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FR Doc. 2026-05388 Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13207-13210]
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[FR Doc No: 2026-05388]
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[[Page 13207]]
Executive Order 14394 of March 13, 2026
Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home
Construction
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 American dream of homeownership
depends on a dynamic housing market in which a varied
inventory of new homes is built and renovated each
year. Layers of unnecessary regulatory barriers, slow
permitting processes, and onerous mandates at all
levels of government have delayed construction,
restricted development, and driven up the costs of new
housing. These constraints have made housing less
affordable for many Americans.
It is the policy of my Administration to reduce
regulatory barriers to building homes and to steward
taxpayer dollars in a manner that promotes housing
affordability.
Sec. 2. Targeting Federal Regulatory Barriers to
Residential Development. (a) The Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Civil Works, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall review and revise requirements
related to stormwater, wetlands, lakes, rivers, and
other bodies of water to reduce housing construction
and ownership costs, streamline regulatory and agency
decision-making processes, reduce property tax burdens,
and increase insurability, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law. Such requirements shall
include:
(i) the Construction General Permit for stormwater discharges from
construction activity;
(ii) federally issued Total Maximum Daily Loads;
(iii) construction site and post-construction requirements for Municipal
Separate Stormwater System permits;
(iv) Federal standards for permits under section 404 of the Clean Water Act
(CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1344, for the discharge of dredged and fill material into
waters of the United States; and
(v) Federal standards for assumption of dredge and fill permitting by
States and tribes under section 404(g) of CWA.
(b) The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Director of the Federal Housing
Finance Agency (FHFA) shall, within their respective
authorities, consider eliminating unduly burdensome
rules and reforming programs that constrain residential
development and impede housing affordability,
especially the construction of affordable single-family
homes as well as suburban and exurban neighborhoods,
including, as needed:
(i) the Economic Development Administration's guidelines and investment
priorities concerning development density;
(ii) the Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities Pilot
Program;
(iii) the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to
Removing Obstacles to Housing Program; and
(iv) the FHFA's guidelines and regulations regarding chattel lending for
manufactured housing and incentivizing low-balance home mortgages.
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(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Energy,
and the Director of FHFA shall, within their respective
authorities, take appropriate action to reform and,
where appropriate, eliminate unduly burdensome or
costly energy-efficiency, water-use, or alternative-
energy requirements regarding housing, including
manufactured housing, to the maximum extent practicable
and consistent with applicable law. Such action shall
include reviewing and revising, as needed:
(i) the Energy Conservation Program's Energy Conservation Standards for
Manufactured Housing;
(ii) the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of
HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing;
(iii) residential building energy codes subject to review by the Secretary
of Energy; and
(iv) water and energy efficiency improvement standards for FHFA's duty to
serve underserved market properties.
Sec. 3. Streamlining Federal Permitting Requirements
for Residential Development. (a) The Chairman of the
Council on Environmental Quality shall provide guidance
to executive departments and agencies (agencies) on
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, including through the establishment, adoption, or
application of categorical exclusions, in a manner that
maximally exempts or reduces burdens on housing
construction, preservation, adaptive re-use, and
infrastructure that facilitates housing construction,
such as roads, water, sewer, and other projects.
(b) The Chairman of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation shall develop guidance on
maximally exempting, or reducing burdens on, housing
construction and infrastructure that facilitates
housing construction, such as roads, water, sewer, and
other projects under section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act so that reporting
requirements are no more burdensome than necessary.
Sec. 4. Boosting Housing Affordability Through State
and Local Regulatory Best Practices. (a) Within 60 days
of the date of this order, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, in coordination with the Assistant
to the President for Domestic Policy, shall develop and
promulgate a series of regulatory best practices for
State and local governments to promote housing
construction and affordability, including:
(i) streamlining permitting processes for housing developments by, for
example, capping permitting timelines and fees; allowing by-right
development for single-family homes; limiting retroactive application of
new or changed building codes; allowing third-party inspections and
appropriate builder choice on certified entities for inspections and
studies; and ensuring swift dispute resolution with government agencies and
private parties regarding construction matters;
(ii) curtailing mandates that increase housing construction costs, such as
green-energy building requirements or other energy-choice restrictions,
non-evidence-based building codes, and unreasonable building-code-adoption
timelines;
(iii) re-examining restrictions on the use of manufactured or modular
housing on the basis of the construction method rather than objective
standards for building and safety, aesthetic requirements, or prohibitions
on construction when comparable site-built housing is permitted; and
(iv) removing arbitrary limitations on residential housing development
beyond urban centers, such as urban growth boundaries, growth moratoria,
and commuting penalties.
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall, within their
respective authorities, take steps to revise, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
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regulations, guidance, grant applications and
requirements, technical assistance, and other relevant
agency documents or practices to advance the best
practices issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section.
