Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 14094: Modernizing Regulatory Review

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Amended the centralized regulatory-review process by raising the economic-significance threshold, emphasizing distributional effects and directing broader public participation and analytical modernization.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 14094 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14094 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

Officials examine reports beside scales of justice and abstract charts.
Regulatory review, illustrated symbolically; the charts are not actual regulatory benefits, costs, thresholds or agency findings. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14094 do?

The White House regulatory-review office had to update analysis guidance, while OMB and agencies revised engagement and review practices.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedApril 6, 2023
Lead officialsOMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and regulatory agencies
Express timingOMB guidance and implementation within one year

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12866 had used a $100 million significance threshold since 1993 and a more traditional benefit-cost and interagency review framework.

After the order

OIRA issued Circular A-4 revisions and agencies used the $200 million threshold. The 2025 administration rescinded the Biden analytical guidance and reinstated or revised prior regulatory policies, substantially displacing EO 14094's implementation.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
OIRARevise regulatory analysis guidanceWithin one year
AgenciesApply updated review thresholds and participation practicesUpon implementation
OMBImprove public engagement and meeting proceduresOngoing

What happened next

EO 14094 signed.

OMB issued revised Circular A-4.