Trump Executive Order Tracker

The EO announces a policy of the United States to put patients first and ensure they have the necessary information to make well-informed healthcare decisions. The order builds upon Executive Order 13877 (Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First) of June 24, 2019, and directs Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement rapidly and enforce the healthcare price transparency regulations issued pursuant to that order within 90 days. 

This order establishes a policy of the federal government to aggressively combat health challenges facing Americans, including mental health, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. The order establishes the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, composed of officials across the federal government, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human services, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy serving as the Executive Director. 

This order makes it the policy of the Administration to ensure reliable access to IVF treatment, including by easing unnecessary statutory or regulatory burdens to make IVF treatment more affordable. Within 90 days of the order, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy will submit to the President a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment. 

The order establishes a federal policy that prohibits the use of discretionary federal funds to support or subsidize educational institutions that require COVID-19 vaccinations for in-person attendance. It directs the Secretary of Education to issue guidelines to schools, educational agencies, and higher education institutions outlining the legal obligations of these entities regarding parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under the law, as relevant to coercive COVID-19 school mandates.

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.

This order makes reinstatement available to all members of the military who were discharged solely for refusing to comply the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as administered on August 24, 2021, and revoked January 10, 2023. The order further directs that all reinstated service members revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation. Lastly, the order allows for the reinstatement of any service member who exited service voluntarily because of the vaccine mandate, provided they submit written and sworn attestation.

This Order makes it the policy of the United States to enforce the Hyde Amendment, preventing the use of Federal money to fund or promote elective abortion. The EO further revokes two Executive Orders from the Biden Administration: (1) Executive Order 14076, Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services and (2) Executive Order 14079, Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services.