Sec. 5. Facilitating New Residential Construction in
Opportunity Zones. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury
and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall jointly evaluate Administration actions to better
align programs and incentives with the Opportunity Zone
tax incentives to expand investment in single-family
home construction, including considering lawful
mechanisms to link grants, financing tools, or other
incentives with new or increased investment in
Qualified Opportunity Funds engaged in the development
and sale of single-family homes.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development shall also assess
opportunities to coordinate the Opportunity Zone
incentives described in subsection (a) of this section
with the New Markets Tax Credit under 26 U.S.C. 45D to
promote single-family home construction in census
tracts that qualify both as Qualified Opportunity Zones
and as low-income communities for the purposes of the
New Markets Tax Credit.
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.
(d) If any provision of this order, or the
application of any provision or circumstance, is held
to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the
application of its provisions to any other persons or
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
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(e) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-05388
Filed 3-17-26; 11:15 am]
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Complete official Federal Register PDF
FR Doc. 2026-05384 Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13203-13206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05384]
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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 /
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Executive Order 14393 of March 13, 2026
Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit
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. Every American seeking to buy a
home should have access to a mortgage from a reliable
lender, at a rate commensurate with his or her
creditworthiness. Over the past two decades, however,
statutory and regulatory changes--including rules
adopted under the Dodd-Frank Act, Public Law 111-203,
and subsequent rulemakings--have increased the
compliance costs of mortgage origination and servicing
and distorted the structure of the mortgage market.
These burdens have contributed to a significant decline
in bank participation in mortgage lending. Community
banks, generally institutions with fewer than $30
billion in assets, have been especially affected. The
regulatory and rule changes have undermined community
banks' businesses, concentrated credit and liquidity
risk outside the banking system, and resulted in
reduced access to credit for some creditworthy
borrowers, including rural households and low- and
moderate-income households. My Administration will
reduce these regulatory burdens to ensure that these
creditworthy borrowers can access the capital required
to purchase a home.
It is the policy of the United States to improve the
availability and affordability of mortgage credit;
tailor rules for community banks and ``smaller banks''
(banks with assets fewer than $100 billion); reduce the
regulatory burden on community banks and otherwise
facilitate community bank engagement in mortgage
activity; foster innovation, growth, and consumer
choice in the mortgage market; modernize origination
and closing standards to reduce lending costs; remove
regulatory distortions to the structure of the mortgage
market and to ensure capital and liquidity frameworks
subject similar credit and liquidity risks to similar
regulation across the system; promote competition among
mortgage lenders of all charter types to drive down
mortgage rates; and strengthen housing-finance
liquidity.
Sec. 2. Origination and Ability-to-Repay (ATR)/
Qualified Mortgage (QM) Reform. (a) The Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shall consider, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law:
(i) proposing amendments to Regulation Z that tailor the following
requirements for smaller banks: ATR and QM requirements (including
potentially a broader QM safe harbor for portfolio loans) and the
requirements of the Truth in Lending Act, Public Law 90-321 (TILA), Real
Estate Settlement Procedure Act, Public Law 93-533 (RESPA), and TILA-RESPA
Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules;
(ii) replacing TRID timing rules with a materiality-based standard that
preserves consumer clarity and reduces closing delays;
(iii) exempting small-mortgage loans from caps on QM points and fees or, as
appropriate, modifying such caps to support affordability;
(iv) updating regulations regarding banks' reasonable compliance with ATR
and QM underwriting requirements by removing unnecessarily burdensome
elements;
(v) modernizing the right to rescission for mortgage lending, for example,
by enabling increased secure electronic and digital forms and processes;
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(vi) streamlining the requirements applicable to rate-and-term refinancing
under Regulation X mortgage servicing rules; and
(vii) exempting rate-and-term refinancing (including cash-out refinancing)
from rescission rights.
(b) The Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal
Reserve), the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board, the
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the
Comptroller of the Currency shall consider, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
revising supervisory guidance to ensure that:
(i) examiners evaluate mortgage lending based on the effectiveness of the
lender's policies regarding a consumer's ability to repay and prudent
underwriting, rather than the existing focus on process and technical
compliance; and
(ii) good-faith, technical compliance errors are subject to correction-
first supervisory treatment, with enforcement reserved for borrower harm or
repeated misconduct.
Sec. 3. Modernization of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
(HMDA) Data Collection and Disclosure. (a) The CFPB
shall consider, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law, proposing amendments to Regulation C to
raise the asset threshold for exemption from HMDA data
collection and reporting requirements for smaller
banks, to exclude inquiries from the scope of HMDA, and
to ensure that disclosures protect privacy and reduce
burdens, including insufficiently tailored, expensive,
and complex software and training needed for reporting
financial institutions.
