POTUS Acts in the First Week
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This week, POTUS made hay with the fountain pen, signing several executive actions (orders and memoranda) that are making waves. If you want to keep score on the good/damage POTUS is doing, here’s the scorecard, as best as I can gather. UPDATE: Hours after posting, another EO on ethics was created. This post is updated to add that to the list, below.
Executive orders
Note that executive orders bear the weight of law, as they are invoked under authority given to POTUS through legislative authority.
EO 13765 - Executive Order Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal. Published in the Federal Register under the same title, 82 FR 8351
EO 13766 - Executive Order Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals For High Priority Infrastructure Projects. Published in the Federal Register under the same title, 82 FR 8657
EO 13767 - Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements. Published in the Federal Register under the same title, 82 FR 8793 .
EO 13768 - Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States. Published in the Federal Register under the same title, 82 FR 8799.
EO Soon-to-be–13769 - Forbid entry on immigrants from Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. (Just signed 27 January 2017, not officially numbered, entered, and posted on the White House site yet.)
EO-somethingorother - Executive Order: ETHICS COMMITMENTS BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPOINTEES. Signed 28 January, 2017, and not yet in the Federal Register.
Executive Memoranda
Note that executive memoranda don’t mean much of anything unless they get published in the federal register. They are just a way of POTUS saying, “I want this.”
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Presidential Memorandum Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing. Published in the Federal Register as 82 FR 8667 as “Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing, Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies”.
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Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline Published in the Federal Register as 82 FR 8661 as “Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Memorandum for the Secretary of the Army”.
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Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline Published in the Federal Register as 82 FR 8663 as “Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the Army[, and] the Secretary of the Interior”.
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Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of American Pipelines Published in the Federal Register as 82 FR 8659, “Construction of American Pipelines, Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce”
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Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies