precedents and the termination of consent decrees that impede the U.S.’s policy of encouraging civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in appropriate facilities for appropriate periods of time; and (ii) provide assistance to State and local governments, through technical guidance, grants, or other legally available means, for the identification, adoption, and implementation of maximally flexible civil commitment, institutional treatment, and “step-down” treatment standards that allow for the appropriate commitment and treatment of individuals with mental illness who pose a danger to others or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves. Additionally, the order directs the Attorney General, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Transportation to take immediate steps to assess their discretionary grant programs and determine whether priority for those grants may be given to grantees in States and municipalities that actively meet the below criteria, to the maximum extent permitted by law: (i) enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use; (ii) enforce prohibitions on urban camping and loitering; (iii) enforce prohibitions on urban squatting; and enforce, and where necessary adopt, standards that address individuals who are a danger to themselves or others and suffer from serious mental illness or substance use disorder, or who are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves. The order further directs the Attorney General to: (i) ensure that homeless individuals arrested for Federal crimes are evaluated to determine whether they are sexually dangerous persons and certified accordingly for civil commitment; (ii) take all necessary steps to ensure the availability of funds under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance program to support encampment removal efforts in areas for which public safety is at risk and State and local resources are inadequate; and (iii) assess Federal resources to determine whether they may be directed towards ensuring, to the extent permitted by law, that detainees with serious mental illness are not released into the public because of a lack of forensic bed capacity at appropriate local, State, and Federal jails or hospitals. In addition, this order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action to: (i) ensure that discretionary grants issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery fund evidence-based programs and do not fund programs that fail to achieve adequate outcomes, (ii) provide technical assistance to assisted outpatient treatment programs for individuals with serious mental illness or addiction during and after the civil commitment process focused on shifting such individuals off of the streets and public programs and into private housing and support networks; and (iii) ensure that Federal funds for Federally Qualified Health Centers and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics reduce rather than promote homelessness by supporting comprehensive services for individuals with serious mental illness and substance abuse disorder. This order also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Serivces and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to take appropriate actions to increase accountability in their provisions of, and grants awarded for, homelessness assistance and transitional living programs. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take seps to require recipients of Federal housing and homelessness assistance to increase requirements that persons participating in the recipients’ programs who suffer from substance use disorder or serious mental illness use substance abuse treatment or mental health services as a condition of participation. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take appropriate measures to revise regulations as necessary to allow, where permissible under applicable law, federally funded programs to exclusively house women and children and to stop sex offenders who receive homelessness assistance through such programs from being housed with unrelated children. Lastly, recipients of Federal housing and homelessness assistance that operate during injection sites or “safe consumption sites,” knowingly distribute drug paraphernalia, or merit the use or distribution of illicit drugs on property under their control shall be reviewed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine whether the recipients are in violation of the terms of the programs.
Issued: 7/24/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS
Summary: This order directs collegiate athletic departments with greater than $125,000,000 in revenue during the 2024-2025 athletic season to provide more scholarship opportunities in non-revenue sports than the last athletic season and should provide the maximum number of roaster spots for non-revenue sports permitted under the applicable collegiate athletic rules. This order further directs college athletic departments with greater than $50,000,000 in revenue during the 2024-2025 athletic season to provide at least as many scholarship opportunities in non-revenue sports as provided during the previous athletic season and should provide the maximum number of roaster sports for non-revenue sports permitted under the applicable collegiate athletic rules. This order also directs college athletic departments with $50,000,000 or less in revenue during the 2024-2025 athletic season or that do not have any revenue-generating sports should not disproportionately reduce scholarship opportunities or roster spots for sports based on the revenue that the sport generates. Furthermore, this order states that third-party, pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes are improper and should not be permitted by universities (excluding brand endorsement deals). Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Labor and National Labor Relations Board to determine and implement the appropriate measures with respect to clarifying the status of collegiate athletes. This order also directs the Attorney General and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to work to stabilize and preserve college athletics through litigation, guidelines, policies, or other actions by protecting the rights and interests of student athletes and the long-term availability of collegiate athletic scholarships. Lastly, this order allows the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of White House Office of Public Liaison to consult the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee about safeguarding the role and competitive advantage American collegiate athletics provide in developing athletes to represent the U.S. in international athletic competitions.
Issued: 7/24/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Sports & Entertainment
Effective: 2025-2026 collegiate athletic season
ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL
ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL
Summary: This order directs articles of Brazil imported into the customs territory of the U.S. to be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of forty percent (40%). This rate of duty shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, and shall be in addition to any other duties, fees, taxes, exactions, and charges applicable to such imports. This ad valorem duty shall not apply to silicon metal, pig iron, civil aircraft and parts and components thereof, metallurgical grade alumina, tin ore, wood pulp, precious metals, energy and energy products, and fertilizers. Subject articles must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.41. This order also directs the President to have modification authority in the care of an emergency declaration or a retaliation from the Government of Brazil against the U.S. Additionally, this order allows the Secretary of State to redelegate the authority set forth in this order within the Department of State. Lastly, the Secretary of State is directed to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in, and authorities exercised by, this order.