Sec. 4. Capital and Liquidity Alignment. (a) The Vice
Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the
Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the FDIC, the Comptroller of the
Currency, and the Director of the Federal Housing
Finance Agency (FHFA) shall consider, as appropriate
and consistent with applicable law:
(i) revising capital regulations, consistent with appropriate risk-
management requirements, to tailor risk weights for all banks, including
community banks and other smaller banks, for portfolio mortgages, servicing
rights, and warehouse lines of credit to the material credit risk of the
exposure;
(ii) modernizing collateral valuation and transfer systems between the
Federal Reserve and Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs);
(iii) expanding access to longer-dated FHLB advances tied to residential
mortgage assets;
(iv) creating targeted FHLB liquidity programs for entry-level housing,
owner-occupied purchase loans, and small residential builders;
(v) accelerating collateral boarding and valuation processes through
standardized data and digital documentation; and
(vi) refocusing the FHLBs' Affordable Housing Program on faster-cycle
execution and greater financial leverage for small-scale and owner-occupied
housing projects.
(b) The Director of the FHFA and the Vice Chairman
for Supervision of the Federal Reserve shall consider,
as appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
authorizing FHLBs' intermediate access to the Federal
Reserve's discount window for FHLBs' member depository
institutions under standardized collateral,
operational, and risk-management protocols.
(c) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the
Director of the FHFA, in consultation with the heads of
other relevant executive departments and agencies,
shall submit a report to the Assistant to the President
for Economic Policy and the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget on the efficiency of national
housing finance markets. The report shall identify
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recommendations for regulatory or legislative changes
necessary to address any regulatory or oversight gaps.
Sec. 5. Construction and Housing Supply. (a) The Vice
Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the
Director of the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board,
the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the FDIC,
and the Comptroller of the Currency, shall consider, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
revising supervisory guidance both to exclude one-to
four-family residential development and construction
lending from commercial real estate concentration
guidance and to ensure supervisory expectations support
responsible construction lending by community banks.
Sec. 6. Appraisal Modernization. (a) The Vice Chairman
for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the Director of
the CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the
Chairperson of Board of Directors of the FDIC, the
Comptroller of the Currency, and the Director of the
FHFA shall consider, as appropriate and consistent with
applicable law and their statutory authorities:
(i) modernizing appraisal regulations and guidance to expand the use of
alternative valuation models, desktop and hybrid appraisals, and artificial
intelligence valuation tools;
(ii) simplifying appraiser qualification requirements; and
(iii) reducing appraisal requirements for low-risk transactions, including
low loan-to-value refinancing and small-balance loans; and setting clear
appraisal timelines.
(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall
consider, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law:
(i) aligning appraisal standards between the Federal Housing Administration
and VA Home Loan Program where risk is comparable;
(ii) clarifying the distinction in an appraisal inspection between safety
and habitability concerns that necessitate pre-closing repairs versus
cosmetic concerns; and
(iii) expanding post-closing repair flexibility.
Sec. 7. Digital Mortgage Modernization. (a) The
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of HUD, the
Secretary of VA, and the Director of the FHFA shall
consider, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law:
(i) eliminating unnecessary wet-signature requirements for disclosures,
applications, closing documents, and similar documents;
(ii) standardizing acceptance of electronic signatures, e-notes, and remote
online notarization; and
(iii) promoting digital mortgage standards.
Sec. 8. Servicing and Supervisory Certainty. (a) The
Secretary of HUD, the Vice Chairman for Supervision of
the Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the
Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the
Board of Directors of the FDIC, and the Comptroller of
the Currency shall consider, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law:
(i) aligning supervisory expectations to support portfolio mortgage
servicing as a core community banking function; extending cure-first
standards to good-faith servicing errors; simplifying loss mitigation
requirements; and issuing a proposed rule providing exemptions from complex
mortgage services for smaller banks; and
(ii) ensuring that supervisory evaluations of performing, prudently
underwritten portfolio loans do not focus on technical defects or rely on
evolving supervisory interpretations.
Sec. 9. Enforcement. (a) The Vice Chairman for
Supervision of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the
CFPB, the Chairman of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson
of the Board of Directors of the FDIC, and the
Comptroller of the Currency shall consider, as
appropriate and consistent with applicable law,
promulgating a policy against enforcement actions for
violations of consumer financial laws that:
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(i) discourages imposing civil monetary penalties, except where the
underlying violations are willful, knowing, or reckless;
(ii) considers good corporate conduct, including a bank's correction of
good-faith, technical compliance errors; and
(iii) allows institutions a reasonable opportunity for self-identification
and remediation of appropriate compliance matters.
