United StatesPresident revokes the 2021 executive order promoting competition
This order revokes the 2021 competition order while preserving agencies' legal authority and making implementation subject to available funding.
What it does
The President revokes the 2021 executive order that promoted competition in the American economy.
Revoking the earlier order does not remove agencies' legal powers or OMB's budget duties. Implementation remains subject to existing law and available funding.
Argument forRevoking the earlier order could give agencies more room to set competition policy under their existing legal authority.
Argument againstAgencies may have less shared direction on competition because the order removes the prior government-wide framework.
More detail
The President revokes Executive Order 14036, which promoted competition in the American economy. The revocation applies to Executive Order 14036 of July 9, 2021. The order was signed on August 13, 2025.
Agencies keep authority given to them by law, and the Office of Management and Budget keeps its budget, administrative, and legislative proposal duties. These protections cover executive departments, agencies, their leaders, and the Office of Management and Budget. The order must be carried out under existing law and only as funding is available. The order creates no enforceable legal right or benefit against the United States or other covered parties. These limits apply when the order is carried out.
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- Signed
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History
- 2025
- Aug 19Published in the Federal RegisterPublished
- Aug 13Signed by President Donald TrumpSigned
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