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EO 14143

Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of AmeriCorps to the Competitive Service

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Created a noncompetitive federal hiring eligibility for certain people who successfully completed qualifying AmeriCorps service.

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EO 14142

Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in Syria

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Updated Syria sanctions after the fall of the Assad government, broadening accountability criteria while preserving humanitarian and stabilization flexibility.

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EO 14141

Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to identify federal sites and streamline leasing, energy, permitting and security arrangements for large AI data centers and clean-power infrastructure.

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EO 14140

Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in the Western Balkans

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Expanded Western Balkans sanctions to cover attempts to undermine regional peace agreements, democratic institutions, rule of law and territorial integrity, and updated related blocking criteria.

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EO 14139

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of the National Cyber Director

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Office of the National Cyber Director when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

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EO 14138

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Office of Management and Budget when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

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EO 14137

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Department of the Treasury when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

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EO 14136

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Department of Justice when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

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EO 14135

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Homeland Security

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting leadership of Department of Homeland Security when the principal and designated deputy were unavailable, subject to federal vacancies law.

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EO 14134

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set a succession list for acting Secretary of Agriculture when both the Secretary and Deputy Secretary were unavailable, subject to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.

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EO 14133

Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on January 9, 2025

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Closed most executive agencies on January 9, 2025, the national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, while preserving essential operations.

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EO 14132

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set 2025 federal civilian pay schedules and related executive, judicial and uniformed-service rates under annual statutory adjustment authorities.

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EO 14131

Amendments to Executive Orders Relating to Certain Certificates and Badges

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Updated presidential authorities for selected military certificates and badges, including eligibility and administrative provisions.

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EO 14130

2024 Amendments to the Manual for Courts Martial, United States

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Amended the Manual for Courts-Martial to implement statutory military-justice changes and update rules, punitive articles and explanations.

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EO 14129

Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2024

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Completed/expired: December 24, 2024 closure only, with public-need exceptions and OPM holiday pay/leave guidance; not an annual holiday.

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EO 14128

Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Created Presidential Emergency Board 252 to select the more reasonable final offer in the unresolved NJ Transit locomotive-engineers dispute.

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EO 14127

Combating Emerging Firearms Threats and Improving School-Based Active-Shooter Drills

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to report on machine-gun conversion devices and unserialized firearms and to develop guidance for effective, trauma-informed school active-shooter drills.

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EO 14126

Investing in America and Investing in American Workers

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies administering major infrastructure and manufacturing investments to promote job quality, worker organizing, registered apprenticeship and domestic workforce development.

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EO 14125

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Created Presidential Emergency Board 251 to investigate the NJ Transit–locomotive engineers bargaining dispute and imposed the Railway Labor Act status quo.

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EO 14124

White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Created a White House initiative and advisory board to improve federal coordination and opportunity for Hispanic-Serving Institutions and their students.

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EO 14123

White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Formalized an interagency council to coordinate supply-chain resilience, required a quadrennial review and amended EO 14017.

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EO 14122

COVID-19 and Public Health Preparedness and Response

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Revoked two pandemic-era orders after the federal public-health emergency ended and preserved ordinary agency authority for future preparedness and response.

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EO 14121

Recognizing and Honoring Women's History

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed federal recognition of women's history, including a planned monument in Washington and coordinated historic-preservation and educational work.

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EO 14120

Advancing Women's Health Research and Innovation

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to expand and coordinate research on women's health across the lifespan, strengthen clinical-research standards and identify funding opportunities.

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EO 14119

Scaling and Expanding the Use of Registered Apprenticeships in Industries and the Federal Government and Promoting Labor-Management Forums

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed a government-wide expansion of registered apprenticeships and labor-management forums, including federal workforce pilots, grant preferences and data improvements.

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EO 14118

Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Terminated the 2003 Zimbabwe national emergency, revoked three sanctions orders and directed unblocking of property blocked solely under those orders.

