Executive Order 14092: Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed agencies to increase background-check compliance, promote safe storage and red-flag laws, improve firearm-loss reporting, support survivors and accelerate implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 14092 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14092 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

A family, healthcare worker and police officer appear beside a firearm safe and purchase-form symbols. — Gun-violence policy, illustrated symbolically; not a description of every legal purchase requirement, a ban on all firearms or an identified incident. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14092 do?

Justice and the firearms bureau were assigned dealer and background-check work; health, education and other agencies had separate support tasks.

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.

SignedMarch 14, 2023

Lead officialsJustice/ATF, HHS, Defense, Education and FTC

Express timingAgency reports and actions generally within 30–180 days

Before and after

Before the order

Federal firearm law and the 2022 statute supplied authorities, but implementation and dealer compliance priorities varied.

After the order

ATF issued the engaged-in-the-business rule, agencies promoted storage and community violence intervention, and reports followed. Courts challenged the dealer rule and other specific actions; later policy changed enforcement priorities, though no express revocation of EO 14092 was located.

Who had to do what

Agency / office	Action	Timing / position
Attorney General/ATF	Strengthen dealer compliance and background checks	30–180 days
HHS and Education	Support public health, schools and survivors	Ongoing
Defense and agencies	Improve safe-storage practices	As directed

What happened next

March 14, 2023

EO 14092 signed.

Sep 9, 2026

Legal and source detail

How it works legally

The Second Amendment, Gun Control Act, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, federalism, appropriations and APA constrain implementation. Litigation targets particular rules; the Supreme Court's decisions on firearm statutes do not themselves invalidate the order.

Sources by type

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Primary and official sources

Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.

Federal Register — official order (opens in a new tab) Order text
Authenticated Federal Register PDF (opens in a new tab) Order text
ATF — engaged in the business final rule (opens in a new tab) Agency rule
Justice Department — EO implementation summary (opens in a new tab) Official record

How we checked this

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