Government operations and workforce

Executive Order 13975: Encouraging Buy American Policies for the United States Postal Service

President: Donald J. Trump

Encouraged the Postal Service to consider stronger domestic-purchase preferences in its own procurement rules after related federal rulemaking.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13975 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13975 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13975 do?

EO 13975 directed the Postal Service to review domestic-preference procurement practices.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14005 expressly revoked this Postal Service Buy American order in section 14(a) on January 25, 2021. The Federal Register metadata's apparent EO 14006 cross-reference is erroneous; EO 14006 concerns private prisons. 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.
SignedJanuary 14, 2021
IssuerPresident Donald J. Trump
TermFirst presidential term

Before and after

Before the order

Postal Service procurement used its existing purchasing policies and statutory authority.

After the order

EO 14005 expressly revoked this Postal Service Buy American order in section 14(a) on January 25, 2021. The Federal Register metadata's apparent EO 14006 cross-reference is erroneous; EO 14006 concerns private prisons.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentSigned and issued the orderJanuary 14, 2021
Named agencies and officialsCarry out directions specified in the orderAccording to the primary text

What happened next

Executive Order 13975 signed.

Later primary evidence reviewed: EO 14005 expressly revoked this Postal Service Buy American order in section 14(a) on January 25, 2021. The Federal Register metadata's apparent EO 14006 cross-reference is erroneous; EO 14006 concerns private prisons.