Executive Order Tracker: Recission of Biden EOs

Executive Order Tracker

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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Prescription Drug Costs

Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans

Rescinds Executive Order 14087 of October 14, 2022 — Details ⮟
  • Provided that the Secretary of HHS shall consider whether to select for testing by the Innovation Center new health care payment and delivery models that would lower drug costs and promote access to innovative drug therapies for beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including models that may lead to lower cost-sharing for commonly used drugs and support value-based payment that promotes high-quality care.
  • Required the Secretary of HHS to submit a report to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy enumerating and describing any models that the Secretary has selected within 90 days after this EO. The report in response to this EO is available here. 
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Health Coverage

Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act

Rescinds Executive Order 14009 of January 28, 2021 — Details ⮟
  • Directed specified agencies to “protect and strengthen” Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to make high-quality healthcare accessible and affordable for every American.
  • Directed the Secretary of HHS shall consider establishing a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for uninsured and under-insured Americans to seek coverage through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn.
  • Revoked Executive Order 13765 of January 20, 2017 (Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal), and Executive Order 13813 of October 12, 2017 (Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States).
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Rescinds Executive Order 14070 of April 5, 2022
Continuing to Strengthen Americans' Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage ⮟
  • Provided that it remains the policy of the Biden Administration to “protect and strengthen” Medicaid and the ACA and to make high-quality healthcare accessible and affordable for every American. Agencies with authorities and responsibilities related to Medicaid and the ACA are continuing their review of existing agency actions under Executive Order 14009.
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Rescinds Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 — Details ⮟
  • Set forth the Biden Administration’s policies on AI; defined key AI terms; introduced policies that reduce the risk of AI in national security, data privacy, the economy, etc., such as directing the Secretary of Commerce to require companies with certain AI tools to provide to the federal government information on their safety tests; introduced policies that would promote the migration of AI experts; creates the HHS AI Task Force and requires that body to produce a HHS Strategic Plan; and creates the White House AI Council; among other policies.
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Revocation of Executive Orders

Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions

Rescinds Executive Order 14018 of February 24, 2021 — Details ⮟
  • The Biden Administration revoked the following:
    • Executive Order 13772 of February 3, 2017 (Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System)
    • Executive Order 13828 of April 10, 2018 (Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility)
    • Memorandum of January 29, 2020 (Delegation of Certain Authority Under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute)
    • Executive Order 13924 of May 19, 2020 (Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery)
    • Memorandum of September 2, 2020 (Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients of Federal Funds That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities)
    • Executive Order 13967 of December 18, 2020 (Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture)
    • Executive Order 13979 of January 18, 2021 (Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Agency Rulemaking).
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation

Rescinds Executive Order 13992 of January 20, 2021 — Details ⮟
  • The Biden Administration revoked the following:
    • Executive Order 13771 of January 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs)
    • Executive Order 13777 of February 24, 2017 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda)
    • Executive Order 13875 of June 14, 2019 (Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees)
    • Executive Order 13891 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents)
    • Executive Order 13892 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication)
    • Executive Order 13893 of October 10, 2019 (Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO)
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Energy and Infrastructure

Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Rescinds Executive Order 14082 of September 12, 2022 — Details ⮟
  • Established to effectively implement the energy and infrastructure provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to accelerate U.S. global leadership in clean energy innovation, manufacturing, and deployment in a way that cuts consumer energy costs, creates well-paying union jobs and sustainable and equitable economic opportunity, advances environmental justice, and addresses the climate crisis.
  • Established the White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation within the Executive Office of the President.
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Public Health

Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions

Rescinds a series of Biden Administration policies on public health and health worker safety, pandemic response and testing, COVID-19 testing and treatments, and global health  — Details ⮟
  • Executive Order 14099 of May 9, 2023 ("Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers")
  • Executive Order 13987 of January 20, 2021 ("Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security")
  • Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021 ("Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis")
  • Executive Order 13995 of January 21, 2021 ("Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery")
  • Executive Order 13996 of January 21, 2021 ("Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats")
  • Executive Order 13997 of January 21, 2021 ("Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19")
  • Executive Order 13999 of January 21, 2021 ("Protecting Worker Health and Safety")
  • Executive Order 14002 of January 22, 2021 ("Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic")
  • Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 ("Protecting the Federal Workforce")
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions

Rescinds various Biden Administration policies on DEI and advancing equity — Details⮟
  • Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 ("Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government")
  • Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021 ("Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation")
  • Executive Order 14020 of March 8, 2021 ("Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council")
  • Executive Order 14021 of March 8, 2021 ("Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity")
  • Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 ("Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders")
  • Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 ("Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce")
  • Executive Order 14045 of September 13, 2021 ("White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics")
  • Executive Order 14049 of October 11, 2021 ("White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities")
  • Executive Order 14050 of October 19, 2021 ("White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans")
  • Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022 ("Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals")
  • Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 ("Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government")
  • Learn More: Visit The White House website.

Climate Change and Energy

Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions

Rescinds various Biden Administration policies on climate change/energy — Details⮟

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