Revocation of Executive Order on Competition

Signed August 13, 2025, printed at 90 FR 40227. 1 section of substance, 283 words.

In plain English

This order cancels a 2021 order. That order was about competition. It told agencies to look at big firms.

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Sec. 1. Revocation

Executive Order 14036 of July 9, 2021 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy), is hereby revoked.

In plain English

This cancels a 2021 order. That order dealt with how firms compete.

Sec. 2. 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. (d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Justice. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, August 13, 2025. [FR Doc.

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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