Issued: 7/30/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Sanctions & Imports/Exports, Tax Law
Effective: 8/6/2025
SUSPENDING DUTY-FREE DE MINIMIS TREATMENT FOR ALL COUNTRIES
SUSPENDING DUTY-FREE DE MINIMIS TREATMENT FOR ALL COUNTRIES
Summary: This order directs that the duty-free de minimis exemption provided under 19 U.S.C 1321(a)(2)(C) shall no longer apply to any shipment of articles not covered by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), regardless of value, country of origin, mode of transportation, or method of entry. All such shipments, except those sent through the international postal network, shall be subject to all applicable duties, taxes, fees, exactions, and charges. Additionally, this order directs that each transportation carrier shall apply the same methodology across all covered shipments during any given period but may change its methodology no more than once per calendar month, or on another schedule determined to be appropriate by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), upon providing at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to CBP. A duty equal to the effective IEEPA tariff rate applicable to the country of origin of the product shall be assessed on the value of each dutiable postal item containing goods entered for consumption as follows: (i) countries with an effective IEEPA tariff rate of less than sixteen percent (16%): eighty dollars ($80) per item; (ii) countries with an effective IEEPA tariff rate between sixteen percent (16%) and twenty-five percent (25%): one hundred sixty dollars ($160) per item; and (iii) counties with an effective IEEPA rate above twenty five percent (25%): two hundred dollars ($200) per item. This order directs that the specific duty methodology mentioned above shall be available for transportation carriers to select for a period of six (6) months from the effective date of this order. After such time all shipments to the U.S. through the international postal network must comply with the ad valorem duty methodology described above. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to authorize to take all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this order, and to determine whether modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. are necessary to effectuate this order. Furthermore, to ensure remittance of duties in accordance with this order, and to assure compliance with other legal requirements, CBP is authorized to require a basic importation and entry bond for informal entries valued at or less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Lastly, any carrier that transports international postal shipments to the U.S., by any mode of transportation, mut have an international carrier bond to ensure payment of the duties described in this order.
Issued: 7/30/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Securities & Imports/Exports, Tax Law
Effective: 8/29/2025
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON SPORTS, FITNESS, AND NUTRITION, AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL FITNESS TEST
Summary: This order revokes Executive Order 13824 (February 26, 2018) and amends Executive Order 13265 (June 6, 2002) is amended as follows: (a) title is revised to read: “President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and the Reestablishment of the Presidential Fitness Test;” and (b) preamble is revised to read: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the U.S., and to establish the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test, it is hereby ordered." This order further directs the reestablishment of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (Council), which shall consist of up to thirty (30) members appointed by the President who serve a term of two (2) years but are eligible for reappointment. Additionally, this order directs the Council to advise the President concerning progress made in carrying out the provisions of this order and recommend to the President actions to accelerate such progress. More specifically, this order directs the Council to recommend: (i) strategies for reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test, with any appropriate improvements, as the main assessment tool for a Presidential Fitness Award; (ii) strategies for the development and promotion of Presidential challenges and school-based programs that reward excellences in physical education; (iii) actions to expand opportunities at the global, national, State, and local levels for participation in sports and engagement in physical fitness; (iv) bold and innovative fitness goals for American youth with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens; (v) campaigns and events that elevate American sports, military readiness, and health traditions; (vi) opportunities at the global, national, State, and local levels that expand participation in sports and emphasize the importance of an active lifestyle and good nutrition, which should include partnerships with professional athletes, sports organizations, player’s associations, influential figures, nonprofit organizations, and community groups to inspire all Americans; and (vii) strategies to address the growing national security threat posed by the increasing rates of childhood obesity, chronic diseases, and sedentary lifestyles, which threaten he future and readiness of the U.S. workforce and military. Additionally, the members of the Council shall serve without compensation but can receive travel reimbursement. The order also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to provide such funding and administrative and technical support as Council may require. Lastly, Council shall terminate two (2) years from the date of this order and Executive Order 12345 (February 2, 1982), as amended, shall be revoked.
