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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s first days in office were the launch of dozens of executive actions focused on the top priorities of this government, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of his orders were aimed at undoing former President Donald Trump’s policies in areas such as health care, immigration, the environment and equality and diversity issues.
Here is a list of the commands, memoranda, and proclamations that Biden has made since the beginning of his presidency. This list, which was last updated on January 29, will be updated as additional actions are signed:
January 28
- Executive order to strengthen the Affordable Care and Medicaid Act by instructing agencies to review policies that could impede access to the ACA, and recommends opening a three-month period for uninsured Americans.
- Memorandum reversing the Trump administration’s “Mexico City Policy,” blocking funding for groups that include abortion services or information in their family planning programs, and proposing to reconsider policies that “unnecessarily restrict the use of federal funds or women’s access to the complete medical information. “
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January 27
- Executive order that increases climate change as a national security interest and commits itself to the goal of conservation objectives.
- Executive order establishing the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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January 26
- Executive order directing the phasing out of private prisons by not renewing contracts of the Department of Justice. The order does not apply to other federal agencies, such as U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.
- Memorandum condemning racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans and islanders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and instructing the Department of Health and Human Services to consider best practices to mitigate language as a guideline that can promote racism .
- Memorandum directing agencies to mitigate racial prejudice in federal housing policy.
- Memorandum in which the government is committed to respecting tribal sovereignty.
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January 25
- Executive order that overturns Trump administration policy to serve transgender people in the military.
- Executive order committed to investing in U.S. companies and closing loopholes “that allows companies to hold offshore production and jobs while still being eligible for local preferences.”
- Proclamation to suspend the entry of non-citizens to the US who were present in certain regions in the fourteen days before their attempt to soon, including: the Schengen area, the United Kingdom (excluding overseas territories outside Europe), the Republic of Ireland, the Federal Republic of Brazil, and the Republic of South Africa.
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January 22
- Executive order restoring the collective bargaining power for federal employees, and ordering the Office of Personnel Management to make recommendations for achieving a minimum wage of $ 15 for federal workers.
- Executive order to promote assistance from federal agencies to individuals, families and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 21
- Executive order to identify supplies and accelerate the production of supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including vaccines and personal protective equipment.
- Executive order indicating support for the reopening of schools, and appealed to the Secretary of Education to work with primary and secondary schools on how to reopen and remain open.
- Executive order requesting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue guidelines on COVID-19 for workplaces and to draw up an enforcement program for offenses that endanger workers.
- Executive order to require masked wear on certain means of transportation and that international travelers to the US must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before traveling.
- Executive order encouraging the acceleration of the production of coronavirus treatments and the expansion of access to therapies.
- Executive order to establish a COVID-19 keyboard to increase the supply of tests and to bring the production of tests to the USA
- Executive order directing the government to investigate and prevent inequalities in health care and services for color communities and other marginalized groups, and set up a COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force on Health and Human Services.
- Executive orders that improve data collection and government agency sharing to strengthen public health infrastructure.
- Memorandum ordering FEMA to cover the cost of the states for the National Guard to help with the pandemic.
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January 20
- Executive order recalling Trump’s 1776 commission, a panel set up by Trump in response to the New York Times’ 1619 project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection focused on America’s history of slavery.
- Executive order revoking Trump’s plan to exclude non-citizens from the census.
- Executive orders prohibiting workplace discrimination in the federal government based on sexual orientation and gender identity and the mandate of federal agencies to ensure protection for LGBTQ people have been included in anti-discrimination legislation.
- Executive order to create a COVID-19 Response Coordinator who will report directly to the President.
- Executive order to repeal Trump’s 2017 executive order for domestic enforcement, which categories of undocumented immigrants are subject to removal, restarted the Secure Communities program and supported the federal 287 (g) porting program.
- Executive order launching a government-wide initiative ordering each federal agency to review its state of racial equity and deliver an action plan within 200 days to address the differences in policies and programs.
- Executive order extending the interruption of the payment of student loans and nationwide restrictions on evictions and negatives.
- Executive order to create a fair data working group to ensure that federal data reflects the country’s diverse composition and directs the Office of Management and Budget to allocate more federal resources to inferior communities.
- Executive order canceling permit for Keystone XL pipeline to move oil from Canada to Gulf of Mexico has revoked Trump’s approval of a project that has long been criticized by environmentalists.
- Proclamation ends the construction of Trump’s signature wall on the U.S.-Mexico border by proclaiming the ‘immediate termination’ of the national emergency declaration Trump used to fund it.
- Proclamation reversing Trump’s ban on travel from predominantly Muslim countries.
- Proclamation declaring a national day of unity on 20 January 2021.
- Memorandum instructing the Office of Management and Budget to make recommendations to modernize regulatory processes.
- Memorandum extending the deferred deportation of Liberians until the end of June 2022.
- Memorandum to strengthen the postponed action for childhood for certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the USA as children.