Sec. 10. Duplicative or Unnecessary Licensing
Requirements. The Vice Chairman for Supervision of the
Federal Reserve, the Director of the CFPB, the Chairman
of the NCUA Board, the Chairperson of the Board of
Directors of the FDIC, and the Comptroller of the
Currency shall consider, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, eliminating duplicative or
unnecessary requirements regarding licensing or
registration for mortgage loan officers of any smaller
bank.
Sec. 11. 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.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Department of the Treasury.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-05384
Filed 3-17-26; 11:15 am]
Billing code 4810-25-P
Complete official Federal Register PDF
FR Doc. 2026-05383 Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming To Be Made in America
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13201-13202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05383]
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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 /
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Executive Order 14392 of March 13, 2026
Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products
Claiming To Be Made in America
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. Policy. Americans have a right to clear,
accurate, substantiated, and accessible information
regarding whether products advertised as ``Made in
America'' are actually made in the United States.
Protecting American consumers against fraudulent
American-origin claims also benefits businesses that
invest in American manufacturing and products.
Yet in the age of the modern digital marketplace,
foreign manufacturers and sellers represent that their
products are made in the United States to target
patriotic consumers when, in fact, those products are
largely produced and manufactured in other countries.
Americans routinely rely on sellers' ``Made in
America'' or similar American-origin advertising when
purchasing products from digital marketplaces. But
American businesses building, growing, and
manufacturing all, or virtually all, aspects of their
products onshore are entitled to the undiluted branding
benefits that come with supporting the American
economy, and American citizens attempting to buy
American products should have certainty as to what
American-origin claims mean.
Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) shall, wherever appropriate,
prioritize enforcement actions in cases in which a
seller's or manufacturer's claim that a product is
``Made in America'' or ``Made in the U.S.A.'', or any
similar American-origin claims, constitutes a violation
of law. In determining whether such claims constitute a
violation of law, including an unfair or deceptive act
or practice, the FTC shall, as needed, consult with
other executive departments and agencies (agencies)
with subject-matter expertise with respect to the
relevant products.
(b) The FTC shall consider issuing proposed
regulations providing that the failure of an online
marketplace to establish procedures for verifying
country-of-origin claims may constitute an unfair or
deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(c) In consultation with the Chairman of the FTC,
all agencies with oversight of country-of-origin
labeling shall consider promulgating regulations that
promote voluntary country-of-origin labeling for
products made or manufactured in the United States.
Such agencies shall consult with one another, as
appropriate, to ensure that American businesses receive
consistent guidance on voluntary country-of-origin
labeling.
(d) All agencies overseeing Government-wide
acquisition contracts, any Multiple Award Schedule, or
any other Government-wide indefinite delivery,
indefinite-quantity contracts shall periodically review
and verify any ``Buy American Act'', ``Country of
Origin USA'', or similar American-origin claims for
products acquired through these contracts. For any
contractors or vendors found to misrepresent an
American-origin status of any product sold to the
Government, the relevant agency shall remove the
products from Government procurement availability and
refer the relevant contractors or vendors to the
Department of Justice, which may pursue actions under
the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.).
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Sec. 3. 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.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Federal Trade Commission.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-05383
Filed 3-17-26; 11:15 am]
Billing code 6750-01-P
Complete official Federal Register PDF
FR Doc. 2026-05382 Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13199-13200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05382]
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Vol. 91
Wednesday,
No. 52
March 18, 2026
Part III
The President
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Executive Order 14391--Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense
Production Act
Executive Order 14392--Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products
Claiming To Be Made in America
Executive Order 14393--Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit
Executive Order 14394--Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home
Construction
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Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 52 / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14391 of March 13, 2026
Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense
Production Act
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. This order amends Executive Order
13603 of March 16, 2012 (National Defense Resources
Preparedness). Executive Order 13603 delegates certain
authorities of the President under the Defense
Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), to specified
executive department and agency (agency) heads. This
order also clarifies section 2(a) of Executive Order
14156 of January 20, 2025 (Declaring a National Energy
Emergency).
Sec. 2. Amendment to Executive Order 13603. Section 203
of Executive Order 13603 is hereby amended by striking
the phrase ``Secretary of Commerce'' and inserting, in
lieu thereof, ``Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary
of Energy, each of whom may exercise such delegated
authority independently of the other''.
Sec. 3. Clarifying Section 2(a) of Executive Order
14156. For the avoidance of doubt, an agency head need
only recommend action to the President under section
2(a) of Executive Order 14156 when the authority to
take the recommended action is vested in the President
alone and has not been delegated. Section 2(a) of
Executive Order 14156 does not require an agency head
to make a recommendation to the President when the
agency head has authority to take the action by virtue
of a delegation pursuant to Executive Order 13603 or
other Presidential delegation.
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 consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
[[Page 13200]]
(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.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Department of Energy.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-05382
Filed 3-17-26; 11:15 am]
Billing code 6450-01-P
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