Executive Order No. 14391. Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act

• Citation: 91 FR 13199
• Executive Order No.: 14391
• Published date: 18 March 2026
• Date: 13 March 2026
• FR Document: 2026-05382
• Pages: 13199-13200
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

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Vol. 91, No. 52

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 14391 of March 13, 2026

Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production

Act

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. This order amends Executive Order 13603 of March

16, 2012 (National Defense Resources Preparedness). Executive Order 13603

delegates certain authorities of the President under the Defense Production

Act (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), to specified executive department and agency

(agency) heads. This order also clarifies section 2(a) of Executive Order

14156 of January 20, 2025 (Declaring a National Energy Emergency).

Sec. 2. Amendment to Executive Order 13603. Section 203 of Executive

Order 13603 is hereby amended by striking the phrase ‘‘Secretary of Com-

merce’’ and inserting, in lieu thereof, ‘‘Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-

retary of Energy, each of whom may exercise such delegated authority inde-

pendently of the other’’.

Sec. 3. Clarifying Section 2(a) of Executive Order 14156. For the avoidance

of doubt, an agency head need only recommend action to the President

under section 2(a) of Executive Order 14156 when the authority to take

the recommended action is vested in the President alone and has not been

delegated. Section 2(a) of Executive Order 14156 does not require an agency

head to make a recommendation to the President when the agency head

has authority to take the action by virtue of a delegation pursuant to Executive

Order 13603 or other Presidential delegation.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed

to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,

or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and

subject to the availability of appropriations.

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(c) This order 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.

(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department

of Energy.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 13, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026–05382

Filed 3–17–26; 11:15 am]

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