Issued: 7/31/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
FURTHER MODIFYING THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES
FURTHER MODIFYING THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES
Summary: This order directs the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to be modified as provided in Annex II to this order, effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time seven (7) days after the date of this order. Goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption before 12:01 am eastern daylight time on October 5, 2025, shall not be subject to such additional duty and shall instead remain subject to the additional ad valorem duties previously imposed in Executive Order 14257. Certain foreign trading partners identified in Annex I to this order have agreed to, or are on the verge of conducting, meaningful trade and security agreements with the U.S., and the goods from those trading partners shall remain subject to the additional ad valorem duties. Furthermore, the additional advalorem rate of duty applicable to any good of the European Union is determined by the good’s current ad valorem rate of duty under column 1 (General) of the HTSUS (“Column 1 Duty Rate”). For a good of the European Union with a Colum 1 Duty Rate that is less than fifteen percent (15%), the sum of its Column 1 Duty Rate and the additional ad valorem rate of duty pursuant to this order shall be fifteen percent (15%). For a good of the European Union with a Column 1 Duty Rate that is at least fifteen percent (15%), the additional ad valorem rate of duty pursuant to this order shall be zero (0). Goods of any foreign trading partner that is not listed in Annex I to this order will be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of ten percent (10%) pursuant to the terms of Executive Order 14257. Additionally, this order directs the HTSUS to be modified by suspending specific headings, and the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative shall determine whether any additional modifications to the HTSUS are necessary to effectuate this order and make such modifications through notice in the Federal Register. This order also directs that an article determine by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to have been transshipped to evade applicable duties under this order shall be subject to (i) an additional ad valorem rate of duty of forty percent (40%), in lieu of the additional ad valorem rate of duty applicable under this order to goods of the country of origin, (ii) any other applicable or appropriate fines or penalty, and (iii) any other U.S. duties, fees, taxes, exactions, or charges applicable to goods of the country of origin. CBP shall not allow for mitigation or remission of the penalties assessed on imports found to be transshipped to evade applicable duties. The Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish every six (6) months a list of countries and specific facilities used in circumvention schemes to inform public procurement, national security reviews, and commercial due diligence. The Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative shall also inform the President of any circumstance that, in their opinion, might indicate that a foreign trading partner has taken adequate steps to address the emergency declared in Executive Order 14257. Lastly, the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative shall recommend additional action should a foreign trading partner fail to take adequate steps to address the emergency declared in Executive Order 14257 or any subsequent order issued to address that emergency.
Issued: 7/31/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Sanctions & Imports/Exports, Tax Law
Effective: 8/7/2025
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
AMENDMENT TO DUTIES TO ADDRESS THE FLOW OF ILLICIT DRUGS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN BORDER
Summary: This order directs all articles that are subject to the additional ad valorem rate of duty of twenty-five percent (25%) under Executive Order 14193 shall instead be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of thirty-five percent (35%), and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to be modified as provided in the Annex to this order. The stacking rules set out in Executive Order 14289 (April 29, 2025) shall also continue to apply to goods that are subject to the additional thirty-five percent (35%) ad valorem duty. Additionally, all articles of Canada that do not qualify as originating under USMCA and are determined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to have been transshipped to evade applicable duties under this order to be subject to (i) an additional ad valorem rate of duty of forty percent (40%), in lieu of the additional ad valorem rate of duty applicable under this order to goods of the country of origin; (ii) any other applicable or appropriate fine or penalty; and (iii) any other U.S. duties, fees, taxes, exactions, or charges applicable to goods of the country of origin. The CBP shall not allow for mitigation or remission of the penalties assessed on imports found to be transshipped to evade applicable duties. This order also directs the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Homeland Security to publish every six (6) months a list of countries and specific facilities used in circumvention schemes, to inform public procurement, national security reviews, and commercial due diligence. Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall continue to monitor on the situation at our northern border. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take additional action, if necessary, should the Government of Canada fail to take adequate steps to alleviate the illicit drug crisis or should the Government of Canada retaliate against the U.S. in response to the actions taken in Executive Order 14193 or any subsequent order issued to address the emergency declared in Executive Order 14193.
Issued: 7/31/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Sanctions & Imports/Exports, Tax Law
Effective: 8/1/2025
ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON THE 2028 SUMMER OLYMPICS
ESTABLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON THE 2028 SUMMER OLYMPICS
Summary: This order establishes the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics (Task Force), with the President serving as chair and Vice President serving as Vice Chair. This order directs the Chair to designate an Executive Director to administer and execute the day-to-day operations of the Task Force. The Task Force shall also consist of, but not limited to, the following agencies: (i) the Secretary of State, (ii) the Secretary of the Treasury, (iii) the Secretary of Defense, (iv) the Attorney general, and (v) the Secretary of Commerce (see link for full list). Each agency head serving as members of the Task Force shall provide a report to the Task Force regarding their agency’s respective planning and activities concerning the Games. The Task Force shall terminate on December 31, 2028. Additionally, the Task Force shall: (a) coordinate Federal planning and response related to the security, transportation, and entry/exit processes for the Games; (b) support interagency cooperation and information-sharing with State and local partners; (c) identify legal, logistical, or regulatory barriers that could impede effective Federal support for the Games and recommend timely solutions; (d) assist in the planning and implementation of visa processing and credentialing programs for foreign athletes, coaches, officials, and media personnel; and (e) ensure operational readiness across law enforcement, counterterrorism, transportation, and emergency response functions.
