Trump Executive Order Tracker

Directs executive branch agencies to expand and implement Schedule Policy/Career, an excepted-service personnel category for career federal employees in policy-influencing positions. Transfers designated positions into Schedule Policy/Career, making employees in those roles subject to streamlined removal procedures for poor performance or misconduct while retaining merit-based hiring requirements. Amends civil service regulations, requires agencies to identify additional policy-influencing positions for potential transfer, and establishes new performance award mechanisms to incentivize high-performing employees.

The Executive Order (“EO”) directs the alignment of the U.S. core childhood vaccine schedule with the best practices of peer, developed countries, while preserving access to vaccines and protecting religious freedoms and enforcing legal protections for parents. Based on a scientific assessment completed by HHS pursuant to a Presidential Memorandum dated December 5, 2025, the order notes that the U.S. currently recommends more childhood vaccines than any peer nation and identified a set of consensus vaccines consistently recommended across all peer countries. The order directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review the scientific assessment and take appropriate steps to update the childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule, while providing maximum flexibility to parents and doctors regarding the timing and sequencing of routine immunizations. Additionally, all immunizations on the ACIP-recommended schedule and adopted by the CDC must continue to be covered without cost sharing by private insurance, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children Program. The order also reaffirms the Administration’s commitment to fulfilling all legal obligations with respect to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under the law.

Expands upon Executive Order 14380 that established a national emergency regarding Cuba due its threat to U.S. national security by directing the Department of State and Treasury to block U.S. trade with foreign persons designated for operating in specified sectors of the Cuban economy, imposing immigration penalties and suspending entry for designated individuals associated with the Cuban government as determined by the Department of State, and directing the Treasury Department to sanction foreign financial institutions.

Grants Bridger Pipeline Expansion LLC a Presidential permit to construct and operate a cross-border oil pipeline in Montana, subject to federal oversight, compliance with all applicable laws, and conditions on modification, inspection, reporting, and potential government control or removal.

Establishes a policy shift in federal procurement to prioritize fixed-price, performance-based contracts over cost-reimbursement models, aiming to improve cost predictability, strengthen contractor accountability, and reduce government overspending. Requires justification and senior-level approval for non-fixed-price contracts above certain thresholds and directs agencies to review and potentially renegotiate existing high-value contracts to incorporate performance-based pricing.
 
Within 45 days, the Office of Management and Budget must issue implementation guidance. Within 90 days, agencies must review and begin modifying their largest contracts and submit initial reports. Within 120 days, proposed updates to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and training programs must be developed.

Grants a temporary exemption for U.S. Air Force jet fighter training operations in Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada from certain water pollution control requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 

Directs the use of authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to expand U.S. natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, including pipelines, processing, storage, and export capacity, by enabling federal financial support and expediting development to address national security and energy reliability concerns.

Directs the use of authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to support and expand U.S. coal supply chains and baseload power generation capacity, including mining, transportation, stockpiles, and plant reliability, by enabling federal financial support and expedited actions to address national security and grid reliability concerns.

Directs the use of authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to support and expand U.S. domestic petroleum production, refining, and logistics capacity, including pipelines, storage, and terminals, by enabling federal financial support and expedited actions to aggress national security and energy reliability concerns.