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Featured Start-here instruments with editorial notes, plus a Federal Register PRESDOCU inventory for modern administrations (8,529 actions). Browse the inventory below; open any row for FR links.

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Featured

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
American Red Cross Month, 20202020-04544MemorandumDonald J. TrumpMar 4, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine2020-04192MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 27, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels2020-04190MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 27, 2020
Developing and Delivering More Water Supplies to California2020-04089MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 26, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya2020-03810MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 24, 2020
Delegation of Certain Authority Under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute2020-03578MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 21, 2020
Amending Executive Order 13803Reviving the National Space Council2020-03556Executive orderDonald J. TrumpFeb 20, 2020
Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services2020-03337MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 18, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Southern Border of the United States2020-03212MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 14, 2020
Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2021 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended2020-03044MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 13, 2020
Presidential Determination on Waiving a Restriction on United States Assistance to Bolivia Under Section 706 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 20032020-02473MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 6, 2020
Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights Holders2020-02439MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States2020-02438MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
National African American History Month, 20202020-02429MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
Career and Technical Education Month, 20202020-02428MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
American Heart Month, 20202020-02427MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk2020-02424MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats2020-02422MemorandumDonald J. TrumpFeb 5, 2020
National School Choice Week, 20202020-01817MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2020
National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 20202020-01814MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2020
Adjusting Imports of Derivative Aluminum Articles and Derivative Steel Articles Into the United States2020-01806MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2020
To Further Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Large Residential Washers2020-01650MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2020
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 20202020-01343MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 24, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 20202020-01164MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 23, 2020
Religious Freedom Day, 20202020-01058MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 21, 2020
Imposing Sanctions With Respect to Additional Sectors of Iran2020-00534MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 14, 2020
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 20202020-00065MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 6, 2020
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay2019-28286MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 30, 2019
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes2019-28285MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 30, 2019
Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 20192019-27678MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 20, 2019
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corruption2019-27618MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 19, 2019
Wright Brothers Day, 20192019-27525MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 19, 2019
Combating Anti-Semitism2019-27217MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 16, 2019
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 20192019-27106MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 13, 2019
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 20192019-26779MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 11, 2019
World AIDS Day, 20192019-26285MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 4, 2019
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 20192019-26284MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 4, 2019
Thanksgiving Day, 20192019-26283MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 4, 2019
Establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives2019-26178MemorandumDonald J. TrumpDec 2, 2019
Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 20202019-26082MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 29, 2019
National Family Week, 20192019-25886MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 27, 2019
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua2019-25865MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 26, 2019
Ocean Mapping of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone and the Shoreline and Nearshore of Alaska2019-25618MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 22, 2019
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burundi2019-25373MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 20, 2019
American Education Week, 20192019-25345MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 20, 2019
Delegation of Removal Authority Over the Federal Service Impasses Panel2019-25118MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 18, 2019
World Freedom Day, 20192019-24876MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 14, 2019
National Apprenticeship Week, 20192019-24875MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 14, 2019
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction2019-24809MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 13, 2019
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran2019-24806MemorandumDonald J. TrumpNov 13, 2019
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Executive orders

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Proclamations

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Memoranda

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Showing 20 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
Oct 30, 2023Executive Order 14110

Executive order · 14110

Directed agencies to set AI safety standards, reporting for frontier models, and equity and privacy guardrails.

Biden · 46th
Jun 17, 2022Proclamation 10367

Proclamation · 10367

Proclaimed Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2022.

Biden · 46th
Mar 9, 2022Executive Order 14067

Executive order · 14067

Directed agencies to coordinate policy on digital assets, including risks, illicit finance, and a potential U.S. CBDC.

Biden · 46th
Jan 27, 2021Executive Order 14008

Executive order · 14008

Created a climate task force and directed agencies to put the climate crisis at the center of foreign and domestic policy.

Biden · 46th
Jan 20, 2021Preserving and Fortifying DACA

Memorandum

Directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to preserve and fortify DACA.

Biden · 46th
Jan 20, 2021Executive Order 13990

Executive order · 13990

Directed agencies to review and unwind Trump-era environmental rules and rejoin the Paris Agreement process.

Biden · 46th
Sep 24, 2017Proclamation 9645

Proclamation · 9645

Suspended or restricted entry of nationals from designated countries under enhanced vetting findings.

Trump · 45th
Mar 6, 2017Executive Order 13780

Executive order · 13780

Revoked and replaced EO 13769 with a revised entry suspension and refugee pause.

Trump · 45th
Jan 27, 2017Executive Order 13769

Executive order · 13769

Restricted entry from several majority-Muslim countries and paused the refugee program; later superseded and litigated.

Trump · 45th
Jan 22, 2009Executive Order 13492

Executive order · 13492

Directed a review of Guantanamo detainees and ordered the facility closed as promptly as possible.

Obama · 44th
Jan 21, 2009Executive Order 13489

Executive order · 13489

Established policies for asserting executive privilege over presidential records and revoked EO 13233.

Obama · 44th
Nov 1, 2001Executive Order 13233

Executive order · 13233

Set procedures for asserting constitutionally based privileges over presidential records held by NARA.

Bush · 43rd
Apr 21, 1997Executive Order 13045

Executive order · 13045

Required agencies to identify and assess environmental health and safety risks that may disproportionately affect children.

Clinton · 42nd
Feb 17, 1981Executive Order 12291

Executive order · 12291

Directed agencies to submit major rules to OMB for regulatory impact analysis before publication.

Reagan · 40th
Mar 1, 1961Executive Order 10924

Executive order · 10924

Created the Peace Corps as an agency in the Department of State.

Kennedy · 35th
Jul 26, 1948Executive Order 9981

Executive order · 9981

Declared a policy of equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.

Truman · 33rd
Feb 19, 1942Executive Order 9066

Executive order · 9066

Authorized the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas from which persons could be excluded, the legal hook for West Coast exclusion and incarceration.

Roosevelt · 32nd
  • 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

  • Executive Order 14110

    Oct 30, 2023 · Executive order · Joe Biden

  • Proclamation 10367

    Jun 17, 2022 · Proclamation · Joe Biden

  • Executive Order 14067

    Mar 9, 2022 · Executive order · Joe Biden

  • Executive Order 14008

    Jan 27, 2021 · Executive order · Joe Biden

  • Preserving and Fortifying DACA

    Jan 20, 2021 · Memorandum · Joe Biden

  • Executive Order 13990

    Jan 20, 2021 · Executive order · Joe Biden

  • Proclamation 9645

    Sep 24, 2017 · Proclamation · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 13780

    Mar 6, 2017 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 13769

    Jan 27, 2017 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 13492

    Jan 22, 2009 · Executive order · Barack Obama

  • Executive Order 13489

    Jan 21, 2009 · Executive order · Barack Obama

  • Executive Order 13233

    Nov 1, 2001 · Executive order · George W. Bush

  • Executive Order 13045

    Apr 21, 1997 · Executive order · Bill Clinton

  • Executive Order 12291

    Feb 17, 1981 · Executive order · Ronald Reagan

  • Executive Order 10924

    Mar 1, 1961 · Executive order · John F. Kennedy

  • Executive Order 9981

    Jul 26, 1948 · Executive order · Harry S. Truman

  • Executive Order 9066

    Feb 19, 1942 · Executive order · Franklin D. Roosevelt