Executive Order 13904: Ensuring Safe and Lawful E-Commerce for United States Consumers, Businesses, Government Supply Chains, and Intellectual Property Rights Holders
President: Donald J. Trump
Directed Homeland Security and trade agencies to tighten importer-of-record rules and address counterfeit or unsafe products in small e-commerce shipments through later procedures.
Status: In effect. Sources: Federal Register: Executive Order 13904 · Federal Register 2020 executive order disposition table · Presidential memorandum of October 13, 2020.
Is Executive Order 13904 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13904, signed January 31, 2020, remains an unrevoked customs-enforcement directive. Its recurring guidance and periodic seizure-information requirements have no expiration clause, and the Federal Register disposition record lists no later revocation.
What does Executive Order 13904 do?
EO 13904 required stronger enforcement, information sharing and policy review to protect consumers, supply chains and intellectual-property rights in e-commerce.
Later evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: DHS issued an implementation strategy on counterfeit and pirated goods in e-commerce following EO 13904 and its earlier report. This is a planning and enforcement-coordination result. DHS e-commerce implementation strategy.
Before and after
Before the order
Customs and other agencies enforced import and intellectual-property rules in e-commerce.
After the order
DHS issued an implementation strategy on counterfeit and pirated goods in e-commerce following EO 13904 and its earlier report. This is a planning and enforcement-coordination result.
Who had to do what
| Agency / official | What the signed order directed | Deadline / timing |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of Homeland Security | Propose importer-of-record eligibility rules; direct CBP carrier/broker safeguards and enforcement options; develop and quarterly update international-post compliance scores; escalate inspections, information requests and protections at specified thresholds; publish guidance and seizure information; report on postal safeguards, authorities and fee sufficiency. | Postal/authority reports and guidance within 90 days of January 31, 2020; fee report within 210 days; scores quarterly; escalations after two, six and eight consecutive noncompliant quarters. |
| CBP Commissioner | Carry out DHS-directed importer safeguards, postal compliance scoring and escalating protections, reports, guidance and periodic seizure disclosures. | Carrier/broker notifications within 60 days of CBP suspension/debarment publication; postal reports/guidance within 90 days; scoring quarterly; protections at two/six/eight-quarter thresholds. |
| United States Postal Service | Collaborate with State to notify the international postal network; seek importer criteria in new contracts; consult on postal measures and collaborate in implementing shipment protections. | For new contracts and as postal measures are developed; reports due within 90 days. |
| Secretary of State | Collaborate with USPS on notice to the international postal network. | No separate deadline specified. |
| United States Trade Representative | Consult on the international-mail compliance metric. | Scores updated quarterly. |
| ICE Director | Participate in periodic publication of relevant seizure/violation information. | Periodically. |
| Attorney General | Assign resources so federal prosecutors give import-related offenses high priority. | Within 60 days. |
| Other appropriate department and agency heads | Coordinate with DHS on its analysis and recommendations concerning parcel-processing fees. | Report within 210 days. |
Source: Signed Federal Register text.
What happened next
EO 13904 signed; its Federal Register publication followed.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The Federal Register record identifies EO 13904, its title and signing date. DHS issued an implementation strategy on counterfeit and pirated goods in e-commerce following EO 13904 and its earlier report. This is a planning and enforcement-coordination result. The linked source supports this particular later event; it does not establish every present legal or operational effect.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- DHS e-commerce implementation strategy (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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