Executive Actions Tracker

Community Relations + -

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion + -

Economy + -

Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States
2/11/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: Secretary of Commerce

Orders that aluminum is "being imported into the United States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States." Imposes "a 10 percent ad valorem tariff on such articles imported from most countries" to "adjust the imports of aluminum articles." Notes that "Domestic aluminum producers have been forced to idle additional production and shut down facilities." Asserts "To allow U.S. aluminum producers to restart production and to incentivize new capacity, additional adjustments to section 232 tariffs on aluminum need to be made, including limiting exemptions and increasing the tariff rate. "

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Administration Expands Steel and Aluminum Duties, and Eliminates Product Exclusions and Exemptions from Certain Countries (Dorsey eUpdate)

Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States
2/10/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: Secretary of Commerce

Imposes a 25 percent tariff on steel imported from most countries for improved national security and to support the domestic steel industry. As of March 12, 2025, "all imports of steel articles and derivative steel articles from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EU countries, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the United Kingdom shall be subject to the additional ad valorem tariff proclaimed in Proclamation 9705 with respect to steel articles and Proclamation 9980 with respect to derivative steel articles." Also orders that "steel articles imports from Ukraine threaten to impair the national security and have determined that it is necessary to terminate the temporary exemption for imports of steel articles and derivative steel articles from Ukraine as proclaimed in Proclamation 10403, Proclamation 10558, and Proclamation 10771."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Administration Expands Steel and Aluminum Duties, and Eliminates Product Exclusions and Exemptions from Certain Countries (Dorsey eUpdate)

America First Trade Policy
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: Department of Commerce, Treasury Department, U.S. Trade Representative

Calls for investigation into U.S. trade deficits and the development of an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and related revenues. It also orders "a full economic and security review of the United States’ industrial and manufacturing base" to assess whether to investigate "imports that threaten the national security."

Dorsey Insights:

Webinar Playback: Trump 2.0: Expected Impacts on U.S. Trade Policy (Dorsey Webinar)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)
Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)

Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of Living Crisis
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: N/A

Demands emergency price relief, including: lowering the cost of housing and expanding housing supply; eliminating unnecessary administrative expenses and healthcare costs; eliminating requirements that raise home appliance costs; creating employment opportunities; and eliminating certain climate policies.

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: U.S. Trade Representative

"The OECD Global Tax Deal supported under the prior administration not only allows extraterritorial jurisdiction over American income but also limits our Nation’s ability to enact tax policies that serve the interests of American businesses and workers." Declares that the OECD "Global Tax Deal" will have no effect unless approved by Congress. Calls for options for protective measures or other actions the U.S. should take in response to foreign non-compliance with tax treaties or tax rules.

A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund
2/3/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Economy | Agencies: Department the Treasury, Department of Commerce

"[I]t is in the interest of the American people that the Federal Government establish 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." Orders development of a plan for the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund.

Education + -

Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
2/15/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Education, Healthcare | Agencies: Secretary of Education, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Orders that "the policy of my Administration that discretionary Federal funds should not be used to directly or indirectly support or subsidize an educational service agency, State educational agency, local educational agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend any in-person education program." Orders "a plan to end coercive COVID-19 school mandates."

Career and Technical Education Month, 2025
2/3/25 | Proclamation | Category/Industry: Education | Agencies: Department of Education

Proclaims February 2025 as Career and Technical Education Month.

Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
1/29/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Education | Agencies: Department of Education

Supports school choice and directs the Secretary of Education to have "education freedom" within discretionary grant programs. It aims to expand opportunities for low-income, working, or military families as well as Children Eligible for Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Schools.

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
1/29/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Education; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Government Contracts & Grants | Agencies: Department of Education

Calls for an "Ending Indoctrination Strategy" to eliminate federal funding for "illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools" including gender and equity ideologies. The strategy will also aim to protect parental rights and coordinate enforcement against K-12 teachers and school officials who violate federal anti-discrimination laws. The order also re-establishes the "1776 Commission" for patriotic education from Trump's first term.

