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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8455-8457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 19 / Thursday, January 30, 2025 / 
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                Executive Order 14162 of January 20, 2025

                
Putting America First in International 
                Environmental Agreements

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. The United States must grow its 
                economy and maintain jobs for its citizens while 
                playing a leadership role in global efforts to protect 
                the environment. Over decades, with the help of 
                sensible policies that do not encumber private-sector 
                activity, the United States has simultaneously grown 
                its economy, raised worker wages, increased energy 
                production, reduced air and water pollution, and 
                reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The United States' 
                successful track record of advancing both economic and 
                environmental objectives should be a model for other 
                countries.

                In recent years, the United States has purported to 
                join international agreements and initiatives that do 
                not reflect our country's values or our contributions 
                to the pursuit of economic and environmental 
                objectives. Moreover, these agreements steer American 
                taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or 
                merit, financial assistance in the interests of the 
                American people.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration 
                to put the interests of the United States and the 
                American people first in the development and 
                negotiation of any international agreements with the 
                potential to damage or stifle the American economy. 
                These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the 
                United States.

                Sec. 3. Implementation. (a) The United States 
                Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately 
                submit formal written notification of the United 
                States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the 
                United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 
                The notice shall be submitted to the Secretary-General 
                of the United Nations, the Depositary of the Agreement, 
                attached as Appendix A. The United States will consider 
                its withdrawal from the Agreement and any attendant 
                obligations to be effective immediately upon this 
                provision of notification.

                    (b) The United States Ambassador to the United 
                Nations shall immediately submit written formal 
                notification to the Secretary-General of the United 
                Nations, or any relevant party, of the United States' 
                withdrawal from any agreement, pact, accord, or similar 
                commitment made under the United Nations Framework 
                Convention on Climate Change.
                    (c) The United States Ambassador to the United 
                Nations, in collaboration with the Secretary of State 
                and Secretary of the Treasury, shall immediately cease 
                or revoke any purported financial commitment made by 
                the United States under the United Nations Framework 
                Convention on Climate Change.
                    (d) Immediately upon completion of the tasks listed 
                in subsections (a), (b), and (c), the United States 
                Ambassador to the United Nations, in collaboration with 
                the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury 
                shall certify a report to the Assistant to the 
                President for Economic Policy and Assistant to the 
                President for National Security Affairs that describes 
                in detail any further action required to achieve the 
                policy objectives set forth in section 2 of this order.
                    (e) The U.S. International Climate Finance Plan is 
                revoked and rescinded immediately. The Director of the 
                Office of Management and Budget shall,

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                within 10 days of this order, issue guidance for the 
                rescission of all frozen funds.
                    (f) Within 30 days of this order, the Secretary of 
                State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of 
                Commerce, Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
                Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Agriculture, 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
                Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International 
                Development, Chief Executive Officer of the 
                International Development Finance Corporation, Chief 
                Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge 
                Corporation, Director of the U.S. Trade and Development 
                Agency, President of the Export-Import Bank, and head 
                of any other relevant department or agency shall submit 
                a report to the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy and the Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs that details their actions to revoke 
                or rescind policies that were implemented to advance 
                the International Climate Finance Plan.
                    (g) The Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, 
                and the head of any department or agency that plans or 
                coordinates international energy agreements shall 
                henceforth prioritize economic efficiency, the 
                promotion of American prosperity, consumer choice, and 
                fiscal restraint in all foreign engagements that 
                concern energy policy.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented in a manner 
                consistent with applicable law and subject to the 
                availability of appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or any other 
                persons.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 20, 2025.

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