Issued: 8/5/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Summary: This order imposes an ad valorem rate of duty of twenty-five percent (25%), in addition to any other applicable duties, fees, taxes, exactions, and charges on articles of India imported into the U.S. The additional ad valorem duty shall not be imposed against articles that are excepted by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), fall under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, or articles that are set forth in Annex II to Executive Order 14257 (April 2, 2025). Additionally, any articles admitted into the U.S. twenty-one (21) days after the date of this order must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 C.F.R. 146.41. In the event a foreign county retaliates against the U.S. in response to this action or the Government of the Russian Federation or a foreign country impacted by this order take significant steps to address a national emergency wit6h the U.S. on national security, the President may modify this order. This order also directs the Secretary of Commerce to determine whether any other country is directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil, and if so, the Secretary of State shall recommend whether and to what extent the President should take action as to that country, including whether to impose an additional ad valorem rate of duty of twenty-five percent (25%) on imports of articles of that country. The Secretary of State and the other agency heads are also authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as may be necessary to implement this order. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine whether modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. are necessary to effectuate this order and may make such modifications through notice in the Federal Register.
Issued: 8/6/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, National Security, Sanctions & Imports/Exports, Tax Law
Effective: 8/27/2025
IMPROVING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL GRANTMAKING
IMPROVING OVERSIGHT OF FEDERAL GRANTMAKING
Summary: This order directs each agency head to designate a senior appointee responsible for creating a process to review new funding opportunity announcements and to review discretionary grants on an annual basis to ensure that they are consistent with agency priorities and national interest. This order further directs the review process to incorporate, at a minimum: (i) review and approval of agency funding opportunity announcements by one or more senior appointees or their designees; (ii) continuation of existing coordination with the Director of Office and Management and Budget (OMB); (iii) to the extent appropriate to the subject matter of the announcements, review by designated subject-matter experts as identified by the agency head or the agency head’s designee; and (iv) review of funding opportunity announcements and related forms to ensure that they include only such requirements as are necessary for an adequate evaluation of the application and are written in plain language with a goal of minimizing the need for legal or technical expertise in drafting an application. Until this order and its processes go into effect, agencies shall not issue any new funding opportunities without prior approval from the senior appointee designated above, except as required by law. Additionally, this order directs the senior appointees and their designees to apply the following principles, including in any scoring rubrics used to assess grant proposals: (i) Discretionary awards must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities; (ii) Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate: (A) racial preferences or other forms of racial discrimination by the grant recipient, including activities where race or intentional proxies for race will be used as a selection criterion for employment or program participation; (B) denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic; or (C) illegal immigration; (iii) All else being equal, preference for discretionary awards should be given to institutions with lower indirect cost rates; (iv) Discretionary grants should be given to a broad range of recipients rather than to a select group of repeat players; and (v) Applicants should commit to complying with administration policies, procedures, and guidance respecting Gold Standard Science. This order also directs the Director to revise the Uniform Guidance and other relevant guidance to streamline application requirements and to further clarify and require all discretionary grants to permit termination for convenience. Within thirty (30) days of this order, this order directs each agency head to review the agency’s standard grant terms and conditions and submit a report to the Director detailing: (i) whether the agency’s standard terms and conditions for discretionary awards permit termination for convenience and include the termination provisions described in 2 CFR 200.340(a); (ii) whether the agency’s standard terms and conditions for discretionary foreign assistance awards permit termination based on the national interest; and (iii) the approximate number of active discretionary awards at the agency; (b) each agency head shall take steps to revise the terms and conditions of existing discretionary grants to permit immediate termination for convenience, or clarify that such termination is permitted, including if the award no longer advances agency priorities or the national interest; (c) agency heads shall insert in future discretionary grant agreements terms and conditions that: (i) prohibit recipients from directly drawing down general grant funds for specific projects without the affirmative authorization of the agency; and (ii) require grantees to provide written explanations or support for requests for each drawdown.
Issued: 8/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
GUARANTEEING FAIR BANKING FOR ALL AMERICANS
GUARANTEEING FAIR BANKING FOR ALL AMERICANS
Summary: This order directs each appropriate Federal banking regulator, within one hundred and eighty (180) days, to remove the use of reputation risk or equivalent concepts that could result in politicized or unlawful debanking, as well as any other considerations that could be used to engage in such debanking, and to also consider rescinding or amending existing regulations to eliminate or amend any regulations that could result in politicized or unlawful debanking. Also, this order directs the Small Business Administration (SBA), within sixty (60) days of this order, to give notice to all financial institutions with which it guarantees loans under its lending programs, requiring that each financial institution that is subject to the SBA’s jurisdiction and supervision, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, identify all potential clients denied access to payment processing services and financial services provided by the financial institution or any subsidiaries through a politicized or unlawful debanking action in violation of a statutory or regulatory requirement under section 7(a) of the SBA or any requirement in a Standard Operating Procedures Manual or Policy Notice related to a program or function of the Office of Captial Access, and provides notice to each victim advising of the denied access and the renewed option to engage in such services previously denied. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Treasury, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, to develop a comprehensive strategy for further measures to combat politicized or unlawful debanking activities of financial regulators and financial institutions across the Federal Government, including consideration of legislative or regulatory options to eliminate such debanking. This order also directs each Federal banking regulator, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order, to conduct a review to identify financial institutions subject to its jurisdiction that require, encourage, or otherwise influence such financial institution to engage in politicized or unlawful debanking and to take appropriate remedial action, to the extent authorized and consistent with applicable law, including levying fines, issuing consent decrees, or imposing other disciplinary measures against any financial institution subject to the jurisdiction of such Federal banking regulator that such Federal banking regulator finds has engaged in politicized or unlawful debanking that violates applicable law. Lastly, this order directs the Federal banking regulators, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, to review their current supervisory and compliant data to identify any financial institution that has engaged in unlawful debanking on the basis of religion and, if such financial institution is unable to obtain compliance within the meaning of 15 USC 1691 and 1691e(g), refer such matters to the Attorney General for an appropriate civil action, as appropriate.
