Executive Order 14219: Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative
| Signed | Feb 19, 2025 |
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| Published in the Federal Register | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Citation | 90 FR 10583 (FR Doc. 2025-03138) |
| Official text | Federal Register ↗ · PDF ↗ |
How the order opens
Section 1 of the order, in its own words (not our summary):
“It is the policy of my Administration to focus the executive branch's limited enforcement resources on regulations squarely authorized by constitutional Federal statutes, and to commence the deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state.”
Federal Register notes
The Federal Register's own disposition notes for this order: earlier orders it revokes or amends, and related documents.
- See: EO 12866, September 30, 1993; EO 13422, January 18, 2007; EO 14158, January 20, 2025; EO 14267, April 9, 2025
← EO 14218: Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders EO 14220: Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Copper →
Source: Federal Register API (federalregister.gov). Updated Oct 14, 2026. All executive orders.