President Joe Biden has made aggressive use of executive orders since being sworn in on Jan. 20, acting without Congress on issues across the spectrum even as he calls on lawmakers to work with him on giving more aid to Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden’s orders to date affect health care XLV, -0.63%, the energy sector XLE, -2.26%, prison stocks and other areas.
Below is a table showing orders that he signed on 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 |
| Rebuild U.S. refugee resettlement program | Executive order | Feb. 4 |
| Expand protection of LGBTQ people around the world | Memorandum | Feb. 4 |
| Prevent Myanmar military from accessing property | Executive order | Feb. 11 |
| Reestablish the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to help address the needs of low-income people | Executive order | Feb. 14 |
| Rescind a Trump order creating industry-led apprenticeship programs | Executive order | Feb. 17 |
| Review supply chains for semiconductors and other ‘critical goods’ | Executive order | Expected in ‘coming weeks’ |
Source: Biden administration
In the coming weeks, the president is expected to sign an order related to the shortage in semiconductors SMH, -1.06%. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said last week that Biden would order “a comprehensive review of supply chains for critical goods.”
The White House said Wednesday that an “upcoming executive action” will address the cybersecurity gaps identified in a review of the recent SolarWinds hack, but said that review could take several months.
U.S. stocks DJIA, -0.38% SPX, -0.44% COMP, -0.72% closed lower Thursday, a day after the Dow notched another record high.
This is an updated version of a report first published on Jan. 21, 2021.
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