Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 142392025-04973
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness
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March 21, 2025
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March 18, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 54 (Friday, March 21, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13267-13269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04973]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 54 / Friday, March 21, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 14239 of March 18, 2025
Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local
Preparedness
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Commonsense approaches and
investments by State and local governments across
American infrastructure will enhance national security
and create a more resilient Nation. Federal policy must
rightly recognize that preparedness is most effectively
owned and managed at the State, local, and even
individual levels, supported by a competent,
accessible, and efficient Federal Government. Citizens
are the immediate beneficiaries of sound local
decisions and investments designed to address risks,
including cyber attacks, wildfires, hurricanes, and
space weather. When States are empowered to make smart
infrastructure choices, taxpayers benefit.
This order empowers State, local, and individual
preparedness and injects common sense into
infrastructure prioritization and strategic investments
through risk-informed decisions that make our
infrastructure, communities, and economy resilient to
global and dynamic threats and hazards.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
that State and local governments and individuals play a
more active and significant role in national resilience
and preparedness, thereby saving American lives,
securing American livelihoods, reducing taxpayer
burdens through efficiency, and unleashing our
collective prosperity. In addition, it is the policy of
the United States that my Administration streamline its
preparedness operations; update relevant Government
policies to reduce complexity and better protect and
serve Americans; and enable State and local governments
to better understand, plan for, and ultimately address
the needs of their citizens.
Sec. 3. Updating Federal Policy to Save Lives and End
the Subsidization of Mismanagement. (a) National
Resilience Strategy. Within 90 days of the date of this
order, the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the
heads of relevant executive departments and agencies
(agencies), shall publish a National Resilience
Strategy that articulates the priorities, means, and
ways to advance the resilience of the Nation. The
National Resilience Strategy shall be reviewed and
revised at least every 4 years, or as appropriate.
(b) National Critical Infrastructure Policy. Within
180 days of the date of this order, the APNSA, in
coordination with the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy and the heads of relevant
agencies, shall review all critical infrastructure
policies and recommend to the President the revisions,
recissions, and replacements necessary to achieve a
more resilient posture; shift from an all-hazards
approach to a risk-informed approach; move beyond
information sharing to action; and implement the
National Resilience Strategy described in subsection
(a) of this section. For purposes of this order,
critical infrastructure policies do not include any
policies related to purported ``misinformation,''
``disinformation,'' or ``malinformation,'' nor so-
called ``cognitive infrastructure,'' which should be
reevaluated consistent with the policy set forth in
Executive Order 14149 of January 20, 2025 (Restoring
Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship),
through a separate process. The policies to be reviewed
and recommended for modification, as appropriate,
include:
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(i) National Security Memorandum 16 of November 10, 2022 (Strengthening the
Security and Resilience of United States Food and Agriculture);
(ii) National Security Memorandum 22 of April 30, 2024 (Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience);
(iii) Executive Order 14017 of February 24, 2021 (America's Supply Chains);
and
(iv) Executive Order 14123 of June 14, 2024 (White House Council on Supply
Chain Resilience).
(c) National Continuity Policy. Within 180 days of
the date of this order, the APNSA, in coordination with
the heads of relevant agencies, shall review all
national continuity policies and recommend to the
President the revisions, recissions, and replacements
necessary to modernize and streamline the approach to
national continuity capabilities, reformulate the
methodology and architecture necessary to achieve an
enduring readiness posture, and implement the National
Resilience Strategy described in subsection (a) of this
section. The policies to be reviewed and recommended
for modification, as appropriate, include:
(i) Executive Order 13618 of July 6, 2012 (Assignment of National Security
and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions);
(ii) Executive Order 13961 of December 7, 2020 (Governance and Integration
of Federal Mission Resilience);
(iii) National Security Memorandum 32 of January 19, 2025 (National
Continuity Policy); and
(iv) Executive Order 14146 of January 19, 2025 (Partial Revocation of
Executive Order 13961).
(d) Preparedness and Response Policies. Within 240
days of the date of this order, the APNSA, in
coordination with the heads of relevant agencies and
informed by the reports and findings of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency Council established
pursuant to Executive Order 14180 of January 24, 2025
(Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management
Agency), shall review all national preparedness and
response policies and recommend to the President the
revisions, recissions, and replacements necessary to
reformulate the process and metrics for Federal
responsibility, move away from an all-hazards approach,
and implement the National Resilience Strategy
described in subsection (a) of this section. The
policies to be reviewed and recommended for
modification, as appropriate, include:
(i) Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988 (Assignment of Emergency
Preparedness Responsibilities);
(ii) Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 of February 28, 2003
(Management of Domestic Incidents);
(iii) Presidential Policy Directive 8 of March 30, 2011 (National
Preparedness);
(iv) Presidential Policy Directive 22 of March 28, 2013 (National Special
Security Events); and
(v) Presidential Policy Directive 44 of November 7, 2016 (Enhancing
Domestic Incident Response).
(e) National Risk Register. Within 240 days of the
date of this order, the APNSA, in coordination with the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the
heads of relevant agencies, shall coordinate the
development of a National Risk Register that
identifies, articulates, and quantifies natural and
malign risks to our national infrastructure, related
systems, and their users.
(i) The quantification produced by the National Risk Register shall be used
to inform the Intelligence Community, private sector investments, State
investments, and Federal budget priorities.
(ii) The National Risk Register shall be reviewed and revised at least
every 4 years, or as appropriate, to evolve with the dynamic risk
landscape.
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(f) Federal National Functions Constructs. The
Federal Government organizes national preparedness and
continuity through the bureaucratic and complicated
lens of overlapping and overbroad ``functions,'' which
include: the National Essential Functions, Primary
Mission Essential Functions, National Critical
Functions, Emergency Support Functions, Recovery
Support Functions, and Community Lifelines. Within 1
year of the date of this order, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall propose changes to the policies
outlining this framework and any implementing documents
to ensure State and local governments and individuals
have improved communications with Federal officials and
a better understanding of the Federal role. This
proposal shall be coordinated through the process
established by National Security Presidential
Memorandum 1 of January 20, 2025 (Organization of the
National Security Council and Subcommittees), or any
successor processes, before being submitted to the
President through the APNSA.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (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.
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[FR Doc. 2025-04973
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