Issued: 8/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE ASSETS FOR 401(K) INVESTORS
DEMOCRATIZING ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE ASSETS FOR 401(K) INVESTORS
Summary: This order directs the term “alternative assets” to mean: (i) private market investments, including direct and indirect interests in equity, debt, or other financial instruments that are not traded on public exchanges, including those where the managers of such investments, if applicable, seek to take an active role in the management of such companies; (ii) direct and indirect interests in real estate, including debt instruments secured by direct or indirect interest in real estate; (iii) holding in actively management investment vehicles that are investing in digital assets; (iv) direct and indirect investments in commodities; (v) direct and indirect interests in projects financing infrastructure development; and (vi) lifetime income investment strategies including longevity risk-sharing pools. Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, to reexamine the Department of Labor’s past and present guidance regarding a fiduciary’s duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), in connection with making available to participants an asset allocation fund that includes investments in alternative assets. This order also directs the Secretary, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, to clarify the Department of Labor’s position on alternative assets and the appropriate fiduciary process associated with offering asset allocation funds containing investments in alternative assets under ERISA. Such clarification must also aim to identify the criteria that fiduciaries should use to prudently balance potentially higher expenses against the objectives of seeking greater long-term net returns and broader diversification of investments. The Secretary shall also propose rules, regulations, or guidance, as the Secretary deems appropriate, that clarify the duties that a fiduciary owes to plan participants under ERISA when deciding whether to make available to plan participants an asset allocation fund that includes investments in alternative assets, which rules, regulations, and guidance may include appropriately calibrated safe harbors. Lastly, this order directs the SEC to consider ways to facilitate access to investments in alternative assets by participants in participant-directed defined – contribution retirement savings plans. Such facilitation may include, but not be limited to, consideration of revisions to existing SEC regulations and guidance relating to accredited investor and qualified purchaser status, to accomplish the policy objectives of this order.
Issued: 8/7/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
DECLARING A CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DECLARING A CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Summary: This order directs, effective immediately, the Mayor of the District of Columbia (Mayor) to provide the services of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes for the maximum period permitted under section 740 of the Home Rule Act. This order further directs the Mayor with respect to the current special conditions of an emergency nature to be delegated to the Attorney General, and the Mayor shall provide such services of the Metropolitan Police force as the Attorney General may deem necessary and appropriate. Furthermore, this order directs the Attorney General to monitor and regularly consult with any senior official the Attorney General deems appropriate on the special conditions of an emergency nature that exist in the District of Columbia that require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes. This order also directs the Attorney General to regularly update the President on the status of the special conditions of an emergency nature that exist in the District of Columbia that require the use of the Metropolitan Police force for Federal purposes. Lastly, the Attorney General shall inform the President of any circumstances that, in the Attorney General’s opinion, might indicate the need for further action by the President or that the action in this order is no longer necessary.
Issued: 8/11/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
RESTORING LAW AND ORDER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
RESTORING LAW AND ORDER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Defense to mobilize the District of Columbia National Guard and order members to active service, in such numbers as he deems necessary, to address the epidemic of crime in our Nation’s capital. The mobilization and duration of duty shall remain in effect until the President determines that conditions of law and order have been restored in the District of Columbia. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Defense to coordinate with State Governors and authorize the orders of any additional members of the National Guard to active service, as he deems necessary and appropriate, to augment this mission.
Issued: 8/11/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
FURTHER MODIFYING RECIPROCAL TARIFF RATES TO REFLECT ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Summary: This order states that heading 9903.01.63 and subdivision (v)(xiv)(10) of U.S. note 2 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS shall continue to be suspended until November 10, 2025. In addition, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce and the agency heads to take all necessary actions to implement and effectuate this order, consistent with applicable law, including through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or notices in the Federal Register and adopting rules and regulations, and are authorized to take such actions, and to employ all powers granted to the President under IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement this order. Lastly, each executive department and agency shall take all appropriate measures within its authority to implement this order.
