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This would be done by reducing the use of waivers and exceptions to current laws.
Signed: April 21, The order directs Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin to review within 60 days all tax regulations put in place in and that put an "undue financial burden on United States taxpayers. Within days, Mnunchin will submit a plan to the president detailing ways to alleviate "the burden imposed by regulations" identified in the initial review. Signed: April 25, The order creates a task force, led by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, that will identify policy options to promote U.
The task force must submit a report to Trump within days. The task force will look at regulations that impede U.
Signed: April 26, The order directs the Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke to review federal monument designations — including national parks — made since that cover more than , acres of land. Under the Antiquities Act, presidents have the power to protect land. Trump's order names one national monument designation in particular: Obama's 1. Zinke must submit a report to Trump within 45 days. Under the order, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is directed to study federal overreach in local and state education systems. As a strong advocate for charter schools, DeVos will determine within days whether federal education regulations take control away from states in areas such as curriculum, school administration and textbook or library content.
Signed: April 27, The order is aimed at improving accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs, which found itself at the center of a controversy in which dozens of veterans reportedly died while on the wait list for medical care.
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The office will be charged with investigating wrongdoing within the department and terminating any VA employee who fails to "carry out his or her duties on behalf of veterans. Signed: April 28, The order reverses a ban on Arctic leasing put in place under the Obama administration in December and directs Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review areas available for off-shore oil and gas exploration.
Signed: April 29, The order establishes the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, which will advise Trump on policies to increase economic growth and decrease the trade deficit. Within days, Ross must send a performance review to Trump detailing any violations. Signed: May 1, The order launches the American Technology Council, headed by 19 different Trump administration officials and cabinet members who will be tasked with modernizing the federal government's digital services and technology.
The task force, which ends in , will "coordinate the vision, strategy, and direction" regarding the federal government's use of information technology. Signed: May 4, The order eases IRS enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which bans churches from engaging in political speech. It also gives relief to companies that disagree with the Affordable Care Act mandate on contraception in health care coverage. Although the order shows Trump delivering on a key campaign promise, congressional approval is needed to fully repeal the law.
Signed: May 11, The order creates a commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence, to investigate allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression in the U. The commission, called the "Presidential Commission on Election Integrity," will review vulnerabilities in the election system.
It comes following persistent and unfounded claims by President Donald Trump that the election was rigged and that millions of "illegals" voted to cost him the popular vote. The order aims to strengthen the cybersecurity of networks within the federal government by having agency heads adhere to an outlined plan.
It directs the Director of the American Technology Council to present a report to Trump within 90 days outlining steps to take for a "modern, secure, and more resilient" IT structure. The Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Homeland Security are also directed to find ways to "dramatically [reduce] threats perpetrated by automated and distributed attacks. Signed: June 15, The order calls for the establishment of the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion, led and appointed by the labor secretary, which will "identify strategies and proposals to promote apprenticeships, especially in sectors where apprenticeship programs are insufficient.
Apprenticeships, defined in the order as paid work with an educational component, are aimed at providing workers with relevant experience and skills that offer affordable paths to employment. The order provides funding to promote apprenticeship programs across different industries, calls for the expansion of apprenticeship participation among students at educational institutions and instructs agencies to eliminate current federally funded apprenticeship programs deemed ineffective. Signed: June 21, The order amends an executive order issued by the Obama administration on visa and foreign visitor processing that aimed "to enhance and expedite travel to and arrival in the United States by foreign nationals.
It eliminates the clause that required 80 percent of non-immigrant visa applicants to be interviewed within three weeks of application receipt, and calls on the secretaries of State and Homeland Security to revise the visa expediting implementation plan laid out in Obama's order "as necessary and appropriate. Signed: June 30, The order "revives" The National Space Council, a council tasked with advising the president on space strategy that was first established in a executive order by George H. It appoints the Vice President as chairman and establishes the agency heads that will compose it.
The council will meet at least annually to review policies and develop strategies for space activity.
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The order mandates that the group submit a report to the President "setting forth its assessment of, and recommendations for, the space policy and strategy of the United States Government" within the next year. Signed: July 11, The order comes in relation to a executive order issued by Bill Clinton , which named Sudan an "unusual and extraordinary threat to national security" for its support of terrorism, attempts at destabilizing regional governments, and serious human rights violations. The original order imposed a number of sanctions on Sudan, including a halt of all import and export deals with the country.
