Executive Order No. 13992. Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation

• Citation: 86 FR 7049
• Published date: 25 January 2021
• FR Document: 2021-01767
• Pages: 7049-7050
• Executive Order No.: 13992
• Date: 20 January 2021
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
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                 Executive Order 13992 of January 20, 2021
                
                Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning
                 Federal Regulation
                 By the authority vested in me as President by the
                 Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                 America, it is hereby ordered that:
                 Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of my
                 Administration to use available tools to confront the
                 urgent challenges facing the Nation, including the
                 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, economic
                 recovery, racial justice, and climate change. To tackle
                 these challenges effectively, executive departments and
                 agencies (agencies) must be equipped with the
                 flexibility to use robust regulatory action to address
                 national priorities. This order revokes harmful
                 policies and directives that threaten to frustrate the
                 Federal Government's ability to confront these
                 problems, and empowers agencies to use appropriate
                 regulatory tools to achieve these goals.
                 Sec. 2. Revocation of Orders. Executive Order 13771 of
                 January 30, 2017 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling
                 Regulatory Costs), Executive Order 13777 of February
                 24, 2017 (Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda),
                 Executive Order 13875 of June 14, 2019 (Evaluating and
                 Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees),
                 Executive Order 13891 of October 9, 2019 (Promoting the
                 Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance
                 Documents), Executive Order 13892 of October 9, 2019
                 (Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and
                 Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and
                 Adjudication), and Executive Order 13893 of October 10,
                 2019 (Increasing Government Accountability for
                 Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative
                 PAYGO), are hereby revoked.
                 Sec. 3. Implementation. The Director of the Office of
                 Management and Budget and the heads of agencies shall
                 promptly take steps to rescind any orders, rules,
                 regulations, guidelines, or policies, or portions
                 thereof, implementing or enforcing the Executive Orders
                 identified in section 2 of this order, as appropriate
                 and consistent with applicable law, including the
                 Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. If
                 in any case such rescission cannot be finalized
                 immediately, the Director 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. In addition, any
                 personnel positions, committees, task forces, or other
                 entities established pursuant to the Executive Orders
                 identified in section 2 of this order, including the
                 regulatory reform officer positions and regulatory
                 reform task forces established by sections 2 and 3 of
                 Executive Order 13777, shall be abolished, as
                 appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
                 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 in a manner
                 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.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
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