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Featured Start-here instruments with editorial notes, plus a Federal Register PRESDOCU inventory for modern administrations (8,561 actions). Browse the inventory below; open any row for FR links.

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Federal Register inventory

PRESDOCU executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda for covered modern admins. Older administrations keep NARA library links on the presidencies shelf.

Desk action inventory with kind, presidency, and signed date
InstrumentKindPresidencySigned
Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles2025-07835MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
418th Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cross2025-07834MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States2025-07833MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement To Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens2025-07790MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
Protecting American Communities From Criminal Aliens2025-07789MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America's Truck Drivers2025-07786MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMay 2, 2025
World Intellectual Property Day, 20252025-07570MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 30, 2025
Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources2025-07470MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 29, 2025
Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service2025-07469MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 29, 2025
White House Initiative To Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities2025-07380MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Transparency Regarding Foreign Influence at American Universities2025-07379MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy2025-07378MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Reinstating Commonsense School Discipline Policies2025-07377MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Reforming Accreditation To Strengthen Higher Education2025-07376MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future2025-07369MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth2025-07368MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
National Volunteer Week, 20252025-07367MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 20252025-07366MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
National Park Week, 20252025-07365MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 28, 2025
Honoring the Memory of His Holiness Pope Francis2025-07239MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 24, 2025
Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness2025-07062MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord2025-07061MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
Unleashing American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific2025-07060MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 20252025-06962MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 20252025-06961MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 20252025-06960MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 22, 2025
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources To Promote American Energy2025-06936MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 21, 2025
Preventing Illegal Aliens From Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits2025-06840MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement2025-06839MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management2025-06838MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First2025-06837MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products2025-06836MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts2025-06835MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 18, 2025
Continuation of the National Emergency and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports2025-06799MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 17, 2025
Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy2025-06466MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Restoring America's Maritime Dominance2025-06465MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability2025-06464MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers2025-06463MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment2025-06462MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base2025-06461MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads2025-06459MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Addressing Risks From Susman Godfrey2025-06458MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 15, 2025
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation2025-06399MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 14, 2025
Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid2025-06381MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 14, 2025
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 142412025-06380Executive orderDonald J. TrumpApr 14, 2025
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach2025-06379MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 14, 2025
Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China2025-06378MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 14, 2025
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia2025-06289MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 10, 2025
Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay2025-06162MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 9, 2025
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 20252025-06161MemorandumDonald J. TrumpApr 9, 2025
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Actions combine a Featured overlay with FR PRESDOCU inventory for covered modern administrations (Clinton+). Older admins keep NARA links and thinner lists until backfill. Source archive: The Ledger Desk watchlist + U.S. presidency catalog. Built 2026-11-01T18:48:58Z. Limits and rebuild notes: methodology.

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Executive orders

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Proclamations

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Memoranda

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Showing 3 of 20. Featured is the Start-here overlay; full FR inventory expands as coverage grows.

Desk action watchlist
SignedInstrumentPresidency
Jan 20, 2025Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Memorandum

Directed agencies to freeze pending rules and withdraw unpublished proposals pending presidential appointee review.

Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025Executive Order 14168

Executive order · 14168

Directed agencies to recognize sex as binary biological classification in federal policy and records.

Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025Executive Order 14148

Executive order · 14148

Revoked a slate of Biden-era executive orders and presidential memoranda on the first day of the second Trump term.

Trump · 47th
  • Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

    Jan 20, 2025 · Memorandum · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 14168

    Jan 20, 2025 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 14148

    Jan 20, 2025 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump