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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
National Poison Prevention Week, 200505-5898MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 23, 2005
Amendments to Executive Order 12293—The Foreign Service of the United States05-5434Executive orderGeorge W. BushMar 17, 2005
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran05-5098MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 14, 2005
Amendments to Executive Order 11926 Relating to the Vice Presidential Service Badge05-5097Executive orderGeorge W. BushMar 14, 2005
Save Your Vision Week, 200505-4757MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 9, 2005
Irish-American Heritage Month, 200505-4756MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 9, 2005
Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Climate Change Reporting Activities05-4624MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 8, 2005
Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe05-4397MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 4, 2005
Women's History Month, 200505-4396MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 4, 2005
American Red Cross Month, 200505-4321MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 3, 2005
Determination to Waive Military Coup-Related Provisions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005, with Respect to Pakistan05-4268MemorandumGeorge W. BushMar 3, 2005
Delegation of Reporting Authority05-3980MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 28, 2005
Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels05-3701MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 24, 2005
Clarification of Certain Executive Orders Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions05-3385Executive orderGeorge W. BushFeb 18, 2005
Waiving Prohibition on Use of Fiscal Year 2005 Economic Support Funds with Respect to Jordan05-3384MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 18, 2005
Delegation of Reporting Authority05-2938MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 14, 2005
To Modify Rules of Origin Under the North American Free Trade Agreement05-2937MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 14, 2005
National Consumer Protection Week, 200505-2730MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 10, 2005
National African American History Month, 200505-2729MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 10, 2005
Determination to Authorize a Drawdown for Afghanistan05-2440MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 7, 2005
American Heart Month, 200505-2439MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 7, 2005
Centennial of the Forest Service, 200505-2326MemorandumGeorge W. BushFeb 7, 2005
Amendments to Executive Order 13285, Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation05-1886Executive orderGeorge W. BushJan 31, 2005
60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 200505-1776MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 31, 2005
Extension of Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan05-1627MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 27, 2005
Implementation of Section 603 and 604 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)05-1626MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 27, 2005
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process05-1257MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 21, 2005
Religious Freedom Day, 200505-1256MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 21, 2005
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 200505-1255MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 21, 2005
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 200505-1254MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 21, 2005
Providing an Order of Succession in the Office of Management and Budget05-1170MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 19, 2005
National Mentoring Month, 200505-1036MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 18, 2005
President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform05-771MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 12, 2005
To Extend Nondiscriminatory Trade Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the Products of Armenia05-770MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 12, 2005
Provision of Emergency Disaster Relief Assistance to Twelve Countries Affected by the Asian Tsunami, including the Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, of Articles and Services05-516MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 10, 2005
Presidential Determination to Waive the Application of Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code With Respect to Libya05-515MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 10, 2005
Intention to Grant Waiver of the Application of Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with Respect to Libya05-514MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 10, 2005
Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis05-328MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 5, 2005
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay05-306MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 5, 2005
Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to the Republic of Uzbekistan under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act04-28747MemorandumGeorge W. BushJan 3, 2005
Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act04-28732MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 30, 2004
Waiver of Restrictions on Providing Funds to the Palestinian Authority04-28731MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 30, 2004
Assignment of Functions Implementing the HELP Commission Act04-28730MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 30, 2004
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations04-28405MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 27, 2004
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission04-28404MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 27, 2004
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act04-28403MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 27, 2004
To Implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement04-28242MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 23, 2004
Wright Brothers Day, 200404-28111MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 22, 2004
Committee on Ocean Policy04-28079MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 21, 2004
Renewal of Trade Agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam04-28027MemorandumGeorge W. BushDec 21, 2004
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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 2026-09-20T17:22:05Z. Limits and rebuild notes: methodology.

On watchlist

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Executive orders

16

Proclamations

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Memoranda

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Showing 1 of 20. Featured is the Start-here overlay; full FR inventory expands as coverage grows.

Desk action watchlist
SignedInstrumentPresidency
Nov 1, 2001Executive Order 13233

Executive order · 13233

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

Bush · 43rd
  • Executive Order 13233

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