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)

Energy + -

Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council
2/14/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Energy | Agencies: Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Energy

Establishes the National Energy Dominance Council, its members, and its purpose to:
“(i) advise the President on how best to exercise his authority to produce more energy to make America energy dominant;
(ii) advise the President on improving the processes for permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, and export of all forms of American energy, including critical minerals;
(iii) provide to the President a recommended National Energy Dominance Strategy to produce more energy that includes long-range goals for achieving energy dominance by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments across all sectors of the energy-producing economy, focusing on innovation, and seeking to eliminate longstanding, but unnecessary, regulation;
(iv) advise and assist the President in facilitating cooperation among the Federal Government and domestic private sector energy partners; and
(v) advise the President on facilitating consistency in energy production policies included in the Strategy developed under subsection (b)(iii) of this section.”

Declaring a National Energy Emergency
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Energy | Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency

Declares a national energy emergency and calls for analysis of energy resources. It also orders the EPA to "consider issuing emergency fuel waivers to allow the year-round sale of E15 gasoline to meet any projected temporary shortfalls in the supply of gasoline across the Nation." Also directs agencies to use the Army Corps "to facilitate the Nation's energy supply."

Dorsey Insights:

Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)

Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Energy | Agencies: N/A

"The United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change."

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

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
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Energy; Government Contracts & Grants | Agencies: N/A

"This withdrawal temporarily prevents consideration of any area in the [Outer Continental Shelf] 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."

Dorsey Insights:

Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Energy | Agencies: N/A

"The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including, among others, energy, mineral, timber, and seafood." Order takes several actions to encourage exploitation of natural resources in Alaska, particularly liquified natural gas (LNG), including by instructing executive departments and agencies to rescind, revise, or grant exemptions from regulations.

Dorsey Insights:

Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)
ANC Shareholder Preferences Should Continue Despite Executive Order Revoking Affirmative Action and DEI Initiatives in Federal Contracting (Dorsey eUpdate)

Government Contracts & Grants + -

Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa
2/7/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants; National Security and Government Affairs | Agencies: Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security

Announces that "the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa and the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation." Orders the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to "prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination."

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
2/6/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants | Agencies: State Department, Office of Management and Budget

Orders the policy of the Trump Administration to "stop funding NGOs that undermine the national interest." Orders "heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to review all funding that agencies provide to NGO" and "align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and with the goals and priorities of my [Trump] Administration, as expressed in executive actions."

Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations
2/4/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants; National Security and Government Affairs | Agencies: N/A

Requires scrutiny of U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and other UN agencies and bodies. "The United States will not participate in the UNHRC and will not seek election to that body." " The United States will also conduct a review of its membership in UNESCO." "Executive departments and agencies shall not use any funds for a contribution, grant, or other payment to UNRWA...."

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
1/29/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Education | Agencies: Department of Education

Calls for an "Ending Indoctrination Strategy" to eliminate federal funding for "illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools" including gender and equity ideologies. The strategy will also aim to protect parental rights and coordinate enforcement against K-12 teachers and school officials who violate federal anti-discrimination laws. The order also re-establishes the "1776 Commission" for patriotic education from Trump's first term.

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)

Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants; National Security and Government Affairs | Agencies: U.S. Digital Service, U.S. DOGE Service

Establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to (DOGE) to modernize "Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." It also renames the United States Digital Service (USDS) as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and places it in the Executive Office of the President.

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

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
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Contracts & Grants; Energy | Agencies: N/A

"This withdrawal temporarily prevents consideration of any area in the [Outer Continental Shelf] 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."

Dorsey Insights:

Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Government Investigations & Regulations + -

Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation
1/30/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Investigations & Regulations | Agencies: Office of Management and Budget

Orders "for fiscal year 2025, which is in progress, the heads of all agencies are directed to ensure that the total incremental cost of all new regulations, including repealed regulations, being finalized this year, shall be significantly less than zero, as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director), unless otherwise required by law or instructions from the Director . . . [and] any new incremental costs associated with new regulations shall, to the extent permitted by law, be offset by the elimination of existing costs associated with at least 10 prior regulations."

