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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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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
Women's History Month, 200101-5670	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Mar 6, 2001
Fortieth Anniversary of the Peace Corps01-5669	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Mar 6, 2001
Irish-American Heritage Month, 200101-5190	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Mar 1, 2001
American Red Cross Month, 200101-5189	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Mar 1, 2001
Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels01-5067	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 28, 2001
Revocation of Executive Order on Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Certain Contracts01-4624	Executive order	George W. Bush	Feb 22, 2001
Revocation of Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum Concerning Labor-Management Partnerships01-4623	Executive order	George W. Bush	Feb 22, 2001
Preservation of Open Competition and Government Neutrality Towards Government Contractors'Labor Relations on Federal and Federally Funded Construction Projects01-4622	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 22, 2001
Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees01-4621	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 22, 2001
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, Further Amendment to Executive Order 13035, as Amended01-3883	Executive order	George W. Bush	Feb 14, 2001
National Burn Awareness Week, 200101-3589	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 9, 2001
American Heart Month, 200101-3588	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 9, 2001
National Consumer Protection Week01-3475	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 8, 2001
National African American History Month, 200101-3163	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Feb 5, 2001
Establishment of White House Office of Faith- Based and Community Initiatives01-2852	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Jan 31, 2001
Agency Responsibilities With Respect to Faith- Based and Community Initiatives01-2851	Memorandum	George W. Bush	Jan 31, 2001
President's Commission on Educational Resource Equity01-1814	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 19, 2001
Federal Interagency Task Force on the District of Columbia01-1813	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 19, 2001
Amendment to Executive Order 13111, Extension of the Advisory Committee on Expanding Training Opportunities01-1736	Executive order	Bill Clinton	Jan 18, 2001
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 200101-1735	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 18, 2001
The President's Disability Employment Partnership Board01-1438	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 17, 2001
Responsibilities of Federal Agencies To Protect Migratory Birds01-1387	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 17, 2001
Delegation of Authority To Transmit Report on Cooperative Projects With Russia01-1340	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 16, 2001
U.S. Contribution to the Korea Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Certification and Waiver Under the Heading "Nonproliferation, Anti- Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs" in Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, as Enacted in Public Law 106-42901-1061	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 11, 2001
Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429)01-724	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 9, 2001
Continuation of Libya Emergency01-527	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 5, 2001
Presidential Certification To Waive Application of Restrictions on Assistance to the Government of Serbia and the Government of Montenegro01-311	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 5, 2001
To Strengthen the Federal Government-University Research Partnership01-321	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 3, 2001
To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the Products of the Republic of Georgia01-320	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 3, 2001
Revocation of Executive Order 1283401-255	Executive order	Bill Clinton	Jan 3, 2001
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended00-33460	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 2, 2001
Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act00-33459	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Jan 2, 2001
Establishment of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status00-33451	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 29, 2000
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay00-33450	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 29, 2000
To Protect the Privacy of Protected Health Information in Oversight Investigations00-33004	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 26, 2000
To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of Preferences for Sub-Saharan African Countries and for Other Purposes00-32742	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 21, 2000
Wright Brothers Day, 200000-32741	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 21, 2000
Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military Assistance to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Countries Participating in UNAMSIL, and Other Countries Involved in Peacekeeping Efforts or Affiliated Coalition Operations With Respect to Sierra Leone00-32282	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 18, 2000
Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights Week, 200000-32035	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 14, 2000
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 200000-31759	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 12, 2000
Air Traffic Performance-Based Organization00-31697	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 11, 2000
Providing Compensation to America's Nuclear Weapons Workers00-31692	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 11, 2000
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 200000-31353	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 7, 2000
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve00-31313	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 7, 2000
National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade and President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade00-31252	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 6, 2000
To Implement Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 and To Modify the Generalized System of Preferences00-31229	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 6, 2000
World AIDS Day, 200000-31011	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Dec 4, 2000
Facilitation of a Presidential Transition00-30690	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Nov 30, 2000
Thanksgiving Day, 200000-30023	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Nov 22, 2000
National Family Week, 200000-30022	Memorandum	Bill Clinton	Nov 22, 2000

