Executive Order 14408

Removing Unnecessary and Counterproductive Restrictions on Access to Federal Lands

Signed May 29, 2026, printed at 91 FR 33577. 2 sections of substance, 853 words.

In plain English

This order is about federal land. It cancels two old orders on off road vehicles. It asks agencies to write new rules.

Sec. 1. Purpose

My Administration has eliminated a record number of unnecessary regulations to further our Nation's prosperity and reduce regulatory burdens on industries critical to our national and economic security while keeping sufficient environmental protections in place. Executive Order 11644 of February 8, 1972 (Use of Off-Road Vehicles on the Public Lands), and Executive Order 11989 of May 24, 1977 (Off-Road Vehicles on Public Lands), are examples of this excessive regulation. Both were issued about 50 years ago when today's technology was not available to be paired with existing Federal statutes. The Congress has enacted or amended a comprehensive set of statutory authorities to establish Federal land policy, including the National Historic Preservation Act, Public Law 89-665, 80 Stat. 915 (1966) (codified as amended at 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act, Public

In plain English

This states the aim. It says a record number of rules have been cut. It says that helps growth and security. It says environment safeguards remain. It names two old orders as excess. Both cover off road vehicles on public land. One dates from 1972. The other from 1977. It says Congress has since passed broad land laws.

Sec. 2. Rescinding Certain Prior Executive Orders

Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989 are hereby rescinded. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the head of any other relevant agency shall initiate rulemakings to rescind or revise the regulations previously adopted to implement those Executive Orders.

In plain English

This ends two old orders. Both covered off road vehicles on public land. One dates from 1972. The other from 1977. Both are now void. Several agencies must then start rulemakings. War is one. Interior is another. So is Agriculture. A power authority board is named. Their old rules must be dropped or revised.

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. (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 the Interior. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, May 29, 2026. [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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