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
1/23/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Investigations & Regulations; Technology | Agencies: N/A

Noting the necessity for the U.S. to achieve "unchallenged global technological dominance," the order calls to "harness the full power of American innovation by empowering entrepreneurs, unleashing private-sector creativity, and reinvigorating our research institutions" and establishes a President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to "advise the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy" and provide scientific and technical information to inform public policy relating to the American economy, national security, and other topics.

Dorsey Insights:

Launching Agentic AI in an Uncertain U.S. Regulatory Landscape (Dorsey eUpdate)

Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
1/22/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Government Investigations & Regulations; Technology | Agencies: Treasury Department

Supports the growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies. This includes protecting and promoting open public blockchain networks, the sovereignty of the U.S. dollar, and fair and open access to banking services, while protecting Americans "from the risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies." It also establishes the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets to "propose a Federal regulatory framework governing the issuance and operation of digital assets" and "evaluate the potential creation and maintenance of a national digital asset stockpile."

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Government Investigations & Regulations | Agencies: N/A

Instructs all executive departments and agencies to halt proposing or issuing new rules until reviewed by a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President. Grants the Director of the Office of Management and Budget authority to approve exceptions. Requires withdrawal of rules submitted but not published in the Federal Register.

Healthcare + -

Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
2/15/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Healthcare, Education | Agencies: Secretary of Education, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Orders that "the policy of my Administration that discretionary Federal funds should not be used to directly or indirectly support or subsidize an educational service agency, State educational agency, local educational agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend any in-person education program." Orders "a plan to end coercive COVID-19 school mandates."

Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission
2/13/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Healthcare | Agencies: National Institutes of Health

Orders executive departments and agencies that address health or healthcare to focus on reversing chronic disease. Establishes policy that: "(a) 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." Establishes the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission and its mission "to address the childhood chronic disease crisis."

Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation
1/28/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Healthcare | Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice

Defines gender affirming care as “chemical and surgical mutilation,” including puberty blockers, sex hormones, or surgical procedures. It directs agencies funding medical institutions to ensure institutions “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” and orders agencies responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and federal and postal service health benefits programs to exclude coverage for pediatric transgender surgeries or hormone treatments. It also calls for protections against female genital mutilation; to investigate misinformation about long-term side effects of these treatments; to develop legislation for “children and the parents of children whose healthy body parts have been damaged by medical professionals practicing chemical and surgical mutilation”; and to block sanctuary states for this purpose.

Dorsey Insights:

Bloomberg Law: Freeze Rescinded & 'Two Sexes' Order (Bloomberg Law Podcast)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
1/24/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Healthcare | Agencies: Office of Management and Budget

Enforces the Hyde Amendment to "end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion." Revokes Executive Order 14076 and Executive Order 14079 that protected access to reproductive healthcare.

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Memorandum for the Secretary of State the Secretary of Defense the Secretary of Health and Human Services the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

1/24/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Healthcare; Government Contracts & Grants | Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services

Directs that U.S. taxpayer dollars will not fund organizations or programs that support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. It also revokes the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017, ordering the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to "implement a plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies."

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Healthcare; Government Contracts & Grants | Agencies: Office of Management and Budget

Withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO), including cutting funding and withdrawing U.S. personnel. Directs the Secretary of State and the Office of Management and Budget to "identify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by the WHO."

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Higher Education & Academic Research + -

Immigration + -

Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
2/6/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration; National Security and Government Affairs | Agencies: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General

Asserts "that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel." Orders "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." also blocks making "donations of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))."

Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border
2/3/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Homeland Security

Pauses (by 30 days) certain previously announced tariffs on Mexican products until March 4, 2025. This is in reaction to the fact that "the Government of Mexico has taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis through cooperative actions." Further states that "[i]f the illegal migration and illicit drug crises worsen, and if the Government of Mexico fails to take sufficient steps to alleviate these crises, the President shall take necessary steps to address the situation, including by immediate implementation of the tariffs described in the Executive Order of February 1, 2025."

