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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 Farm-City Week, 200000-29955MemorandumBill ClintonNov 22, 2000
National Great American Smokeout Day, 200000-29902MemorandumBill ClintonNov 21, 2000
America Recycles Day, 200000-29727MemorandumBill ClintonNov 17, 2000
International Education Week, 200000-29462MemorandumBill ClintonNov 15, 2000
Veterans Day, 200000-29454MemorandumBill ClintonNov 15, 2000
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument00-29453MemorandumBill ClintonNov 15, 2000
Boundary Enlargement of the Craters of the Moon National Monument00-29452MemorandumBill ClintonNov 15, 2000
National American Indian Heritage Month, 200000-29297MemorandumBill ClintonNov 15, 2000
Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction00-29243MemorandumBill ClintonNov 13, 2000
Continuation of Iran Emergency00-29242MemorandumBill ClintonNov 13, 2000
National Adoption Month, 200000-29089MemorandumBill ClintonNov 13, 2000
Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments00-29003MemorandumBill ClintonNov 9, 2000
National Family Caregivers Month, 200000-28884MemorandumBill ClintonNov 8, 2000
Report to the Congress Regarding Conditions in Burma and U.S. Policy Toward Burma00-28603MemorandumBill ClintonNov 6, 2000
Determination to Waive Attachment Provisions Relating to Blocked Property of Terrorist-List States00-28533MemorandumBill ClintonNov 6, 2000
Continuation of Sudan Emergency00-28368MemorandumBill ClintonNov 2, 2000
Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy00-28299MemorandumBill ClintonNov 2, 2000
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley00-27893MemorandumBill ClintonOct 27, 2000
Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth00-27892Executive orderBill ClintonOct 27, 2000
United Nations Day, 200000-27831MemorandumBill ClintonOct 27, 2000
National Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, 200000-27597MemorandumBill ClintonOct 25, 2000
Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia00-27250MemorandumBill ClintonOct 20, 2000
White Cane Safety Day, 200000-27113MemorandumBill ClintonOct 19, 2000
National Forest Products Week, 200000-27112MemorandumBill ClintonOct 19, 2000
National Character Counts Week, 200000-27111MemorandumBill ClintonOct 19, 2000
Amending Proclamation 7362, Display of the Flag at Half-Staff as a Mark of Respect for Those Who Died on the United States Ship Cole00-26987MemorandumBill ClintonOct 18, 2000
100th Anniversary of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force, 200000-26771MemorandumBill ClintonOct 17, 2000
Death of American Servicemembers Aboard the United States Ship Cole00-26770MemorandumBill ClintonOct 17, 2000
Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government00-26716MemorandumBill ClintonOct 16, 2000
General Pulaski Memorial Day, 200000-26540MemorandumBill ClintonOct 13, 2000
Eleanor Roosevelt Day, 200000-26539MemorandumBill ClintonOct 13, 2000
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Impeding the Peace Process in Sierra Leone00-26529MemorandumBill ClintonOct 13, 2000
Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses00-26446MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated00-26397MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
Leif Erikson Day, 200000-26396MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
Columbus Day, 200000-26395MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
National Children's Day, 200000-26394MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
National School Lunch Week, 200000-26393MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
Fire Prevention Week, 200000-26392MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
Afterschool Week, 200000-26391MemorandumBill ClintonOct 12, 2000
German-American Day, 200000-26298MemorandumBill ClintonOct 11, 2000
Military Drawdown for Tunisia00-25961MemorandumBill ClintonOct 6, 2000
Presidential Determination on FY 2001 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 Amended00-25960MemorandumBill ClintonOct 6, 2000
Transfer of Economic Support Funds, Peacekeeping Operations Funds, and Foreign Military Financing Funds to the International Organizations and Programs Account and Use of Funds to Provide a U.S. Contribution of $29,407,000 to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)00-25959MemorandumBill ClintonOct 6, 2000
Classified Information Concerning the Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada00-25742MemorandumBill ClintonOct 5, 2000
To Implement the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade00-25693MemorandumBill ClintonOct 4, 2000
To Implement the African Growth and Opportunity Act and To Designate Eritrea as a Beneficiary Developing Country for Purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences00-25692MemorandumBill ClintonOct 4, 2000
Child Health Day, 200000-25676MemorandumBill ClintonOct 4, 2000
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 200000-25675MemorandumBill ClintonOct 4, 2000
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 200000-25674MemorandumBill ClintonOct 4, 2000
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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.

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Executive orders

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Proclamations

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Memoranda

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

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