Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13968: Promoting Redemption of Savings Bonds

President: Donald J. Trump

Directed Treasury to digitize records of matured, unredeemed savings bonds, improve its Treasury Hunt search and study redemption barriers.

Status: In effect. Sources: Executive Order 13968 signed text · Treasury report responding to EO 13968, June 17, 2021 · Federal Register executive order disposition table.

Is Executive Order 13968 still in effect? Yes. The December 18, 2020 order remains unrevoked and directs Treasury to improve records, redemption access, customer research, and cooperation with states without a sunset. Treasury’s June 17, 2021 report fulfilled the reporting requirement but did not end the remaining directions.

What does Executive Order 13968 do?

EO 13968 directed Treasury to improve savings-bond redemption and customer service.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: Treasury published its June 2021 report in response to this order, describing records digitization, customer research, and work with states to promote redemption of matured savings bonds. 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.
SignedDecember 18, 2020
IssuerPresident Donald J. Trump
TermFirst presidential term

Before and after

Before the order

Treasury administered savings bonds under its existing redemption and customer-service procedures.

After the order

Treasury published its June 2021 report in response to this order, describing records digitization, customer research, and work with states to promote redemption of matured savings bonds.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentSigned and issued the orderDecember 18, 2020
Named agencies and officialsCarry out directions specified in the orderAccording to the primary text

What happened next

Executive Order 13968 signed.

Later primary evidence reviewed: Treasury published its June 2021 report in response to this order, describing records digitization, customer research, and work with states to promote redemption of matured savings bonds.