Executive Order Tracker: Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders & Actions
Below are brief analyses of relevant recissions of Administrative Actions—including Executive Orders (EOs), Proclamations, Memoranda, and Guidance—issued by President Trump. Expand each item by clicking on it to learn more.
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Public Health
Executive Order 13994: Ensuring a Data-Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future High-Consequence Public Health Threats
Rescinds Executive Order 13994 of January 21, 2021 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Required the heads of all executive departments and agencies to facilitate the gathering, sharing, and publication of COVID-19-related data.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Recission
Rescinds Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 6501(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to designate an employee of the relevant Federal department or agency with fiduciary responsibility for United States contributions to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to serve on the CEPI Investors Council and, if nominated, on the CEPI Board of Directors, as a representative of the United States.
- Learn More: Visit The White House website.
Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
Rescinds Executive Order 14081 of September 12, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Directs government agencies to perform numerous tasks related to a whole-of-government approach to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
- Learn More: Visit Federal Register website.
>Energy and Infrastructure
Finding of a Severe Energy Supply Interruption
Rescinds Presidential Memorandum of March 31, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Found and determined, in accordance with section 161(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), 42 U.S.C. 6241(d), that a drawdown and sale of petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was required by a severe energy supply interruption, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 6202(8), on the basis that there is a national energy supply shortage.
Authorized and directed the Secretary of Energy to draw down and sell petroleum from the SPR at public sale to the highest qualified bidder at a rate the Secretary of Energy may determine, in accordance with section 161 of EPCA and the SPR competitive sales procedures in 10 CFR Part 625. - Learn More: Visit The White House website.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Solar Photovoltaic Modules and Module Components
Rescinds Presidential Determination 2022-15 of June 6, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Waive the requirements of section 303(a)(1)-(a)(6) of the Defense Production Act for the purpose of expanding the domestic production capability for solar photovoltaic modules and module components.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Insulation
Rescinds Presidential Determination 2022-16 of June 6, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Waives Section 303(a)(1)-(a)(6) of the Defense Production Act for the purpose of expanding the domestic production capability of insulation.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Electrolyzers, Fuel Cells, and Platinum Group Metals
Rescinds Presidential Determination 2022-17 of June 6, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Waives Section 303(a)(1)-(a)(6) of the Defense Production Act for the purpose of expanding the domestic production capability for electrolyzers, fuel cells, and platinum group metals.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, on Electric Heat Pumps
Rescinds Presidential Determination 2022-18 of June 6, 2022 — Details ⮟
- Overview: Waives Section 303(a)(1)-(a)(6) of the Defense Production Act for the purpose of expanding the domestic production capability for heat pumps.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Trade
Recission
Rescinds Presidential Memorandum of February 27, 2023 of Statutory Requirements Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Department of Defense Supply Chains Resilience — Details ⮟
- Overview: Waves the requirements of section 303(a)(1)-(a)(6) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to defense organic industrial base supply chains critical to the Department of Defense and critical supply chains for electronics, kinetic capabilities, castings and forgings, minerals and materials, and power and energy storage.
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World
Rescinds Presidential Memorandum of February 4, 2021 — Details ⮟
- Topics: Reaffirmed and supplemented the principles established in the Presidential Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (“International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons”), which directed executive departments and agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons everywhere.
- Learn More: Visit The White House website.
Other
Rescinds additional EOs and Presidential Memoranda outside the scope of the aforementioned categories — Details ⮟
- National Security Memorandum 3 of February 4, 2021 (“Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and National Security Workforce, Institutions, and Partnerships")
- Executive Order 14026 of April 27, 2021 (“Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors”)
- Presidential Determination 2022-13 of May 18, 2022 (“Delegating Authority Under the Defense Production Act to Ensure an Adequate Supply of Infant Formula”)
- National Security Memorandum 18 of February 23, 2023 (United States Conventional Arms Transfer Policy)
- Presidential Memorandum of November 16, 2023 (Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally)
- Executive Order 14112 of December 6, 2023 (Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations to Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination)
- Executive Order 14119 of March 6, 2024 (Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums)
- Executive Order 14126 of September 6, 2024 (Investing in America and Investing in American Workers)
- Learn More: Visit the Federal Register website.
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