Dorsey Insights:

ICE in your Healthcare Facility? No Need to Freeze (Dorsey Health Law Blog)

Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border

2/1/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

"To finally end the public health crisis caused by opioid use and addiction" the order expands "the scope of the national emergency declared in that [NEA] proclamation to cover the failure of Mexico to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept DTOs, other drug and human traffickers, criminals at large, and illicit drugs." Imposes tariffs on "products of Mexico, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order (the Federal Register notice) . . . subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty. Such rate of duty shall apply with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on February 4, 2025."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)

Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity
1/29/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to expand the migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to imprison people unlawfully present in the U.S.

Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense

Requires a plan to "seal the borders" and repel "unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)

Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
1/20/25 | Declaration| Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

Declares that "a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States." To secure the border, it calls for the deployment of Armed Forces and "the provision of appropriate detention space, transportation (including aircraft), and other logistics services," along with the construction of physical barriers.

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)

Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion
1/20/25 | Proclamation | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Homeland Security

Asserts that "the current situation at the southern border qualifies as an invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States." Invokes Article II of the Constitution of the United States to suspend entry as well as repel, repatriate, or remove aliens from the United States until the invasion has concluded.

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)

Protecting the American People Against Invasion
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

States that "[i]t 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." Among other things, it states that certain authorities "shall take all appropriate action to prioritize the prosecution of criminal offenses related to the unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence of aliens in the United States."

Dorsey Insights:

Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

States that the U.S. shall not issue documents recognizing 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." It purports to apply to persons born after February 19, 2025. As of February 2025, the order has been blocked by Federal courts.

Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: State Department

Orders the Secretary of State to implement vetting and screening of all foreign nationals seeking entry to, or already present, in the U.S. to ensure they do not harbor hostile attitudes toward U.S. "citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles, and do not advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists and other threats to our national security."

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: State Department, Department of Homeland Security

Proclaims that "entry into the United States of refugees under the [U.S. Refugee Admissions Program] USRAP would be detrimental to the interests of the United States." Further directs that "entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended," subject to limited exceptions on a case-by-case basis.

Securing Our Borders
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Immigration | Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security

"The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all appropriate action to deploy and construct temporary and permanent physical barriers to ensure complete operational control of the southern border of the United States." Includes directives relating to physical barriers, personnel, detention of certain aliens, resumption of Migrant Protection Protocols, etc.

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)

National Security and Government Affairs + -

Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative
2/11/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Orders "the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government’s workforce through efficiency improvements and attrition (Plan). The Plan shall require that each agency hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart, consistent with the plan and any applicable exemptions and details provided for in the Plan." Orders plans for large-scale reductions in force (RIFs). Does not affect the standing freeze on hiring as applied to the Internal Revenue Service. Does not apply to public safety, immigration enforcement, law enforcement or military personnel.

Dorsey Insights:

Predictions for the Federal Financial Service Agencies—Slow Down and Wait (Dorsey eUpdate)

President Trump Announces the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
2/11/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Intelligence Community

Announces the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) that will "advise the President on our nation’s most important security challenges and ensure that the Intelligence Community is working to advance the President’s America First agenda." To include 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.

Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security
2/10/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Attorney General

Orders the Attorney General to "review guidelines and policies governing investigations and enforcement actions under the FCPA" for 180 days. During this time, orders the Attorney General to "cease initiation of any new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions . . . review in detail all existing FCPA investigations or enforcement actions and . . . 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."

Dorsey Insights:

Protecting Second Amendment Rights
2/7/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Attorney General

Asserts "The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty" and "the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed." Orders the Attorney General to "examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies (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" to include reviewing "All Presidential and agencies’ actions from January 2021 through January 2025."

Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa
2/7/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs; Government Contracts & Grants| Agencies: Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security

Announces that "the United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa and the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation." Orders the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to "prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination."

Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
2/6/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs; Immigration| Agencies: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General

Asserts "that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel." Orders "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." also blocks making "donations of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2))."

Withdrawing the United States from and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International Organizations
2/4/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs; Government Contracts & Grants| Agencies: N/A

Requires scrutiny of U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and other UN agencies and bodies. "The United States will not participate in the UNHRC and will not seek election to that body." " The United States will also conduct a review of its membership in UNESCO." "Executive departments and agencies shall not use any funds for a contribution, grant, or other payment to UNRWA...."

