Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 144252026-18571
Supporting America's Ranchers
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September 10, 2026
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September 4, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57765-57767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18571]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 174 / Thursday, September 10, 2026 /
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Executive Order 14425 of September 4, 2026
Supporting America's Ranchers
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. Policy. Ranchers play a vital role in our
Nation's food supply chain and cultural heritage. These
hardworking Americans ensure that our country has a
reliable domestic source of high-quality animal protein
products, and a secure, plentiful domestic ranching
industry vindicates this country's food security. But
the national herd is at a 75-year low, while consumer
demand for beef has grown almost 10 percent over the
past decade. My Administration has already acted to
support ranchers by, for example: enforcing voluntary
``Product of USA'' labeling to give American ranchers
the recognition they deserve for producing in the
United States; mapping over 2 million additional acres
of grazing land managed by the Department of the
Interior and identifying nearly 1.6 million acres of
vacant allotments managed by the United States Forest
Service and opening them for Federal grazing permit
applications across the West; withdrawing burdensome
Biden-era regulations that imposed substantial
compliance costs in the name of speculative
environmental benefits; and implementing a number of
financially beneficial tax law changes for ranchers,
such as lowering Death Taxes and promoting more rapid
expensing and depreciation policies. More can and
should be done to support this critical industry, and
my Administration will continue to act to protect our
domestic producers.
Sec. 2. Comprehensive Policy and Regulatory Review.
Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary
of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the
United States Trade Representative, the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, and the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration shall submit to the President a
report that assesses all executive department and
agency (agency) regulations, guidance, and other agency
policies affecting ranchers and that provides
recommendations for action to promote financial
viability and enhanced market access for American
ranchers consistent with this order.
Sec. 3. Helping Ranchers Combat Predation. Within 90
days of the date of this order:
(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall make a
determination as to whether the gray wolf and the
Mexican wolf have met the recovery criteria for
delisting or downlisting under the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) and, if he determines that the recovery
criteria has been met, shall begin the process of
delisting or downlisting them.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior, in coordination
with the Assistant to the President and Director of
Legislative Affairs, shall prepare and submit to the
President a legislative recommendation to fully delist
or downlist the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf under
the ESA.
(c) Upon a determination by the Secretary of the
Interior that the ESA recovery criteria has been met
with respect to the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf, the
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of
Intergovernmental Affairs, in coordination with the
Secretary of Agriculture, shall engage with States to
encourage them to delist gray wolves and Mexican wolves
from any State-specific lists of protected species and
to revise their standards for lethal takings of gray
wolves and Mexican wolves to assist ranchers in
combating predation.
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(d) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture shall consider developing or amending
their respective Departments' producer compensation
regulations, evidentiary standards, and program
handbooks, consistent with applicable law, to ensure
that all depredation claims adjudicated by their
respective Departments are consistently, accurately,
and expeditiously assessed, including by setting
adequate standards to investigate depredations by gray
wolves and Mexican wolves and by considering additional
factors beyond subcutaneous hemorrhaging when
appropriate.
(e) The Secretary of the Interior shall consider
amending regulations or providing additional guidance,
consistent with applicable law, to revise the
Department's criteria for authorizing lethal gray wolf
and Mexican wolf removal and to enable greater
emergency responsiveness, including precision
targeting, for situations involving predator threats to
human safety or threats to domestic livestock.
Sec. 4. Country-of-Origin Labeling. Within 90 days of
the date of this order, the Secretary of Agriculture,
in consultation with the United States Trade
Representative, shall review all statutory and
regulatory authorities that may permit the
establishment of mandatory country-of-origin labeling
for beef products and shall provide the Assistant to
the President for Economic Policy with a summary of
such authorities as well as an economic analysis of the
impacts of mandatory country-of-origin labeling that
reflects current conditions and modernized practices.
Based on these assessments, the Secretary of
Agriculture, in consultation with the United States
Trade Representative and the Assistant to the President
for Economic Policy, may issue or amend regulations, to
the extent permitted under applicable law, to require
mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products,
or may, in further coordination with the White House
Office of Legislative Affairs, develop legislative
recommendations regarding such labeling.
Sec. 5. Supporting American Consumers. To the extent
consistent with applicable law, the head of each agency
shall take such steps as may be appropriate to ensure
that the measures directed in this order, as well as
other measures taken by my Administration with respect
to food production and supply, benefit American
consumers in the form of lower prices to the maximum
extent possible.
Sec. 6. 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.
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(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 Agriculture.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 4, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-18571
Filed 9-9-26; 11:15 am]
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