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External Resources Guide
Michael Best Presidential Actions Tracker
Draft List of Executive Orders President Biden will sign in January
January 20: Inauguration Day
- US will rejoin the WHO
- Rejoin Paris Climate Accord
- Shoring up and strengthening of DACA
- Mask mandate for federal agencies and federal properties
- Rescind Border Emergency
- HR 1 Ethics
- Gender Equity
- Repeal the Muslim Ban
- Rollback a number of Trump environmental actions on ANWR leasing, CAFE standards, methane emissions, Keystone XL
- Whole of Government racial equity EO; rescinds the 1776 Commission
January 21: COVID Pandemic
- Reopening to schools . . . HHS and Ed collaborating
- Guidance to state/locals on reopening
- Strengthening the supply chain
- Increasing Guard reimbursement
- Establishing testing board
- Expediting therapeutics dev
- Directing agency heads to gather/disseminate key data
- OSHA issuance on worker safety
- Directions to relevant agencies to take public health measures in public transit settings
- Establish COVID task force
- Global COVID response/global health security
January 22: Economic Relief
- Strengthening collective bargaining rights for federal workers
- USDA, Ed, Labor, HHS could take actions to help working families
- They will initiate inter-agency process on the 22nd, but are optimistic that they can have some early steps
- Signal intent to eliminate Schedule F
January 25: Federal procurement
- Using Federal procurement power to buy American
January 26: Supporting equity
- Voting
- Improving prison conditions
- Curtailing use of private prisons
- Housing
- Xenophobia against AAPI community
January 27: Climate
- Focus on delivering union jobs and environmental justice
- Deliver on early commitments that Biden made in the Climate space
January 28: Health Care
- Shoring up ACA
- Rescinding Global Gag rule
- Begin to revise/rollback Trump Title X rule
January 29: Immigration
- Family reunification
- Undocumented immigrants Migrants
January 30: Foreign Policy
- Re-invest in foreign policy/national security workforce