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EO 14117

Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed Justice to restrict transactions that give countries of concern access to bulk sensitive personal data or United States Government-related data.

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EO 14116

Amending Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Modernized presidential port-security regulations so the Coast Guard could address cyber incidents and other threats to vessels, harbors, ports and waterfront facilities.

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EO 14115

Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Authorized financial and visa sanctions against people found to threaten peace, security or stability in the West Bank, including through violence, intimidation or property destruction.

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EO 14114

Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation's Harmful Activities

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

In effect: foreign-bank sanctions and import determinations under two amended orders; Treasury’s June 2024 interpretation, not EO 14117, expanded the banking scope.

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EO 14113

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Set 2024 federal civilian locality and general pay adjustments and specified executive, judicial, uniformed-service and senior pay rates under annual statutory authority.

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EO 14112

Reforming Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations To Better Embrace Our Trust Responsibilities and Promote the Next Era of Tribal Self-Determination

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to make Tribal funding more flexible, accessible and predictable, reduce administrative burdens and strengthen Tribal self-determination in program design.

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EO 14111

Interagency Security Committee

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Reconstituted the Interagency Security Committee within Homeland Security to set risk-based security standards for nonmilitary federal facilities.

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EO 14110

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed government-wide AI safety testing, standards, civil-rights safeguards, workforce measures, procurement rules and national-security reporting.

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EO 14109

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Other Executive Orders

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Continued specified presidential advisory committees through September 2025 and made targeted membership or administrative amendments to earlier orders.

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EO 14108

Ensuring the People of East Palestine Are Protected Now and in the Future

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed a coordinated federal response to the East Palestine train derailment, including environmental monitoring, health support, recovery assistance and recovery of federal costs from Norfolk Southern.

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EO 14107

Exemption of Paul H. Maurer From Mandatory Separation

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Exempted Secret Service official Paul H. Maurer from automatic age-based separation under 5 U.S.C. 8425(e), without a stated end date; supervisory authority remained.

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EO 14106

United States Coast Guard Officer Personnel Management

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Delegated presidential Coast Guard officer-personnel authorities to the Homeland Security Secretary, subject to statutory exceptions and retained presidential powers.

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EO 14105

Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Created a national-security program prohibiting or requiring notice of certain US investments involving sensitive semiconductors, quantum technologies and artificial intelligence in countries of concern.

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EO 14104

Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Tightened policy for domestic manufacture of inventions arising from federal research funding and required agencies to improve waiver transparency and planning.

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EO 14103

2023 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Amended court-martial rules and punitive articles to implement military-justice legislation, including the new special-trial-counsel system.

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EO 14102

Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Members of the Individual Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Authorized up to 3,000 reserve personnel, including no more than 450 Individual Ready Reserve members, to support Operation Atlantic Resolve in Europe.

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EO 14101

Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to improve contraceptive access under private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Title X, federal programs and over-the-counter pathways.

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EO 14100

Advancing Economic Security for Military and Veteran Spouses, Military Caregivers, and Survivors

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Directed agencies to improve federal hiring, portable careers, child care, transition assistance and data for military and veteran spouses, caregivers and survivors.

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EO 14099

Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Revoked January 20, 2025 by EO 14148; ended the two vaccine orders in May 2023, with later express revocations and separate OPM records guidance.

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EO 14098

Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Undermining the Goal of a Democratic Transition

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Declared a Sudan-related national emergency and authorized asset blocking and entry restrictions for actors threatening peace, democratic transition or human rights.

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EO 14097

Authority To Order the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty To Address International Drug Trafficking

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Authorized the Defense Secretary and Homeland Security Secretary for the Coast Guard to call specified Ready Reserve members to active duty for international drug-trafficking operations.

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EO 14096

Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All

Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021–2025

Expanded the federal environmental-justice framework, required agency strategic plans and scorecards, and created White House coordinating and advisory structures.

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