Executive Order No. 14179. Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

• Published date: 31 January 2025
• FR Document: 2025-02172
• Pages: 8741-8742
• Executive Order No.: 14179
• Date: 23 January 2025
• Citation: 90 FR 8741
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 20 (Friday, January 31, 2025)

Title 3--
                The President
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                 Executive Order 14179 of January 23, 2025
                
                Removing Barriers to American Leadership in
                 Artificial Intelligence
                 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. The United States has long been at
                 the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI)
                 innovation, driven by the strength of our free markets,
                 world-class research institutions, and entrepreneurial
                 spirit. To maintain this leadership, we must develop AI
                 systems that are free from ideological bias or
                 engineered social agendas. With the right Government
                 policies, we can solidify our position as the global
                 leader in AI and secure a brighter future for all
                 Americans. This order revokes certain existing AI
                 policies and directives that act as barriers to
                 American AI innovation, clearing a path for the United
                 States to act decisively to retain global leadership in
                 artificial intelligence.
                 Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
                 to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance in
                 order to promote human flourishing, economic
                 competitiveness, and national security.
                 Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this order,
                 ``artificial intelligence'' or ``AI'' has the meaning
                 set forth in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3).
                 Sec. 4. Developing an Artificial Intelligence Action
                 Plan. (a) Within 180 days of this order, the Assistant
                 to the President for Science and Technology (APST), the
                 Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to
                 the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in
                 coordination with the Assistant to the President for
                 Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for
                 Domestic Policy, the Director of the Office of
                 Management and Budget (OMB Director), and the heads of
                 such executive departments and agencies (agencies) as
                 the APST and APNSA deem relevant, shall develop and
                 submit to the President an action plan to achieve the
                 policy set forth in section 2 of this order.
                 Sec. 5. Implementation of Order Revocation. (a) The
                 APST, the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the
                 APNSA shall immediately review, in coordination with
                 the heads of all agencies as they deem relevant, all
                 policies, directives, regulations, orders, and other
                 actions taken pursuant to the revoked Executive Order
                 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and
                 Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial
                 Intelligence). The APST, the Special Advisor for AI and
                 Crypto, and the APNSA shall, in coordination with the
                 heads of relevant agencies, identify any actions taken
                 pursuant to Executive Order 14110 that are or may be
                 inconsistent with, or present obstacles to, the policy
                 set forth in section 2 of this order. For any such
                 agency actions identified, the heads of agencies shall,
                 as appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
                 suspend, revise, or rescind such actions, or propose
                 suspending, revising, or rescinding such actions. If in
                 any case such suspension, revision, or rescission
                 cannot be finalized immediately, the APST and the heads
                 of agencies shall promptly take steps to provide all
                 available exemptions authorized by any such orders,
                 rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies, as
                 appropriate and consistent with applicable law, until
                 such action can be finalized.
                 (b) Within 60 days of this order, the OMB Director,
                 in coordination with the APST, shall revise OMB
                 Memoranda M-24-10 and M-24-18 as necessary
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                 to make them consistent with the policy set forth in
                 section 2 of this order.
                 Sec. 6. 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.
                 (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.
                
                
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                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                 January 23, 2025.
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