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-2
2/4/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General

"It is the policy of the United States that Iran be denied a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles; that Iran’s network and campaign of regional aggression be neutralized; that the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and its surrogates be disrupted, degraded, or denied access to the resources that sustain their destabilizing activities; and to counter Iran’s aggressive development of missiles and other asymmetric and conventional weapons capabilities." Requires impositions of sanctions and other measures.

Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border
2/3/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Homeland Security

Pauses (by 30 days) certain previously announced tariffs on Canadian products until March 4, 2025. This is in reaction to the fact that "the Government of Canada has taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis through cooperative actions." Further states that "[i]f the illegal migration and illicit drug crises worsen, and if the Government of Canada fails to take sufficient steps to alleviate these crises, the President shall take necessary steps to address the situation, including by immediate implementation of the tariffs described in the Executive Order of February 1, 2025."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)

Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border
2/1/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Homeland Security

Asserts that "criminal networks are implicated in human trafficking and smuggling operations, enabling unvetted illegal migration across our northern border" and expands the scope of the Declaration of a National Emergency at the Southern Border from January 20, 2025, "to cover the threat to the safety and security of Americans, including the public health crisis of deaths due to the use of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, and the failure of Canada to do more to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept DTOs, other drug and human traffickers, criminals at large, and drugs." Orders the authority to invoke tariffs in response to that threat. As such, all Canadian products shall be "subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty . . . with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on February 4, 2025."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)

Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
2/1/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Homeland Security

Asserts that People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have "subsidized and otherwise incentivized PRC chemical companies to export fentanyl and related precursor chemicals that are used to produce synthetic opioids sold illicitly in the United States" and that "the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl to the United States through illicit distribution networks has created a national emergency, including a public health crisis in the United States." Pursuant to the national emergency declared on "the grave threat to the United States posed by the influx of illegal aliens and drugs into the United States in Proclamation 10886" it expands "the scope of the national emergency declared in that proclamation to cover the failure of the PRC government to arrest, seize, detain, or otherwise intercept chemical precursor suppliers, money launderers, other TCOs, criminals at large, and drugs" and orders that "all articles that are products of the PRC, as defined by the Federal Register notice described in section 2(d) of this order (the Federal Register notice), shall be, consistent with law, subject to an additional 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty . . . on February 4, 2025."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico (Dorsey Cross-Border Counselor Blog)
Trump Declares National Emergency to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Origin Products, Defers Tariffs on Canadian and Mexican Products (Dorsey eUpdate)
Webinar Playback: Trump 2.0: Expected Impacts on U.S. Trade Policy (Dorsey Webinar)

Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety
1/30/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Secretary of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

Following the collision of a commercial aircraft and a military helicopter horrifically near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025, orders "the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (Administrator) to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior 4 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."

Dorsey Insights:

Trump Order Tees Up False Claims Act As Anti-DEI Weapon (Law360)

President Donald J. Trump Signed S.5 into Law
1/29/25 | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Secretary of Homeland Security

States that "S. 5, the 'Laken Riley Act,' which 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."

The Iron Dome for America
1/27/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Secretary of Defense

Directs the U.S. to defend its citizens and nation by "deploying and maintaining a next-generation missile defense shield" against next-generation aerial attacks. It also directs a review of all allied and theater missile defense to "increase bilateral and multilateral cooperation on missile defense technology development, capabilities, and operations."

Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency
1/24/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Creates a FEMA Review Council to evaluate prior disaster responses including its staffing, timeliness, services, and supplies, as well as the history of national disaster relief, and to recommend improvements to FEMA's structure and operations.

Emergency Measures to Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas
1/24/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, Office of Management and Budget

Aims to ensure adequate water supply and response in Southern California following the recent fires in Los Angeles. It directs a review of all federal activities and agencies related to water and disaster preparedness and response. It demands a plan for "additional actions to help Los Angeles Families" with housing relief, waste removal, and fire preparedness. It also seeks help for North Carolina families to repair roads and house displaced families following destruction from Hurricane Helene.