Issued: 8/11/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ENSURING AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE BY FILING THE STRATEGIC ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS RESERVE
Summary: This order directs Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), within thirty (30) days of this order, to develop a list, in consultation with agencies with scientific expertise, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (APEP), and the Assistant to the President and Homeland Security (APHSA), of approximately twenty-six (26) drugs that are especially critical to the health and security interests of the Nation (the critical drugs) and an accounting of existing, available funds that can be utilized, consistent with statutory authorities, to finance the preparation and opening of the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR) repository and to obtain and maintain the six (6) month supply of active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) for the critical drugs referenced in this order to be provided to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who will provide assistance to the Secretary of Health Services to facilitate the repurposing of available funds. Additionally, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of this order and subject to the availability of funds identified in this order, the ASPR shall, in coordination with other relevant agencies, take all measures to ready the existing SAPIR repository so that it can begin receiving and maintaining APIs. This order also directs the ASPR to obtain a six (6) month supply of the APIs needed to make the critical drugs to fill the SAPIR, with a preference for obtaining domestically manufactured APIs if possible. Additionally, this order directs the ASPR to place such APIs within the SAPIR repository no later than thirty (30) days after the repository is certified by the ASPR as ready to receive and maintain APIs. Furthermore, this order directs the ASPR, within ninety (90) days of this order, to provide the APSHA, the APEP, and the OMB with an update to the ASPR’s 2022 list of eighty-six (86) essential medicines and medical countermeasures, along with a plan to: (i) obtain from domestic manufacturers, where possible; (ii) store; and (iii) maintain a six (6) month supply of APIs for drugs on the updated essential medicines list if they have not already been addressed in the list of critical drugs identified pursuant to this order. Lastly, this order directs the plan provided in this order to include a proposal and cost estimate for opening a second SAPIR repository in the U.S. within one 91) year of the date of this order.
Issued: 8/13/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Health Care
ENABLING COMPETITION IN THE COMMERICAL SPACE INDUSTRY
ENABLING COMPETITION IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY
Summary: This order directs the Secretary of Transportation, along with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, to use all available authorities to eliminate or expediate the Department of Transportation’s environmental reviews for, and other obstacles to the granting of, launch and reentry license and permits. Additionally, such measures shall include (i) the exercise of authority by the Secretary of Transportation under 51 U.S.C 50905(b)(2)(C) as applicable; (ii) determining which Department of Transportation functions are not subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and (iii) establishing categorical exclusions under NEPA (or relying on existing categorical exclusions) for launch and reentry licenses and permits within certain parameters. This order also directs the Secretary of Transportation to reevaluate, amend, or rescind the regulations of Part 450 of title 14 C.F.R., and the Secretary’s evaluation, amendment or recission will address: (i) what regulatory requirements should be inapplicable for a launch or reentry vehicle that possesses a flight termination system or automated flight safety system; (ii) what regulatory requirements should be inapplicable or waived for hybrid launch or reentry vehicles that hold valid Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness certificates; and (iii) whether to expand the conditions that demonstrate reliability for a reentry vehicle, sufficient to protect a high-consequence event on reentry. In addition, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, to conduct an evaluation of relevant State’s compliance under the Coastal Zone Management Act pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1458, the effect of any lack of compliance on the development of spaceport infrastructure, whether State approvals under that Act should be revoked, as well as notify the Department of Justice of any State or local limitations on spaceport development on Federal lands that may be inconsistent with Federal law. Within one hundred and eighty (180) days of this order, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and Administrator of NASA shall execute a memorandum of understanding that aligns review processes for spaceport development across agencies, eliminates those that are duplicative, and preserves required Federal space-exploration and national Security Space Launch capacity. This order also directs the Chair of the Council on environmental Quality to coordinate with relevant executive departments and agencies on the establishment of new categorical exclusions under NEPA for actions related to spaceport development that normally do not have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. The Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of NASA shall also be mindful of the significant national security imperatives inherent in commercial space advancement and consider for all spaceport development projects whether to submit an application tot he Endangered Species Committee pursuant to 16 U.S.C 1536(e). Additionally, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce, within one hundred and fifty (150) days of this order, to propose a process for individualized mission authorizations for activities that are covered by Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 with the goal of expediting and streamlining authorizations to enable American space competitiveness and superiority. This proposal must solicit and consider affected agencies’ feedback on the authorization process, contain a definitive timeline for the grant or denial of authorization for proposed activities, and include clear and consistent requirements for applicants. It should be noted that nothing in this proposal shall be construed to apply to human spaceflight. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of Transportation, within sixty (60) days of this order, to establish a position in the Office of the Secretary with the responsibility of advising the Secretary of Transportation on fostering innovation and deregulation in the commercial space transportation industry, and then within sixty (60) days of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall elevate the Office of Space Commerce in the Office of the Secretary.
Issued: 8/13/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, Space & Aviation
REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER ON COMPETITION
REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER ON COMPETITION
Summary: This order revokes Executive Order 14036 (July 9, 2021).