Desk action watchlist
Signed	Instrument	Presidency
Jan 20, 2025	Regulatory Freeze Pending Review Memorandum Directed agencies to freeze pending rules and withdraw unpublished proposals pending presidential appointee review.	Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025	Executive Order 14168 Executive order · 14168 Directed agencies to recognize sex as binary biological classification in federal policy and records.	Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025	Executive 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, 2023	Executive 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, 2022	Proclamation 10367 Proclamation · 10367 Proclaimed Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2022.	Biden · 46th
Mar 9, 2022	Executive 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, 2021	Executive 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, 2021	Preserving and Fortifying DACA Memorandum Directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to preserve and fortify DACA.	Biden · 46th
Jan 20, 2021	Executive 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, 2017	Proclamation 9645 Proclamation · 9645 Suspended or restricted entry of nationals from designated countries under enhanced vetting findings.	Trump · 45th
Mar 6, 2017	Executive Order 13780 Executive order · 13780 Revoked and replaced EO 13769 with a revised entry suspension and refugee pause.	Trump · 45th
Jan 27, 2017	Executive 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, 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
Nov 1, 2001	Executive Order 13233 Executive order · 13233 Set procedures for asserting constitutionally based privileges over presidential records held by NARA.	Bush · 43rd
Apr 21, 1997	Executive 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, 1981	Executive Order 12291 Executive order · 12291 Directed agencies to submit major rules to OMB for regulatory impact analysis before publication.	Reagan · 40th
Mar 1, 1961	Executive Order 10924 Executive order · 10924 Created the Peace Corps as an agency in the Department of State.	Kennedy · 35th
Jul 26, 1948	Executive 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, 1942	Executive 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

Desk action watchlist
Signed	Instrument	Presidency
Jan 20, 2025	Regulatory Freeze Pending Review Memorandum Directed agencies to freeze pending rules and withdraw unpublished proposals pending presidential appointee review.	Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025	Executive Order 14168 Executive order · 14168 Directed agencies to recognize sex as binary biological classification in federal policy and records.	Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025	Executive 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, 2023	Executive 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, 2022	Proclamation 10367 Proclamation · 10367 Proclaimed Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2022.	Biden · 46th
Mar 9, 2022	Executive 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, 2021	Executive 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, 2021	Preserving and Fortifying DACA Memorandum Directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to preserve and fortify DACA.	Biden · 46th
Jan 20, 2021	Executive 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, 2017	Proclamation 9645 Proclamation · 9645 Suspended or restricted entry of nationals from designated countries under enhanced vetting findings.	Trump · 45th
Mar 6, 2017	Executive Order 13780 Executive order · 13780 Revoked and replaced EO 13769 with a revised entry suspension and refugee pause.	Trump · 45th
Jan 27, 2017	Executive 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, 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
Nov 1, 2001	Executive Order 13233 Executive order · 13233 Set procedures for asserting constitutionally based privileges over presidential records held by NARA.	Bush · 43rd
Apr 21, 1997	Executive 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, 1981	Executive Order 12291 Executive order · 12291 Directed agencies to submit major rules to OMB for regulatory impact analysis before publication.	Reagan · 40th
Mar 1, 1961	Executive Order 10924 Executive order · 10924 Created the Peace Corps as an agency in the Department of State.	Kennedy · 35th
Jul 26, 1948	Executive 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, 1942	Executive 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

Signed

Instrument

Presidency

Jan 20, 2025

Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Memorandum

Directed agencies to freeze pending rules and withdraw unpublished proposals pending presidential appointee review.

Trump · 47th

Jan 20, 2025

Executive Order 14168

Executive order · 14168

Directed agencies to recognize sex as binary biological classification in federal policy and records.

Trump · 47th

Jan 20, 2025

Executive 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, 2023

Executive 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, 2022

Proclamation 10367

Proclamation · 10367

Proclaimed Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2022.

Biden · 46th

Mar 9, 2022

Executive 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, 2021

Executive 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, 2021

Preserving and Fortifying DACA

Memorandum

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

Biden · 46th

Jan 20, 2021

Executive 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, 2017

Proclamation 9645

Proclamation · 9645

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

Trump · 45th

Mar 6, 2017

Executive Order 13780

Executive order · 13780

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

Trump · 45th

Jan 27, 2017

Executive 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, 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

Nov 1, 2001

Executive Order 13233

Executive order · 13233

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

Bush · 43rd

Apr 21, 1997

Executive 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, 1981

Executive Order 12291

Executive order · 12291

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

Reagan · 40th

Mar 1, 1961

Executive Order 10924

Executive order · 10924

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

Kennedy · 35th

Jul 26, 1948

Executive 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, 1942

Executive 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