Biden’s first executive actions
- Requires masks and physical distancing in federal buildings, on federal lands, and by government contractors; urges state and local governments to do the same.
- Rejoins World Health Organization; appoints Dr. Fauci as head of U.S. delegation
- Creates a Covid-19 Response Coordinator, reporting directly to president, who is responsible for ,managing production and distribution of vaccines and medical equipment
- Extends nationwide eviction and foreclosure moratorium through March 31, 2021
- Extends payment moratorium on federal student loans through September 30, 2021
- Rejoins Paris climate accords
- Cancels Keystone XL pipeline permit, halts ANWR leasing, and directs agencies to reverse more than 100 other Trump environmental actions
- Scuttles Trump’s “1776 Commission” education curricula
- Acts against workplace discrimination based on sexual orientatiion and gender identity
- Orders inclusion of non-citizens in census and congressional apportionment
- Bolsters DACA protection for immigrant children
- Ends Trump’s Muslim-country travel ban
- Reverses Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement
- Halts border wall construction and rescinds Trump’s emergency declaration authorizing funding
- Extends deportation deferrals and work authorizations for certain Liberians through June 30, 2022
- Requires executive branch appointees to sign an ethics pledge and requires them to uphold the independence of the Department of Justice
- Directs Office of Managemen and Budget to modernize regulatory review and discards Trump’s regulatory approval process
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Posted 20 Jan 2021 by Roger Rabbit
in Biden, Environment, Health, Politics