OIRA requires White House clearance for all agency rulemaking

On 2025-02-18, President Trump signed the executive order “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” requiring all federal agencies to submit draft regulations to the White House for review. (🌲Washington Post order details)

The only independent‐agency exemption covers the Federal Reserve’s “conduct of monetary policy”; its bank supervision activities and budget authority remain subject to White House control. (🌲Washington Post agency control analysis; Fed analysis)

The White House Office of Management and Budget will review “on an ongoing basis” the actions of independent regulatory agencies and may adjust their budgets to advance the President’s policies and priorities. (🌲Washington Post budget control details)

Within 90 days of Feb. 18, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, must determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities and personnel can be used to prevent crime. (Newsweek martial law analysis)

The order centralizes legal interpretation authority, stipulating that only the President and the Attorney General—“subject to the President’s supervision and control”—may interpret law on behalf of the executive branch. (🌲Washington Post legal authority)