Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13946: Targeting Opportunity Zones and Other Distressed Communities for Federal Site Locations

President: Donald J. Trump

Changed federal space-acquisition policy to prefer qualified opportunity zones and distressed areas, subject to cost and security considerations.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13946 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13946 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13946 do?

EO 13946 Amended federal site-selection guidance so agencies would consider opportunity zones and other distressed communities; it did not award a particular lease.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14091 expressly revoked this order. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: Any policy rationale or projected benefit in the order is the administration’s position. This index record does not treat those claims as independently established facts.
SignedAugust 24, 2020
IssuerPresident Donald J. Trump
TermFirst presidential term

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12072 and EO 13006 already guided federal facility locations and historic-property choices.

After the order

The amended policy added distressed communities to site reviews; EO 14091 revoked it in 2023. No specific relocation is established here.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentSigned and issued the orderAugust 24, 2020
Named agencies and officialsCarry out directions specified in the orderAccording to the primary text

What happened next

Executive Order 13946 signed.

Later primary evidence reviewed: EO 14091 expressly revoked this order.