Trump Executive Order Tracker

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.

Strengthens the “Saving College Sports” Executive Order from July 2025 by establishing a federal framework to stabilize college athletics, combining new policy standards with coordinated federal enforcement by directing agencies to enforce consistent rules on eligibility, transfers, and compensation, prohibiting improper name, image, and likeness (NIL) schemes and the use of federal funds for athlete or coaching payments, and encouraging a national governing body to implement reforms such as five-year eligibility limits, transfer restrictions, medical coverage, and equitable revenue-sharing to protect women’s and Olympic sports.
 
The order further assigns implementation roles across the federal government, directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with the General Services Administration (GSA), to issue compliance guidance, requiring federal contracting and grantmaking agencies to assess universities’ eligibility for federal funding, tasking the Department of Education (ED) with developing reporting requirements on roster sizes and athletic spending, empowering the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to oversee agent-related practices, and directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to challenge conflicting state laws, and urges Congress to pass legislation to address the issue. Sets August 1, 2026 as the effective date for the order’s provisions and requires agencies to begin implementation planning immediately.

Requires federal agencies to prohibit contractors and subcontractors from engaging in “racially discriminatory DEI activities” by mandating a new contract clause across federal procurement. Establishes enforcement mechanisms—including contract termination, suspension, debarment, and potential False Claims Act liability—and directs government-wide regulatory updates to embed these requirements into the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
 
The order requires agencies to incorporate the mandated contract clause within 30 days, directs the FAR Council to issue interim guidance within 60 days, and mandates agency compliance reports within 120 days. 

Authorizes the Department of War (DOW) to identify underperforming defense contractors and restrict stock buybacks, dividends, executive compensation practices, and certain advocacy benefits until contractors demonstrate sufficient performance, investment, and production capacity, using existing statutory and contractual enforcement tools when necessary.

Directs the General Services Administration to prioritize classical and traditional architecture as the preferred style for major federal public buildings, update its policies accordingly, and require architects and design reviewers to have expertise in these styles. Establishes stricter review and presidential notification requirements for approving designs that deviate from this preference. 

The Executive Order aims to bolster the resilience of the United States’s pharmaceutical supply chain by stockpiling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (“APIs”) for critical medicines in the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (“SAPIR”) and encouraging the domestic production and procurement of such APIs.

Directs the Department of State (DOS), Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Small Business Administration (SBA), National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC), U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) offices involved in funding energy infrastructure and critical mineral or material projects to streamline and coordinate their application and funding processes. Agencies are also required to seek applicant consent for data sharing and to withhold disbursement until that consent is received.

Directs the Department of Energy to submit a comprehensive fuel cycle report, expand enrichment and reprocessing under the Defense Production Act (DPA), and fund reactor restarts and construction through the Loan Programs Office (LPO). Requires coordinated federal action to develop a skilled nuclear workforce via apprenticeships, education grants, and national lab access.

This Executive Order establishes a policy of the United States to ensure that federally funded research benefits American citizens without jeopardizing national security, strength or prosperity. The order seeks to strengthen oversight of dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens and other high-risk life science research. It contains the following directives and deadlines.