Trump’s Executive Actions 1/28-1/30/25

These are the executive actions posted on the White House website. They are summarized with political analysis. The titles are those used by the White House.

Tuesday, Jan. 28

PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION
The order states that the US will not fund, sponsor, or support medical transition procedures for individuals under 19 years old.

2. Key Definitions:
– Defines “child” as anyone under 19 years of age
– Provides detailed definition of what it terms “chemical and surgical mutilation” (which it notes is sometimes called “gender-affirming care”)

3. Major Directives:
– Orders agencies to rescind policies relying on WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) guidance
– Requires HHS to review literature on treatment approaches for gender dysphoria
– Directs agencies to ensure institutions receiving federal grants end certain medical procedures
– Orders changes to various healthcare programs including:
* TRICARE (military healthcare)
* Federal Employee Health Benefits
* Medicaid/Medicare policies

4. Department of Justice Directives:
– Review enforcement of laws regarding female genital mutilation
– Investigate potential consumer deception regarding medical procedures
– Work on legislation for private right of action
– Address interstate custody disputes related to these issues

5. Implementation:
– Sets 60-day deadline for agencies to submit progress reports
– Requires regular coordination meetings with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

Wednesday, Jan. 29

EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES
The order seeks to expand educational choice across multiple federal departments, particularly emphasizing options for private, faith-based, and charter schools, with most actions requiring plans or guidance within 90 days.

1. Department of Education must provide guidance within 60 days on how states can use federal funds for K-12 school choice initiatives.

2. Education Secretary must prioritize education freedom in appropriate discretionary grant programs. Both Education and Labor Secretaries must submit plans within 90 days for using discretionary grants to expand education freedom.

3. Health and Human Services must issue guidance within 90 days on how states can use block grants (including CCDBG) to expand educational choice, including private and faith-based options.

4. Defense Secretary must review and submit a plan within 90 days for allowing military families to use Defense Department funds for school choice, aiming for implementation in 2025-26.

5. Interior Secretary must review and submit a plan within 90 days for allowing Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-eligible students to use federal funding for educational options of their choice, targeting 2025-26 implementation. This includes assessing current BIE school performance and nearby educational alternatives.

ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING

The order provides specific definitions for terms like “discriminatory equity ideology,” “social transition,” and “patriotic education,” and establishes implementation timelines for various agencies to develop and execute these policies.

It focuses on three main areas:

1. Prohibiting certain educational practices in K-12 schools receiving federal funds:
• Bans what it terms “discriminatory equity ideology” and “gender ideology”
• Prohibits federal funding for programs that teach certain concepts about race, sex, or national origin
• Restricts schools from facilitating student “social transitions” without parental knowledge
• Requires enforcement of existing anti-discrimination laws and parental rights protections

2. Creating an “Ending Indoctrination Strategy”:
• Requires multiple federal agencies to review and analyze federal funding streams
• Aims to prevent federal funds from supporting prohibited practices
• Establishes coordination between federal and state authorities for enforcement
• Focuses on protecting parental rights under FERPA and PPRA

3. Reestablishing the “1776 Commission”:
• Creates a 20-member commission to promote “patriotic education”
• Defines patriotic education as presenting American history in an “accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling” way
• Tasks the commission with developing educational programs for America’s 250th anniversary in 2026
• Creates a “Presidential 1776 Award” for student knowledge of American founding
• Requires educational institutions receiving federal funds to hold Constitution Day programs.

CELEBRATING AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY
The order outlines plans for celebrating America’s 250th anniversary of independence in 2026 and includes several key provisions:

1. Establishes “Task Force 250,” a White House task force led by the President as Chair and Vice President as Vice Chair, to organize the semiquincentennial celebration.

2. The task force includes 15 core members, including various Cabinet secretaries and agency heads, with the ability to add more members as needed. Members include the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Education, among others.

3. The task force will coordinate with the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission and various executive departments to plan the celebration. All agencies must submit their celebration planning reports by March 1, 2025.

4. The Department of Defense will house and provide administrative support for the task force, which will operate until December 31, 2026, unless extended.

5. Reinstates two previous executive orders:

o Orders regarding the National Garden of American Heroes, with plans to include 250 historically significant Americans
o Order protecting American monuments from vandalism, citing recent incidents including pro-Hamas-related vandalism at the Treasury Department and Columbus Memorial Fountain in 2024

EXPANDING MIGRANT OPERATIONS CENTER AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY TO FULL CAPACITY
I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States, and to address attendant immigration enforcement needs identified by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

This memorandum is issued in order to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SIGNED S.5 INTO LAW
The President signed into law: S. 5, the “Laken Riley Act,” which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM
The order combats anti-Semitism:
1. It establishes a national policy to vigorously combat anti-Semitism using all available legal tools to prosecute and hold accountable those who commit unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence.

2. Within 60 days, all executive agencies must submit reports to the President that:
• Identify civil and criminal authorities that could be used to combat anti-Semitism
• Inventory pending complaints against higher education institutions related to post-October 7, 2023 campus anti-Semitism

3. Specific agency requirements:
Department of Justice (Attorney General):
• Must provide inventory of court cases involving higher education institutions and campus anti-Semitism since October 7, 2023
• Indicate planned or taken actions regarding these cases
• Encouraged to use civil rights enforcement authorities to combat anti-Semitism

Department of Education:
• Must inventory all Title VI complaints and administrative actions related to anti-Semitism in both higher education and K-12 settings since October 7, 2023

Joint requirements for State, Education, and Homeland Security:

• Develop recommendations for:

o Helping higher education institutions understand grounds for inadmissibility under immigration law
o Enabling institutions to monitor and report activities by foreign students and staff that may violate these grounds
o Ensuring such reports lead to appropriate investigations and possible removal actions when warranted

Thursday, Jan. 30

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
• The Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator are ordered to:

• Review all hiring decisions from the previous 4 years
• Review all changes to safety protocols from the same period
• Take corrective actions as needed for aviation safety
• Replace individuals who don’t meet qualification standards

• The review must include:

• Assessment of any deterioration in hiring standards
• Assessment of any deterioration in aviation safety standards and protocols
• Specific focus on changes during the Biden Administration

• The directive mandates actions to:

• Reverse concerning safety and personnel trends
• Strengthen commitment to aviation safety
• Ensure public confidence in air travel

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