President Trump's new order is issued a day before a deadline proposed in a related executive order issued by the Obama administration , which pointed out that Sudan had since taken positive actions to address the issues cited in Clinton's order and called for a reevaluation of the punitive sanctions. Obama's order instructed relevant government bodies to "provide to the President a report on whether the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions" on or before July 12, Trump's order extends the deadline for the report to October 12, to allow for "additional fact-finding and a more comprehensive analysis of the Government of Sudan's actions.
Signed: July 19, The order creates a Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure within the Department of Commerce in order to "advance infrastructure projects that create high-quality jobs for American workers, enhance productivity, improve quality of life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic growth. The council will be composed of up to 15 members appointed by Trump, private citizens with expertise in areas such as finance, real estate, construction and environmental policy.
The group will submit a report to the president on potential infrastructure projects that could be carried out over the next 10 years, and is scheduled to be dissolved shortly after, unless given an extension by the president. Signed: July 21, The order names national manufacturing as essential to economic strength and national security of the United States, and calls the loss of manufacturing jobs and an industrial base in the country a threat to national security.
In light of this, it demands that the Secretary of Defense and other relevant agencies provide "a comprehensive evaluation of the defense industrial base and supply chains" within days of the executive order.
The report will assess the strengths and weaknesses of national manufacturing capabilities, identify the manufacturing goods most essential to national security and recommend pertinent action by the President. Signed: August 15, The order aims to increase the efficiency of the Federal infrastructure permitting process and revokes an Obama-era Executive Order that created stricter environmental review standards for federal projects in flood-prone areas. It also sets a goal of 2 years for the average completion time of the permitting process.
While announcing the order, Trump called the current permitting process "a massive, self imposed wound. That order required planners use flooding predictions that incorporated climate science.
Signed: August 25, The order prohibits the purchase of certain Venezuelan government bonds on the American market while still allowing for the import of crude oil. The sanctions were in response to reports of human rights abuses and increasing authoritarianism in Venezuela, including the dissolution of the elected legislature. Signed: August 28, The order revokes Obama-era limits on the repurposing of military equipment for law enforcement use.
On January 16, , the former president issued an Executive Order seeking to limit police access to repurposed military gear. The order came in the wake of national criticism surrounding the police crackdown on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, which included armored vehicles, tear gas, and heavily armed riot police in camouflage. Protesters were responding to the killing of Michael Brown, an year old black man shot by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Obama later approved recommendations that banned the transfer of certain equipment — like tracked armored vehicles and grenade launchers — to police forces completely, and mandated strict new guidelines for departments that acquired other military-issue devices. The executive order nullifies those restrictions.
Signed: September 13, The order bars a Chinese-backed venture capital firm from purchasing an American semiconductor company.
Trump acted in accordance with a r ecommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States CFIUS , who determined the proposed takeover of the Lattice Semiconductor Corporation by an investment group linked to the Chinese government threatened national security interests. Lattice produces integrated circuits that could conceivably have military applications. Signed September 21, The order imposes wide-ranging sanctions that penalize North Korea and anyone doing business with the country.
It seeks to cut off sources of revenue to North Korea and punish anyone trading in goods, services, or technology with the country, including by barring ships or planes that enter North Korea from the United States for days. The order allows the Secretary of the Treasury to sanction any foreign financial institution that conducts business with North Korea or North Korean individuals involved in illicit trade.
The order came shortly after North Korean conducted two intercontinental ballistic missile launches and an underground nuclear test.
Signed September 29, The order extends certain federal advisory committees until September 30, Presidents routinely issue similar orders extending the lifetime of federal advisory committees. The order revokes an Obama-era Executive order that established a National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations and mandated the creation of labor-management forums. Obama signed Executive Order in , which created the 10 person National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations to advise the president on labor-management relations in the executive branch.
It also created Labor-Management forums — committees or councils meant to increase dialogue between managers and employees represented by unions in the federal government. Trump ended both, describing the efforts as a waste of taxpayer resources and a failure in the Order.
Signed October 12, Analysts expect it will increase the availability of cheaper, bare bones plans for the young and healthy and raise premiums for older and sicker Americans. On Twitter , Senator Chuck Schumer called it "a spiteful act of vast pointless sabotage leveled at working families and the middle class in every corner of America. Politics U. Sections U. Such cases were brought by the federal government as well as by other entities—ranging from unions to Indian tribes.