Executive Order 14267

Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers

Signed April 9, 2025, printed at 90 FR 15629. 3 sections of substance, 896 words.

In plain English

This order tells agencies to drop rules that shut out new firms. It says some rules pick winners.

Sec. 1. Purpose

Federal regulations should not predetermine economic winners and losers. Yet some regulations operate to exclude new market entrants. Regulations that reduce competition, entrepreneurship, and innovation--as well as the benefits they create for American consumers--should be eliminated. This order commences the process for eliminating anti-competitive regulations to revitalize the American economy.

In plain English

This states the aim. It says rules should not pick winners in the economy. It says some rules keep new firms out. It says rules that cut competition should go. Rules that block new business should go too. It says buyers here lose from them. The order starts the work of removing them.

Sec. 2. Definitions

(a) ``Agency'' has the meaning given to it in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code, except that it does not include the Executive Office of the President or any components thereof. (b) ``Agency head'' means the highest-ranking official of an agency, such as the Secretary, Administrator, Chairman, or Director, unless otherwise specified in this order.

In plain English

This defines two terms. Agency follows a records law. The White House offices are left out. Their parts are left out too. Agency head means the top official at one. A secretary may hold that role. So may an administrator. So may a chair or a director. The order may say otherwise in a given case.

Sec. 3. Rescinding Anti-Competitive Regulations

(a) Agency heads shall, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (Chairman) and the Attorney General, complete a review of all regulations subject to their rulemaking authority and identify those that: (i) create, or facilitate the creation of, de facto or de jure monopolies; (ii) create unnecessary barriers to entry for new market participants; (iii) limit competition between competing entities or have the effect of limiting competition between competing entities; (iv) create or facilitate licensure or accreditation requirements that unduly limit competition; (v) unnecessarily burden the agency's procurement processes, thereby limiting companies' ability to compete for procurements; or (vi) otherwise impose anti-competitive restraints or distortions on the operation of the free market. (b) Within 70 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall each

In plain English

This orders a review of rules. Agency heads work with two other officials. They must find rules that shut out new firms. Rules that create monopolies are named. So are licensing rules that limit competition. Buying rules that block bidders count too. A first report is due in 70 days.

Sec. 4. General Provisions

Every order carries this. It is not what the order does.

(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. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, April 9, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-06463 Filed 4-14-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P </pre></body> </html>

In plain English

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