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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
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, 200000-9331MemorandumBill ClintonApr 13, 2000
Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 200000-9330MemorandumBill ClintonApr 13, 2000
National Volunteer Week, 200000-9207MemorandumBill ClintonApr 11, 2000
Census Day, 200000-8571MemorandumBill ClintonApr 5, 2000
National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 200000-8570MemorandumBill ClintonApr 5, 2000
Cancer Control Month, 200000-8569MemorandumBill ClintonApr 5, 2000
Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 200000-7900MemorandumBill ClintonMar 29, 2000
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 200000-7825MemorandumBill ClintonMar 28, 2000
Sanctions on India00-7748MemorandumBill ClintonMar 28, 2000
Delegation of Authority Under Section 1406 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65)00-7426MemorandumBill ClintonMar 24, 2000
Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, To Provide Emergency Disaster Assistance in Southern Africa00-6472MemorandumBill ClintonMar 23, 2000
Presidential Determination on Major Illicit Drug Producing and Drug Transit Countries00-6471MemorandumBill ClintonMar 23, 2000
National Poison Prevention Week, 200000-7183MemorandumBill ClintonMar 21, 2000
Continuation of Iran Emergency00-6510MemorandumBill ClintonMar 14, 2000
White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy00-6126MemorandumBill ClintonMar 10, 2000
Save Your Vision Week, 200000-6011MemorandumBill ClintonMar 9, 2000
Irish-American Heritage Month, 200000-5456MemorandumBill ClintonMar 3, 2000
American Red Cross Month, 200000-5393MemorandumBill ClintonMar 3, 2000
President's Council on the Future of Princeville, North Carolina00-5209MemorandumBill ClintonMar 2, 2000
Women's History Month, 200000-5208MemorandumBill ClintonMar 2, 2000
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 200000-5207MemorandumBill ClintonMar 2, 2000
U.S. Contribution to the Korean 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, 2000, as Enacted in Public Law 106-11300-5070MemorandumBill ClintonMar 1, 2000
Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels00-4999MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 29, 2000
Vietnamese Cooperation in Accounting for United States Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA)00-4817MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 28, 2000
Determination on Eligibility of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) To Be Furnished Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act00-4816MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 28, 2000
Registration Under the Military Selective Service Act00-4559MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 24, 2000
Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Line Pipe00-4429MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 23, 2000
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Circular Welded Carbon Quality Line Pipe00-4428MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 23, 2000
Delegation of Authority To Conduct Assessments and Promulgate Regulations on Public Access to Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information00-4270MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 22, 2000
Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Steel Wire Rod00-4199MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 18, 2000
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Steel Wire Rod00-4198MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 18, 2000
United States Military Activities in East Timor00-4097MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 18, 2000
National Consumer Protection Week, 200000-3864MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 16, 2000
To Prohibit Discrimination in Federal Employment Based on Genetic Information00-3331MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 10, 2000
Assistance Program for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union00-3289MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 10, 2000
Resolution Regarding Use of Range Facilities on Vieques, Puerto Rico (Community Assistance)00-2751MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 4, 2000
Resolution Regarding Use of Range Facilities on Vieques, Puerto Rico (Referendum)00-2750MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 4, 2000
Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, as Contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY 2000 (Public Law 106-113)00-2684MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 4, 2000
American Heart Month, 200000-2538MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 3, 2000
National African American History Month, 200000-2452MemorandumBill ClintonFeb 2, 2000
National Biotechnology Month, 200000-1758MemorandumBill ClintonJan 24, 2000
Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process00-1709MemorandumBill ClintonJan 21, 2000
Delegation of Authority Under Section 1401(b) of the00-1501MemorandumBill ClintonJan 20, 2000
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 200000-1346MemorandumBill ClintonJan 19, 2000
Religious Freedom Day, 200000-1345MemorandumBill ClintonJan 19, 2000
Boundary Enlargement of the Pinnacles National Monument00-1297MemorandumBill ClintonJan 18, 2000
Establishment of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument00-1296MemorandumBill ClintonJan 18, 2000
Establishment of the California Coastal National Monument00-1295MemorandumBill ClintonJan 18, 2000
Establishment of the Agua Fria National Monument00-1294MemorandumBill ClintonJan 18, 2000
Delegation of Authority Under Sections 1402 and 1406 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65)00-1015MemorandumBill ClintonJan 13, 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

16

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