Order directs reviews and possible changes to support ranchers

The Agriculture, Interior, Trade Representative, Food and Drug Administration, and Small Business Administration officials must submit a report to the President. The report covers agency rules, guidance, and other policies affecting American ranchers. Recommendations must seek to improve ranchers’ financial strength and access to markets. The report must follow the order’s policy direction and applicable law. The report is due within 90 days of September 4, 2026.

The Interior Secretary must decide whether the two wolf species meet federal recovery standards and must begin delisting or downlisting procedures if they do. The direction covers gray wolves and Mexican wolves under the Endangered Species Act, plus related state protections and livestock-predation programs. The order does not itself remove either species from federal or state protected lists. The Interior Secretary must also submit a legislative recommendation about full or partial federal delisting. After a qualifying recovery determination, White House and Agriculture officials must encourage states to review their protections and lethal-removal standards. The Interior and Agriculture Departments may consider changing compensation rules, evidence standards, investigations, and emergency removal guidance, subject to applicable law. The federal recovery determination and legislative recommendation are due within 90 days of September 4, 2026. State outreach and possible rule or guidance changes depend on a finding that recovery standards were met.

The Agriculture Secretary must review available authority and economic effects, then may issue or amend rules requiring country-of-origin labels for beef. The review and any possible rule apply to beef products and must involve the Trade Representative; legislative recommendations may also be developed. Any labeling rule must be allowed by applicable law. The review must consider current market conditions and modern production practices. The order permits, but does not require, a labeling rule or a legislative recommendation. The authority review and economic analysis are due within 90 days of September 4, 2026. The order sets no deadline for any later rule or legislative recommendation.

Federal agency heads must take appropriate steps to seek the lowest possible consumer prices from the order’s measures and other food-supply actions. The direction applies to each federal agency and to measures related to food production and supply. Steps must be consistent with applicable law. Implementation is subject to available appropriations. The order creates no enforceable legal right or benefit.