Executive Order 14274

Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management

Signed April 15, 2025, printed at 90 FR 16445. 2 sections of substance, 547 words.

In plain English

This order is about federal office space. It tells agencies to give up space they do not use.

Sec. 1. Purpose

The American people are spread across more than 3.8 million square miles in urban, suburban, and rural areas. To provide the highest quality services in an efficient and cost-effective manner, executive departments and agencies (agencies) must be where the people are. President Carter signed Executive Order 12072 of August 16, 1978 (Federal Space Management), ordering the Federal Government to prioritize central business districts when siting Federal facilities in urban areas. Intended to improve these districts, President Carter's order has instead prevented agencies from relocating to lower-cost facilities. Building on Executive Order 12072, President Clinton signed Executive Order 13006 of May 21, 1996 (Locating Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our Nation's Central Cities), to encourage agencies to locate their facilities in historic properties and districts, especially

In plain English

This sets out the case the order makes. It says agencies should be near the people they serve. It cites a 1978 order on office siting. That order favored central business districts. It says that kept agencies from cheaper space. It notes a 1996 order pushed historic buildings.

Sec. 2. Revoking Executive Orders

(a) Executive Order 12072 is hereby revoked. (b) Executive Order 13006 is hereby revoked. (c) The Administrator of General Services is directed to initiate the process to amend the regulations at title 41, parts 102-79 and 102-83, Code of Federal Regulations, and to take any other steps necessary in accordance with applicable law to conform Federal office space management policy with this order. (d) Agencies that acquire or utilize federally owned or leased space under authority other than the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as amended, shall conform to the provisions of this order to the extent consistent with applicable law.

In plain English

This cancels both older orders. The buildings agency must redo its rules. Two parts of the code are named. Other steps must follow to match the new policy. Agencies that hold space under other laws must comply too.

Sec. 3. 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. [[Page 16446]] (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 15, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-06838 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P </pre></body> </html>

In plain English

This is the closing clause that nearly every order carries. It says the order does not change what the law already allows. It also says no one can sue to enforce it.

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