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'''Executive Order 14179''', titled "Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence," was signed by President Donald Trump on January 23, 2025—his third day in office—and published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2025 (90 FR 8741, Doc. No. 2025-02172).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02172/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence|title=Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence|publisher=Federal Register|date=January 31, 2025}}</ref> It is the foundational AI executive order of the second Trump administration, establishing a deregulatory posture toward artificial intelligence and revoking the Biden administration's landmark AI order.

==Background==
The Biden administration issued [[Executive Order 14110]], "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence," on October 30, 2023. That order established a broad set of safety, security, and civil rights requirements for AI systems, including mandatory reporting for developers of frontier AI models, agency risk assessments, and new civil rights guidance on the use of AI in housing, benefits determinations, and federal contracting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/|title=Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence|publisher=White House|date=October 30, 2023}}</ref>

Upon taking office, the Trump administration moved immediately to reverse this regulatory posture. EO 14179 was among the first executive orders signed in the second term, reflecting a campaign commitment to reduce federal oversight of AI development and position the United States as a global AI leader without what the administration characterized as ideological constraints.

==Key Provisions==

===Revocation of EO 14110===
The order revokes EO 14110 in its entirety, ending all directives, reporting obligations, and interagency coordination mechanisms established under it. Agencies were instructed to identify and suspend, revise, or rescind any regulations, guidance, or other actions taken pursuant to EO 14110 that conflict with the new policy direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cset.georgetown.edu/article/the-executive-order-on-removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/|title=The Executive Order on Removing Barriers To American Leadership In Artificial Intelligence|publisher=Center for Security and Emerging Technology|date=2025}}</ref>

===Policy Statement===
EO 14179 declares it is the policy of the United States to "sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security." It expressly rejects AI policy driven by "ideological bias or engineered social agendas."

===180-Day Action Plan===
The order directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST) and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, to develop within 180 days an "AI Action Plan" to maintain and strengthen U.S. global AI leadership. This plan was subsequently released as [[America's AI Action Plan]] in July 2025.

===OMB Directive===
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was directed within 60 days to revise or rescind OMB Memoranda M-24-10 and M-24-18, the Biden-era memos governing federal agency AI use and procurement. OMB fulfilled this directive with the April 2025 issuance of [[OMB Memorandum M-25-21]] and [[OMB Memorandum M-25-22]].

==Implementation==
Following the order, multiple agencies undertook reviews of actions taken under EO 14110. The OMB issued replacement guidance in April 2025 (M-25-21 and M-25-22) governing federal agency AI use and acquisition. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continued its AI Risk Management Framework work under the new administration, though reporting requirements for frontier AI developers that had been tied to EO 14110 lapsed.

The order also served as the legal foundation for subsequent Trump administration AI policy, including:
* [[Executive Order 14319]] (Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government, July 2025)
* [[America's AI Action Plan]] (July 2025)
* [[Executive Order 14365]] (Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, December 2025)

==Significance==
EO 14179 represented a fundamental shift in the federal government's approach to AI regulation, from a safety-and-rights-oriented framework to a competitiveness-and-innovation-oriented framework. It signaled that the Trump administration would prioritize speed of AI deployment and U.S. competitive advantage over precautionary oversight mechanisms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.healthequitypolicyhub.org/policies/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence|title=EO 14179: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence|publisher=Health Equity Policy Hub|date=2025}}</ref>

Legal commentators noted that while the order revoked Biden's EO, agency regulations formally promulgated under the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to EO 14110 could not be rescinded by executive order alone; those required separate notice-and-comment rulemaking to undo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14179|title=Executive Order 14179|publisher=Wikipedia}}</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02172/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence Full text — Federal Register]
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/DCPD-202500170 GovInfo — DCPD-202500170]
* [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14179-removing-barriers-american-leadership-artificial-intelligence American Presidency Project]

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