Trump Executive Order Tracker

March 6 update: Amendment posted adjusting tariffs for automotive parts and potash.

The executive order directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an investigation pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 regarding “the effects on national security of imports of copper in all forms,” including scrap copper and derivative products.  In undertaking this investigation, the President ordered the Secretary of Commerce to consider the following factors:

Requires specified federal agencies to add expiration dates, called Conditional Sunset Dates, to existing and new energy-related regulations, causing them to automatically lapse unless actively reviewed and extended. Agencies must implement this sunset process by September 30, 2025, with public input required before any extensions are granted.

Establishes the National Energy Dominance Council with the Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Energy and Chair and Vice Chair. The Order assigns the council to advice the President on various energy related matters, and to consult other agencies, sub-national and Tribal officials, and the private sector to inform their recommendations.

Directs the heads of executive departments and agencies to review all funding provided to NGOs and align future funding decisions with the interests of the United States and the goals of the Trump-Vance administration. 

Orders that for each new regulation issued, at least 10 prior regulations be identified for elimination.  This practice is to ensure that the cost of planned regulations is responsibly managed and controlled through a rigorous regulatory budgeting process.

Rescinded: The White House Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its freeze on federal financial assistance, per a January 29 memo circulated to all federal departments and agencies. As a result, the original pause on agency funds, which itself had been subject to a federal district court stay until February 3, will not go forward.

The Order rescinds executive orders from the Biden administration that are contrary to the values President Trump has supported in his campaign. The revocations focus on the Covid-19 pandemic, use of diversity, equity & inclusion, climate and immigration policies. 

The memorandum directs a full review of wind leasing and permitting practices, and, effective January 21, 2025, pauses all “consideration of any area in the OCS for any new or renewed wind energy leasing” as well as “approvals, rights of way, permits, leases, or loans for onshore or offshore wind projects pending” review. The memorandum stops just short of revoking existing leases, instead directing “the Secretary of the Interior… [to] conduct a comprehensive review of the ecological, economic, and environmental necessity of terminating or amending any existing wind energy leases, identifying any legal bases for such removal, and submit… recommendations to the President.”