Issued: 8/13/2025
IMPROVING OUR NATION THROUGH BETTER DESIGN
IMPROVING OUR NATION THROUGH BETTER DESIGN
Summary: This order directs the establishment of a national initiative, American by Design, to improve comprehensively the visual presentation and usability of Federal services provided to the public in both digital and physical spaces, creating first-class online and offline experiences for Americans. This order further directs the establishment within the White House Office of the Executive Office of the President the National Design Studio (NDS) and, within the NDA, a new position entitled the Chief Design Officer. There is further established within the NDS a temporary organization headed by the NDS Administrator and dedicated to helping advance the America by Design initiative. The temporary organization shall terminate three (3) years from the date of this order. In addition, this order directs the heads of agencies to consult with the Chief Design Officer to implement the American by Design initiative at their respective agencies and to product initiation results by July 4, 2026. Furthermore, the heads of agencies are directed to prioritize improving websites and physical sites that have a major impact on American’s everyday lives, and directs the Administrator of General Services to consult with the Chief Design Officer to update the United States Web Design System consistent with the policies set forth in this order. Lastly, this order directs the Chief Design Officer to consult with thought leaders, research and design firms, and to help recruit designers and other experts from the private sector, as well as other sources of expertise, to determine how to best implement the American by Design initiative and employ the most the most talented designers of our generation.
Issued: 8/21/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE CRIME EMERGENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Summary: This order directs the Director of the National Park Service to hire additional members of the United States Park Police in the District of Columbia to support the policy goals described in Executive Order 14333, and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia to hire additional prosecutors to focus on prosecuting violent and property crimes. This order also directs the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force (established in Executive Order 14252) to establish an online portal for AMericans with law enforcement or other relevant backgrounds and experience to apply to join Federal law enforcement entities to support the policy goals described in Executive Order 14333. Each law enforcement agency that is a member of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force shall immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring and equipping a specialized unit that is dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the Nation’s capital that can be deployed whenever the circumstances necessitate, and that could be deployed in other cities where public safety and order has been lost. This order also directs the Secretary of Defense to immediately create and begin training, manning, hiring, and equipping a specialized unit within the District of Columbia National Guard that is dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the Nation’s capital. Furthermore, this order directs the Secretary of Defense to immediately begin ensuring that each State’s Army National Guard and Air National Guard are resourced, trained, organized, and available to assist Federal, State and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety and order whenever the circumstances necessitate. The Secretary of Defense is also directed to designate an appropriate number of each State’s trained national Guard members to be reasonably available for rapid mobilization for such purposes. This order also directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to investigate any non-compliance with the crime-prevention and safety requirements of HUD agreements by the District of Columbia Housing Authority or any landlord in the District of Columbia, and any findings of non-compliance shall be referred to the Attorney General, Federal law enforcement authorities, the District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department. Lastly, the Secretary of Transportation is directed to conduct additional inspections, audits, and examinations to determine whether conditions exist in federally funded transit services in the District of Columbia that endanger transit workers, and take appropriate remedial action that is within the Department of Transportation’s authority.
Issued: 8/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
PROSECUTING BURNING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
PROSECUTING BURNING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General to prioritize the enforcement to the fullest extent possible of our Nation’s criminal and civil laws against acts of American Flag desecration that violate applicable, content-neutral laws, while causing harm unrelated to expression, consistent with the First Amendment, including but not limited to violent crimes, hate crimes, illegal discrimination against American citizens or against Americans’ civil rights, and crimes against property and peace. This order also directs the Department of Justice to the appropriate State or local authority for potential action any instance of American Flag desecration that may violate and applicable State or local law, such as open burning restrictions, disorderly conduct laws, or destruction of property laws. Furthermore, this order directs the Attorney General to vigorously prosecute those who violate our laws in ways that involve desecrating the American Flag, and can pursue litigation to clarify the scope of the First Amendment exceptions in this area. Lastly, this order directs the Secretary of State, Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to deny, prohibit, terminate, and revoke visas, residence permits, naturalization proceedings, and other immigration benefits, or seek removal from the United States, pursuant to Federal law, whenever there has been an appropriate determination that foreign nationals have engaged in American Flag-desecration activity under circumstances that permit the exercise of such remedies pursuant to Federal law.
