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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
Establishment of the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group2024-30203MemorandumJoe BidenDec 17, 2024
Delegation of Functions and Authorities Under Sections 1352 and 1353 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20242024-29930MemorandumJoe BidenDec 16, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Global Illicit Drug Trade2024-29597MemorandumJoe BidenDec 13, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corruption2024-29593MemorandumJoe BidenDec 13, 2024
Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 20242024-29460MemorandumJoe BidenDec 12, 2024
Establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument2024-29459MemorandumJoe BidenDec 12, 2024
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 20242024-29337MemorandumJoe BidenDec 11, 2024
Delegation of Authority Under Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 19612024-29312MemorandumJoe BidenDec 11, 2024
Delegation of Authorities Under Sections 507(d) and 508(a) of the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-29311MemorandumJoe BidenDec 11, 2024
International Day of Persons With Disabilities, 20242024-28852MemorandumJoe BidenDec 6, 2024
World AIDS Day, 20242024-28714MemorandumJoe BidenDec 5, 2024
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, 20242024-28713MemorandumJoe BidenDec 5, 2024
Thanksgiving Day, 20242024-28461MemorandumJoe BidenDec 3, 2024
National Family Week, 20242024-28331MemorandumJoe BidenDec 2, 2024
National Rural Health Day, 20242024-28225MemorandumJoe BidenNov 29, 2024
National Child's Day, 20242024-28062MemorandumJoe BidenNov 27, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua2024-28028MemorandumJoe BidenNov 26, 2024
Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen2024-27850MemorandumJoe BidenNov 26, 2024
International Conservation Day, 20242024-27849MemorandumJoe BidenNov 26, 2024
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20122024-27440MemorandumJoe BidenNov 21, 2024
Delegation of Authority Under Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 19612024-27438MemorandumJoe BidenNov 21, 2024
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Fine Denier Polyester Staple FiberR1-2024-26714MemorandumJoe BidenNov 20, 2024
National Apprenticeship Week, 20242024-27307MemorandumJoe BidenNov 20, 2024
American Education Week, 20242024-27304MemorandumJoe BidenNov 20, 2024
America Recycles Day, 20242024-27258MemorandumJoe BidenNov 19, 2024
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber2024-26714MemorandumJoe BidenNov 14, 2024
World Freedom Day, 20242024-26702MemorandumJoe BidenNov 14, 2024
Veterans Day, 20242024-26249MemorandumJoe BidenNov 12, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China2024-26227MemorandumJoe BidenNov 8, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction2024-26226MemorandumJoe BidenNov 8, 2024
National Veterans and Military Families Month, 20242024-25811MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Native American Heritage Month, 20242024-25808MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, 20242024-25807MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Family Caregivers Month, 20242024-25806MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Entrepreneurship Month, 20242024-25805MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Diabetes Month, 20242024-25804MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 20242024-25803MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
National Adoption Month, 20242024-25802MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 20242024-25798MemorandumJoe BidenNov 5, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran2024-25777MemorandumJoe BidenNov 4, 2024
Delegation of Authority Under Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 19612024-25686MemorandumJoe BidenNov 4, 2024
Delegation of Authority Under Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 19612024-25684MemorandumJoe BidenNov 4, 2024
National First Responders Day, 20242024-25590MemorandumJoe BidenNov 1, 2024
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan2024-25212MemorandumJoe BidenOct 28, 2024
United Nations Day, 20242024-25106MemorandumJoe BidenOct 28, 2024
National Forest Products Week, 20242024-24761MemorandumJoe BidenOct 23, 2024
National Character Counts Week, 20242024-24760MemorandumJoe BidenOct 23, 2024
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 20242024-24754MemorandumJoe BidenOct 23, 2024
Presidential Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 20082024-24323MemorandumJoe BidenOct 18, 2024
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons2024-24322MemorandumJoe BidenOct 18, 2024
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Executive orders

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Proclamations

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Memoranda

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Desk action watchlist
SignedInstrumentPresidency
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
  • 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