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Executive Order 14397
Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council
Signed March 24, 2026, printed at 91 FR 15509. 3 sections of substance, 440 words.
This order keeps the FEMA review council going. The council was set up in January 2025.
Sec. 1.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, established by Executive Order 14180 of January 24, 2025 (Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency), and continued by Executive Order 14378 of January 23, 2026 (Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council), is further continued until 10 days after the report required under section 3(c) of Executive Order 14180 is submitted to the President, or May 29, 2026, whichever occurs first.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, established by Executive Order 14180 of January 24, 2025 (Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency), and continued by Executive Order 14378 of January 23, 2026 (Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council), is further continued until 10 days after the report required under section 3(c) of Executive Order 14180 is submitted to the President, or May 29, 2026, whichever occurs first.
This extends a review council. A January 2025 order set it up. It studies the disaster agency. A January 2026 order kept it going. This order extends it again. It runs until 10 days after a required report goes to the President. It ends May 29, 2026 at the latest. Whichever comes first ends it.
Sec. 2.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council shall be performed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council shall be performed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
This says who runs that council. A law covers panels that give advice. It gives the President some duties. Those duties pass to Homeland Security. That holds despite any other order. The buildings agency sets the rules. Its guidance says how the work is done.
Sec. 3.
Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 14378 are hereby superseded by sections 1 and 2 of this order.
Sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 14378 are hereby superseded by sections 1 and 2 of this order.
This replaces parts of a January 2026 order. The new terms take their place.
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. [[Page 15510]] (d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, March 24, 2026. [FR Doc. 2026-06075 Filed 3-26-26; 11:15 am] Billing code 9110-9M-P </pre></body> </html>
(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. [[Page 15510]] (d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, March 24, 2026. [FR Doc. 2026-06075 Filed 3-26-26; 11:15 am] Billing code 9110-9M-P </pre></body> </html>
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.
- The order itself
Executive Order 14397, “Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council,” signed March 24, 2026, 91 FR 15509 (March 27, 2026).
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-06075/further-continuance-of-the-federal-emergency-management-agency-review-council - This page
Executive Order 14397, quoted section by section. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/orders/eo-14397/ (retrieved October 8, 2026).
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