Issued: 8/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance, National Security
MEASURES TO END CASHLESS BAIL AND ENFORCE THE LAW IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MEASURES TO END CASHLESS BAIL AND ENFORCE THE LAW IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Summary: This order directs relevant Federal law enforcement agencies to work to ensure that arrestees in the District of Columbia are held in Federal custody to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, and are to pursue Federal charges and pretrial detention for such arrestees whenever possible to ensure that criminal defendants who pose a threat to public safety are not released from custody prior to trial. This order also directs the Attorney General to review the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) General Orders and other policies and practices of the MPD to identify those that may result in pretrial release of criminal defendants who pose a threat to public safety, and to request that the Mayor of the District of Columbia make such updates and modifications to such orders and policies as the Attorney General determines would be necessary to address the crime emergency and help to ensure public order and safety. In addition, this order directs the Attorney General to determine whether the District of Columbia continues to maintain a policy or practice of prohibiting cash bail as a potential condition of pretrial release from jail for crimes prosecuted under the Code of the District of Columbia in the Superior Court of the district of Columbia where the arrestee poses a clear threat to public safety and order. Lastly, if the Attorney General determines that the District of Columbia continues to maintain a policy or practice of prohibiting cash bail, the head of each executive department or agency shall identify appropriate actions to press the District of Columbia to change its policies with respect to cashless bail.
Issued: 8/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
TAKING STEPS TO END CASHLESS BAIL TO PROTECT AMERICANS
TAKING STEPS TO END CASHLESS BAIL TO PROTECT AMERICANS
Summary: This order directs the Attorney General, within thirty (30) days of this order, to submit to the President a list of States and local jurisdictions that have, in the Attorney General’s opinion, substantially eliminated cash bail as a potential condition of pretrial release from custody for crimes that pose a clear threat to public safety and order, including offenses involving violent, sexual, or indecent acts, or burglary, looting, or vandalism. Additionally, this order directs the heads of each executive department and agency, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to identify Federal funds, including grants and contracts, currently provided to cashless bail jurisdictions identified pursuant to this order that may be suspended or terminated.
Issued: 8/25/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
FURTHER EXCLUSIONS FROM THE FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM
FURTHER EXCLUSIONS FROM THE FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM
Summary: This order directs Executive Order 12171 of November 19, 1979, to be further amended by adding at the end of section 1-408: “(e) Units in the Bureau of Reclamation with primary responsibility for operating, managing, or maintaining hydropower facilities,” and revising section 1-411 to read: “Agencies or subdivisions of the Department of Commerce: (a) The International Trade Administration. (b) Office of the Commissioner for Patents and subordinate units, Patent and Trademark Office. (c) The following subdivisions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: (1) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. (2) National Weather Service.” This order also directs Executive Order 12171 to add the following after section 1-419: “1-420. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1-421. The United States Agency for Global Media.” Lastly, any order published by the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 4 of Executive Order 14251 of March 27, 2025 (Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs), shall have full force and effect if it is issued prior to the date that is fifteen (15) days from the date of this order, notwithstanding section 4(b)(ii) of Executive Order 14251.
Issued: 8/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
MAKING FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
MAKING FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
Summary: This order directs Executive departments and agencies to adhere to the following Guiding Principles of Federal Architecture: (i) the policy shall be to provide requisite and adequate facilities in an architectural style and form that is distinguished and that will reflect the dignity, enterprise, vigor, and stability of the American Government, and major emphasis should be placed on the choice of designs that embody architectural excellence; (ii) design must flow from the needs of the Government and the aspirations and preferences of the American people to the architectural profession; and (iii) the choice and development of the building site should be considered the first step of the design process. Additionally, this order directs the Administrator of General Services (Administrator) to adhere to the policies and principles set forth in this order and to expeditiously update the General Service Administration (GSA) policies and procedures to incorporate such policies and principles and advance the purposes of this order. More specifically, the Administrator shall: (i) ensure that GSA architects whose duties include reviewing, assisting with, or approving the selection of architects or designs for applicable Federal public buildings have formal training in, or substantial and significant experience with, classical or traditional architecture; (ii) create the position of senior advisor for architectural design, for an individual with specialized experience in classical architecture, to help develop GSA procedures, advise on architectural standards, and provide guidance during design evaluations or design juries; (iii) where the design of an applicable Federal public building is selected pursuant to a design-build competition section of the United States Code, list experience with classical or traditional architecture as specialized experience and technical competence in the phase-one solicitation, and give substantive weight to these factors when evaluating which offers will be advanced to phase two; and (iv) make advancing the purposes and implementing the policies of this order a critical performance element in the individual performance plans of the Chief Architect of GSA and appropriate subordinate employees in the GSA Public Buildings Service involved in selecting designs for applicable Federal public buildings. This order also directs the Administrator to actively recruit architectural firms and designers with experience in classical and traditional architecture to enter such competitions when selecting a building design pursuant to a design competition. In the event the Administrator proposes to approve a design for a new applicable Federal building that diverges from the preferred architecture set forth in this order, the Administrator shall notify the President not less than thirty (30) days before GSA could reject such design without incurring substantial expenditures. Lastly, these notifications shall set forth the reasons the Administrator proposes to approve such design, including: (i) a detailed explanation of why the Administrator believes selecting such design is justified; (ii) the total expected cost of adopting the proposed design; and (iii) a description of the designs using preferred architecture seriously considered for such project and the total expected cost of adopting such designs.
Issued: 8/28/2025
Practice Group Impact: Government Compliance