Dorsey Insights:

Weekend Law: Funding Confusion, Climate & Culture Wars (Bloomberg Law Podcast)
Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)

America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: State Department

Establishes that the foreign policy of the U.S. is to "champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first."

Dorsey Insights:

Webinar Playback: Trump 2.0: Expected Impacts on U.S. Trade Policy (Dorsey Webinar)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Justice

Orders the Attorney General to not enforce the "TikTok ban" for 75 days to determine the appropriate course forward that "protects national security while avoiding an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans."

Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Justice, Office of Director of National Intelligence

Directs the Attorney General to review activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority of the U.S. over the last four years to identify politically motivated misconduct and recommend appropriate remedial measures.

Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs, Government Contracts & Grants| Agencies: U.S. Digital Service, U.S. DOGE Service

Establishes the Department of Government Efficiency to (DOGE) to modernize "Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity." It also renames the United States Digital Service (USDS) as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and places it in the Executive Office of the President.

Dorsey Insights:

Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)
Predictions for the Federal Financial Service Agencies—Slow Down and Wait (Dorsey eUpdate)

Initial Rescission of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: N/A

Revokes numerous executive orders of the Biden administration related to DEI, Covid-19, climate change, early childhood education, Medicaid, voting access, and border security.

Dorsey Insights:

Trump doesn't only want to end DEI. He's also voiding a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule (CBS News)
Trump Order Tees Up False Claims Act As Anti-DEI Weapon (Law360)
Bloomberg Law: Trump Takes Aim at DEI Programs (Bloomberg Law Podcast)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: N/A

Gives the White House Counsel authority to identify a list of personnel granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for up to six months.

Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: N/A

Identifies a "system for national security policy development, decision-making, implementation, and monitoring" by identifying the roles of presidential national security advisors.

Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior

Directs certain authorities to restart work from the first Trump Administration 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."

Dorsey Insights:

Energy Law: Month in Review - January 2025 (Dorsey eUpdate)

Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: N/A

Imposes a "90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy."

Dorsey Insights:

Federal Assistance in Jeopardy? What to Know about OMB Guidance About Hundreds of Billions in Federal Research and Loans to Research Institutions, Universities, and Private Organizations (Dorsey eUpdate)
Federal Grant and Loan “Temporary Pause” to Have a Significant Impact on the Health Care Industry (Dorsey Health Law Blog)
Has Uncle Sam Terminated Your Federal Grant? You Have Rights (and Maybe a Financial Claim) (Dorsey eUpdate)
Trump pauses federal grants, loans, other assistance: What it means for Colorado (The Denver Gazette)

Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget

"Reinstatement of Prior [Trump] Administration Policy. Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 (Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service), is hereby immediately reinstated with full force and effect….." Addresses what is characterized as the need to restore accountability to the career civil service, beginning with positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character." Affects hiring and removal procedures.

Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: National Security and Government Affairs| Agencies: Department of Justice

Requires steps to return to more robust use of the death penalty. "The Attorney General shall pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use." Includes language regarding seeking evaluation of imprisonment and conditions of confinement on prisoners for whom death sentences were commuted by President Biden, and possibly seek further state action.

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President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
1/23/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Technology; Government Investigations & Regulations | Agencies: N/A

Noting the necessity for the U.S. to achieve "unchallenged global technological dominance," the order calls to "harness the full power of American innovation by empowering entrepreneurs, unleashing private-sector creativity, and reinvigorating our research institutions" and establishes a President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) to "advise the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy" and provide scientific and technical information to inform public policy relating to the American economy, national security, and other topics.

Dorsey Insights:

Launching Agentic AI in an Uncertain U.S. Regulatory Landscape (Dorsey eUpdate)

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
1/23/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Technology | Agencies: N/A

Revokes certain existing AI policies and directives related to AI innovation "to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security."

Dorsey Insights:

Launching Agentic AI in an Uncertain U.S. Regulatory Landscape (Dorsey eUpdate)

Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology
1/22/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Technology; Government Investigations & Regulations | Agencies: Treasury Department

Supports the growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies. This includes protecting and promoting open public blockchain networks, the sovereignty of the U.S. dollar, and fair and open access to banking services, while protecting Americans "from the risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies." It also establishes the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets to "propose a Federal regulatory framework governing the issuance and operation of digital assets" and "evaluate the potential creation and maintenance of a national digital asset stockpile."

