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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
Executive Order 1349213492Featured	Executive order	Barack Obama	Jan 22, 2009
Executive Order 1348913489Featured	Executive order	Barack Obama	Jan 21, 2009
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service2017-01503	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Council on Environmental Quality2017-01500	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science and Technology Policy To Act as Director2017-01493	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuing To Expand Opportunity for All Young People2017-01492	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Environmental Protection Agency2017-01489	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice2017-01487	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Religious Freedom Day, 20172017-01485	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 20172017-01484	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Our National Parks, National Forests, and Other Public Lands and Waters2017-01383	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe2017-01371	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela2017-01370	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine2017-01369	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya2017-01368	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran2017-01367	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels2017-01366	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Establishment of the Reconstruction Era National Monument2017-01363	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 19, 2017
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process2017-01359	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Establishment of the Freedom Riders National Monument2017-01349	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Establishment of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument2017-01342	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Boundary Enlargement of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument2017-01332	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Boundary Enlargement of the California Coastal National Monument2017-01327	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related Sanctions2017-01197	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 18, 2017
Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program2017-01169	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 17, 2017
Designating the World Organisation for Animal Health as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities2017-01168	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 17, 2017
Amending Executive Order 11016 To Update Eligibility Criteria for Award of the Purple Heart2017-01164	Executive order	Barack Obama	Jan 17, 2017
National Stalking Awareness Month, 20172017-00042	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 5, 2017
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 20172017-00041	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 5, 2017
National Mentoring Month, 20172017-00040	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 5, 2017
Establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument2017-00039	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 5, 2017
Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument2017-00038	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 5, 2017
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber- Enabled Activities2016-31922	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Jan 3, 2017
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay2016-31875	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Social Security Administration2016-31811	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Providing an Order of Succession Within the National Endowment for the Arts2016-31801	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service2016-31798	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Labor2016-31792	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Designation of Officers of the National Archives and Records Administration to Act as Archivist of the United States2016-31788	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 30, 2016
Supporting New American Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families2016-31690	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 28, 2016
Steps for Increased Legal and Policy Transparency Concerning the United States Use of Military Force and Related National Security Operations2016-31213	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 23, 2016
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 570(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 19972016-31189	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 23, 2016
Wright Brothers Day, 20162016-30955	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 21, 2016
Returning the Flag of the United States to Full- Staff2016-30953	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 21, 2016
To Implement the Nepal Preference Program and for Other Purposes2016-30738	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 20, 2016
Bill of Rights Day, 20162016-30711	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 19, 2016
Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience2016-30277	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 14, 2016
Amending the Order of Succession in the Department of Homeland Security2016-30272	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 14, 2016
Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week, 20162016-30265	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 14, 2016
Death of John Glenn2016-30262	Memorandum	Barack Obama	Dec 14, 2016

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