Executive Order 14148

"Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions"
President Trump, on his first day, signs a series of executive orders amongst which was order 14148 at theCapital One Arena.
Type	Executive order
Number	14148
President	Donald Trump
Signed	January 20, 2025 (2025-01-20)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number	2025-01901
Publication date	January 20, 2025
Summary
Orders the rescindment of several executive orders enacted during the Biden administration.

Executive Order 14148, titled "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions", is anexecutive order signed byUnited States presidentDonald Trump on January 20, 2025, during the first day of his second presidential term. The order directed the rescindment of several executive orders enacted during theBiden administration.

The main focus of the order was to rescinddiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in the US Government, specific climate andenvironmental regulations, and certainborder policies.

This was the first of the newPresident Trump's executive orders and was a mass undoing of the previous president's policies on a wide range of issues. Its core effect was the rescinding of several executive orders ordered by President Biden.^[1] It was followed that day by25 other executive orders covering a wide range of policies and was signed in an open to the public event with attendance byVice President JD Vance.

The executive order explicitly rescinded68 executive orders and 11 presidential memoranda from theBiden Administration.^[2] It also ordered heads of federal agencies to "take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of unlawful and radical DEI ideology".^[2] Additionally the order ordered, theDirector of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) and theDirector of the National Economic Council (NEC) should review all Federal Government actions taken in accordance to the rescinded orders and take necessary steps to rescind, replace, or amend such actions when appropriate. It also ordered that within 45 days (before March 6), the DPC and NEC Directors should give the President further orders, issued by the prior administration that should be rescinded, as well as a list of "replacement orders, memoranda, or proclamations, to increase American prosperity". Lastly, it ordered theNational Security Advisor (NSA) to review all Biden era National Security Memoranda for "harm to national security, domestic resilience, and American values" and within 45 days recommend a list for rescindment.^[2]

The rescission of Biden'sExecutive Order 14074 deactivated theNational Law Enforcement Accountability Database which tracked federal police misconduct.

In addition to the retraction of DEI policies in the federal government, the order rescinded the following executive orders:^[2]

• Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government);
• Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities);
• Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 (Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders);
• Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022 (Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals) among many others.
• Executive Order 14020 of March 8, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council);
• Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021 (Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation).

Executive Order 14020 was rescinded twice, once in this executive order and then again inDefending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.

On the same day, the new President signed an executive order titled, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government".

One of Trump's Executive Orders rescinded a Biden Order which rescinded a Trump order which withdrew the United States from theParis Climate Accords. This chain of orders effectively was a re-leaving of the order, "Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements".^[3] The end result being that the United States is no longer a member.^[4]

The order dissolved the following councils and offices by rescinding theExecutive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad).

• White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy
• White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
• National Climate Task Force
• Office of Climate Change and Health Equity

Additionally, it rescinded various environmental regulations enacted by the Biden administration^[5] and rescinded an order to establishThe Climate Change Support Office.

During his campaign President Trump promised wide-ranging immigration policy changes^{[citation needed]}, the start of which was in this order, in rescinding:

• Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities);
• Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border);
• Executive Order 14011 of February 2, 2021 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families);
• Executive Order 14012 of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans);
• Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration).

The orders ended efforts to reunite families and address mass migration from the source.^[6] Moreover, it un-unincreased border security efforts.^[7]

One of Biden's Executive Orders (13992) revoked the following Executive Orders from Trump's 1st Presidency and was revoked by this order:^[8]

• Executive Order 13771 of January 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs);
• Executive Order 13777 of February 24, 2017 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda);
• Executive Order 13875 of June 14, 2019 (Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees);
• Executive Order 13891 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents);
• Executive Order 13892 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication);
• Executive Order 13893 of October 10, 2019 (Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO).

This is a list of only the executive orders explicitly revoked under section two ofInitial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. Additionally, it does not includePresidential Memorandums of which 9 were rescinded (January 3, 6 & 14 2025).^{[citation needed]}

• Executive order
• List of executive actions by Barack Obama
• List of executive actions by Joe Biden
• List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
• List of bills in the 119th United States Congress

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