Miscellaneous + -

President Donald J. Trump Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration
2/16/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Declares "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."

Nominations Sent to the Senate
2/12/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Lists names of nominees sent to the Senate.

One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations
2/12/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Outlines the role and responsibilities of Secretaries of State in serving the President’s foreign policy. Orders the Secretary to "reform the Foreign Service and the administration of foreign relations to ensure faithful and effective implementation of the President’s foreign policy agenda."

Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws
2/10/25 | Presidential Action | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Asserts "the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws." Orders the Federal government to "eliminate the procurement of paper straws and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings."

Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute
2/10/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Federal Executive Institute

Orders the elimination of "executive departments and agencies and programs that do not directly benefit the American people or further our Nation’s interests." Includes eliminating the Federal Executive Institute.

Dorsey Insights:

Predictions for the Federal Financial Service Agencies—Slow Down and Wait (Dorsey eUpdate)

Gulf of America Day, 2025
2/9/25 | Proclamation| Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Announces "February 9, 2025, as the first ever Gulf of America Day."

President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Faith Office
2/7/25 | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Announces appointments to the White House Faith Office of Pastor Paula White-Cain as Special Government Employee and Senior Advisor, Jennifer S. Korn as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Faith Director, and Jackson Lane as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Faith Engagement.

Establishment of The White House Faith Office
2/7/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Establishes a White House Faith Office within the Executive Office of the President to "have lead responsibility in the executive branch to empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to serve families and communities."

Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias
2/6/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Department of Justice

Orders that this "Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians. The law protects the freedom of Americans and groups of Americans to practice their faith in peace, and my [Trump] Administration will enforce the law and protect these freedoms. My [Trump] Administration will ensure that any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified." Orders the establishment of "a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias . . . within the Department of Justice."

Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports
2/5/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Secretary of State

States that allowing "men to compete in women's sports" is "demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports." States that it is U.S. policy to rescind all funds from educational programs that allow "men to compete in women's sports." Invokes Title IX concepts. Requires certain authorities to coordinate policies, rules and norms on this topic.

Dorsey Insights:

Bloomberg Law: Freeze Rescinded & 'Two Sexes' Order (Bloomberg Law Podcast)

American Heart Month, 2025
2/3/25 | Proclamation | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Proclaims February 2025 as American Heart Month.

Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President
1/31/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Executive Departments and Agencies

Orders that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) made with Federal employees "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."

Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday
1/29/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Establishes a White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday to plan and execute a celebration of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026. The order also reinstates a National Garden of American Heroes and aims to protect monuments from vandalism.

Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1/23/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Department of Justice

Calls for a release of all records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by the Federal Government.

Hiring Freeze
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Imposes a hiring freeze of Federal civilian employees throughout the executive branch, except for military personnel, immigration enforcement, national security, public safety roles, and political appointments.

Dorsey Insights:

Minnesota’s more than 20,000 federal workers fear for their jobs after Trump’s first week (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Office of Director of National Intelligence

Revokes security clearances held by former intelligence officials who engaged in "misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign" and John R. Bolton.

Promoting Beautiful Civic Architecture
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: General Services Administration

Requires certain authorities to provide "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. Such recommendations shall consider appropriate revisions to the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture and procedures for incorporating community input into Federal building design selections."

Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
1/20/25 | Memorandum | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget

Requires the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, to issue Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Plans. Mandates the termination and reformation of each agency’s Executive Resources Board and Performance Review Board.

Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: Department of Justice

States that it is U.S. policy to "ensure that no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent engages in or facilitates any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen…[and] ensure that no taxpayer resources are used to engage in or facilitate any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen." If further directs authorities to "identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to censorship of protected speech."

Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
1/20/25 | Executive Order | Category/Industry: Miscellaneous | Agencies: N/A

Calls for review of appointments to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names; requires reinstatement of name "Mount McKinley for Denali and "Gulf of America" for the Gulf of Mexico.

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