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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.

20 featured · 8,529 inventory

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
America First Trade Policy2025-02032MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Securing Our Borders2025-02015MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety2025-02012MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program2025-02011MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements2025-02010MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats2025-02009MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 30, 2025
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship2025-02007MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Protecting the American People Against Invasion2025-02006MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"2025-02005MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists2025-02004MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Declaring a National Energy Emergency2025-02003MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
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 Projects2025-01966MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization2025-01957MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Unleashing American Energy2025-01956MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential2025-01955MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information2025-01954MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing2025-01953MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State2025-01952MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion2025-01951MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 20212025-01950MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States2025-01948MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Return to In-Person Work2025-01907MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review2025-01906MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Hiring Freeze2025-01905MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis2025-01904MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship2025-01902MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions2025-01901Executive orderDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government2025-01900MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Flying the Flag of the United States at Full- Staff on Inauguration Day2025-01899MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
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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