Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

What Presidential Memorandum 2025-01906 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 8249-8250] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-01906] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 8249]] Memorandum of January 20, 2025 Regulatory Freeze Pending Review Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order all executive departments and agencies to take the following steps: (1) Do not propose or issue any rule in any manner, including by sending a rule to the Office of the Federal Register (the ``OFR''), until a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President after noon on January 20, 2025, reviews and approves the rule. The department or agency head may delegate this power of review and approval to any other person so appointed or designated by the President, consistent with applicable law. The Director or Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (the ``OMB Director'') may exempt any rule that he deems necessary to address emergency situations or other urgent circumstances, including rules subject...

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