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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 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 199696-31424MemorandumBill ClintonDec 9, 1996
Implementing, for the United States, the Provisions of An- nex 1 of the Decision Concerning Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities, Issued by the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on December 1, 199396-31165MemorandumBill ClintonDec 5, 1996
Further Amendments to Executive Order No. 12757 Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative96-31164Executive orderBill ClintonDec 5, 1996
To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products96-31136MemorandumBill ClintonDec 5, 1996
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 199696-31029MemorandumBill ClintonDec 4, 1996
Delegation of Responsibilities Under the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 199696-31026MemorandumBill ClintonDec 4, 1996
Delegation of Authority Under Section 581(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 199796-31025MemorandumBill ClintonDec 4, 1996
Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Broom Corn Brooms96-31006MemorandumBill ClintonDec 4, 1996
To Facilitate Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Broom Corn Brooms96-31005MemorandumBill ClintonDec 4, 1996
World AIDS Day, 199696-30780MemorandumBill ClintonDec 2, 1996
Findings With Respect to the Trade Agreement With Tajikistan96-30729MemorandumBill ClintonDec 2, 1996
Findings With Respect to the Trade Agreement With Uzbekistan96-30728MemorandumBill ClintonDec 2, 1996
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Are Members or Officials of the Sudanese Government or Armed Forces96-30392MemorandumBill ClintonNov 26, 1996
Designation of Jordan as a Major Non-NATO Ally96-30222MemorandumBill ClintonNov 25, 1996
Determination Under Section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended: People's Republic of China96-30221MemorandumBill ClintonNov 25, 1996
Determination Under Section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended: People's Republic of China96-30220MemorandumBill ClintonNov 25, 1996
National Great American Smokeout Day, 199696-30201MemorandumBill ClintonNov 25, 1996
Findings with Respect to the Trade Agreement With Turkmenistan96-30054MemorandumBill ClintonNov 22, 1996
National Family Week, 199696-30000MemorandumBill ClintonNov 21, 1996
Assistance Program for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union96-29867MemorandumBill ClintonNov 20, 1996
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers96-29815MemorandumBill ClintonNov 20, 1996
Administration of Export Controls on Encryption Products96-29692MemorandumBill ClintonNov 19, 1996
To Provide Duty-Free Treatment to Products of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and Qualifying Industrial Zones96-29613MemorandumBill ClintonNov 18, 1996
Amendment to Executive Order 13010, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection96-29597Executive orderBill ClintonNov 18, 1996
Thanksgiving Day, 199696-29436MemorandumBill ClintonNov 14, 1996
National Family Caregivers Week, 199696-29392MemorandumBill ClintonNov 14, 1996
National Farm-City Week, 1996 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation96-29391MemorandumBill ClintonNov 14, 1996
Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction96-29317MemorandumBill ClintonNov 13, 1996
To Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Most- Favored- Nation Treatment) to the Products of Romania96-29148MemorandumBill ClintonNov 12, 1996
Amending Executive Order 12015, Relating to Competitive Appointments of Students Who Have Completed Approved Career-Related Work Study Programs96-29109Executive orderBill ClintonNov 12, 1996
Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics96-28938Executive orderBill ClintonNov 8, 1996
Administration of the Midway Islands96-28509MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Veterans Day, 199696-28505MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Presidential Determination on FY 1997 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 Amended96-28397MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Loan Guarantee to Israel Program96-28396MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Drawdown of Articles, Services, and Military Education and Training from DOD To Provide Antinarcotics Assistance to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and the Countries of the Eastern Caribbean96-28395MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Determination To Authorize the Drawdown of Commodities, Services, and Training From the Department of Defense for the Economic Community of West African States' Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) Under Section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended96-28394MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Determination To Authorize the Furnishing of Non- Lethal Emergency Military Assistance to the States Participating in the Economic Community of West African States' Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended96-28393MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
Determination To Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military Assistance to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Uganda Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act96-28392MemorandumBill ClintonNov 4, 1996
National American Indian Heritage Month, 199696-28293MemorandumBill ClintonNov 1, 1996
National Adoption Month, 199696-28234MemorandumBill ClintonOct 31, 1996
To Modify Provisions on Upland Cotton and for Other Purposes96-28233MemorandumBill ClintonOct 31, 1996
Continuation of Iran Emergency96-28108MemorandumBill ClintonOct 31, 1996
United Nations Day, 199696-27775MemorandumBill ClintonOct 28, 1996
National Consumers Week, 199696-27429MemorandumBill ClintonOct 23, 1996
Tribal Colleges and Universities96-27352MemorandumBill ClintonOct 23, 1996
National Forest Products Week, 199696-27351MemorandumBill ClintonOct 23, 1996
Honoring the Filipino Veterans of World War II96-27249MemorandumBill ClintonOct 22, 1996
To Amend the Generalized System of Preferences96-27126MemorandumBill ClintonOct 21, 1996
Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia96-27026MemorandumBill ClintonOct 18, 1996
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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