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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

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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
Instrument	Kind	Presidency	Signed
National Child's Day, 20112011-30462	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 23, 2011
National Farm-City Week, 20112011-30461	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 23, 2011
National Family Week, 20112011-30454	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 23, 2011
Thanksgiving Day, 20112011-30203	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 21, 2011
America Recycles Day, 20112011-30068	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 18, 2011
American Education Week, 20112011-29938	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 17, 2011
Promoting Efficient Spending2011-29683	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 15, 2011
Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil2011-29588	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 15, 2011
World Freedom Day, 20112011-29529	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 14, 2011
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction2011-29458	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 10, 2011
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran2011-29256	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 9, 2011
Veterans Day, 20112011-28997	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 7, 2011
Establishment of the Fort Monroe National Monument2011-28926	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 7, 2011
National Native American Heritage Month, 20112011-28844	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
National Family Caregivers Month, 20112011-28843	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
National Entrepreneurship Month, 20112011-28842	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
National Diabetes Month, 20112011-28841	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 20112011-28840	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
National Adoption Month, 20112011-28839	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
Military Family Month, 20112011-28838	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 4, 2011
Reducing Prescription Drug Shortages2011-28728	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 3, 2011
To Modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States2011-28727	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 3, 2011
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan2011-28620	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 2, 2011
Making It Easier for America's Small Businesses and America's Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire2011-28593	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Nov 2, 2011
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act2011-28211	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 28, 2011
United Nations Day, 20112011-28050	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 27, 2011
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo2011-27922	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 26, 2011
Certification and Determination With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 20082011-27718	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 25, 2011
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect To Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered In Colombia2011-27422	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 20, 2011
Blind Americans Equality Day, 20112011-27320	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 20, 2011
National Forest Products Week, 20112011-27319	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 20, 2011
National Character Counts Week, 20112011-27314	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 20, 2011
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 20112011-26860	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 14, 2011
Structural Reforms To Improve the Security of Classified Networks and the Responsible Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified Information2011-26729	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 13, 2011
Columbus Day, 20112011-26727	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 13, 2011
Leif Erikson Day, 20112011-26726	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 13, 2011
National School Lunch Week, 20112011-26724	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 13, 2011
Fire Prevention Week, 20112011-26720	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 13, 2011
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations2011-26574	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 12, 2011
National Energy Action Month, 20112011-26560	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 12, 2011
German-American Day, 20112011-26559	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 12, 2011
Presidential Determination With Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons2011-26333	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 11, 2011
Fiscal Year 2012 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended2011-26331	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 11, 2011
Child Health Day, 20112011-26149	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, 20112011-26148	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 20112011-26147	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 20112011-26146	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 20112011-26144	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 20112011-26143	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011
National Arts And Humanities Month, 20112011-26142	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Oct 7, 2011

Signed	Instrument	Presidency
Jan 22, 2009	Executive Order 13492 Executive order · 13492 Directed a review of Guantanamo detainees and ordered the facility closed as promptly as possible.	Obama · 44th
Jan 21, 2009	Executive Order 13489 Executive order · 13489 Established policies for asserting executive privilege over presidential records and revoked EO 13233.	Obama · 44th

Signed	Instrument	Presidency
Jan 22, 2009	Executive Order 13492 Executive order · 13492 Directed a review of Guantanamo detainees and ordered the facility closed as promptly as possible.	Obama · 44th
Jan 21, 2009	Executive Order 13489 Executive order · 13489 Established policies for asserting executive privilege over presidential records and revoked EO 13233.	Obama · 44th