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#In One Chart: All of President Biden’s key executive orders — in one chart

#In One Chart: All of President Biden’s key executive orders — in one chart

New president also deploys memorandums, proclamations, other executive actions

As people and markets around the world adjust to having Joe Biden as U.S. president, a key factor is what the veteran Democratic politician aims to accomplish without having to work with Congress.

Biden is making use of executive orders that affect health care
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prison stocks and other areas.

Below is a table showing orders that he signed on Jan. 20, his first day in office, as well as other executive actions that have followed or are expected.

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Key Biden executive actions
Subject

Type of action

Date

Re-engage with World Health Organization

End withdrawal process

Jan. 20

Create position of COVID-19 response coordinator

Executive order

Jan. 20

Rejoin Paris climate agreement

Sign an “instrument”

Jan. 20

Revoke permit for Keystone XL pipeline, pause energy leasing in ANWR

Executive order

Jan. 20

Ask agencies to extend eviction/foreclosure moratoriums

Request

Jan. 20

Ask Education Dept. to extend student-loan pause

Request

Jan. 20

Launch an initiative to advance racial equity, end “1776 Commission”

Executive order

Jan. 20

Revoke order that aims to exclude undocumented immigrants from census

Executive order

Jan. 20

Preserve/fortify DACA, which helps “Dreamers”

Memorandum

Jan. 20

Require masks/distancing on all federal property and by federal workers

Executive order

Jan. 20

Reverse travel ban targeting primarily Muslim countries

Executive order

Jan. 20

Stop construction of border wall

Proclamation

Jan. 20

Combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity

Executive order

Jan. 20

Require ethics pledge for executive-branch personnel

Executive order

Jan. 20

Modernize and improve regulatory review

Memorandum

Jan. 20

End “harsh and extreme immigration enforcement”

Executive order

Jan. 20

Extend protection from deportation for Liberians in U.S.

Memorandum

Jan. 20

Revoke certain executive orders concerning federal regulation

Executive order

Jan. 20

Freeze any new or pending regulations

Memorandum

Jan. 20

Fill supply shortfalls in fight vs. COVID-19 with Defense Production Act, other measures

Executive order

Jan. 21

Increase FEMA reimbursement to states for National Guard, PPE

Memorandum

Jan. 21

Establish “COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board,” expand testing

Executive order

Jan. 21

Bolster access to COVID-19 treatments and clinical care

Executive order

Jan. 21

Improve collection/analysis of COVID-related data

Executive order

Jan. 21

Mount vaccination campaign amid goals such as 100 million shots in 100 days

Directives

Jan. 21

Provide guidance on safely reopening schools

Executive order

Jan. 21

OSHA guidance for keeping workers safe from COVID-19

Executive order

Jan. 21

Require face masks at airports, other modes of transportation

Executive order

Jan. 21

Establish a “COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force”

Executive order

Jan. 21

Support international response to COVID-19, “restore U.S. global leadership”

Directive

Jan. 21

Ask agencies to boost food aid, improve delivery of stimulus checks

Executive order

Jan. 22

Restore collective bargaining power for federal workers

Executive order

Jan. 22

Repeal ban on transgender people serving openly in U.S. military

Executive order

Jan. 25

Tighten ‘Buy American’ rules in government procurement

Executive order

Jan. 25

Reinstate coronavirus travel restrictions on Brazil, most of Europe

Proclamation

Jan. 25

End the Justice Department’s use of private prisons

Executive order

Jan. 26

Directs HUD to address discriminatory housing practices

Memorandum

Jan. 26

Combat racism against Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders

Memorandum

Jan. 26

Directs agencies to engage in consultations with tribal governments

Memorandum

Jan. 26

Pause new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands/waters, elevate climate change as national-security, foreign-policy priority

Executive order

Jan. 27

Re-establish President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Executive order

Jan. 27

Directs agencies to make decisions on best available science, evidence

Memorandum

Jan. 27

Reopen Obamacare marketplaces, lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid

Executive order

Jan. 28

Lift certain restrictions on abortion funding

Memorandum

Jan. 28

Keep aluminum tariffs on U.A.E., scrapping Trump administration’s exemption

Proclamation

Feb. 1

Begin ending “Remain in Mexico” program, “restore” U.S. asylum system

Executive order

Feb. 2

Start roll back of “public charge rule” (which imposes a wealth test on would-be immigrants), review other recent barriers to legal immigration

Executive order

Feb. 2

Create task force to reunite migrant families separated at the border

Executive order

Feb. 2

Retroactively reimburse states fully for FEMA-eligible costs tied to COVID

Memorandum

Feb. 2

Source: Biden administration

Biden on Tuesday signed three executive orders on immigration that initially had been expected on Friday. One creates a task force to reunite migrant families separated at the border.

U.S. stocks
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 closed sharply higher Tuesday, as investors tracked earnings reports, distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and progress in Washington on another relief package.

This is an updated version of a report first published on Jan. 21, 2021.

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