Executive Order 14391 explained · Executive Order · No disposition noted
Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act
Signed: 2026-03-13 Published: 2026-03-18 Federal Register document: 2026-05382
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
Federal Register notes (as of 2026-10-19): Amends: EO 13603, March 16, 2012 See: EO 14156, January 20, 2025
What Executive Order 14391 says
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 13199-13200] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-05382] [[Page 13197]] Vol. 91 Wednesday, No. 52 March 18, 2026 Part III The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Order 14391--Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act Executive Order 14392--Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming To Be Made in America Executive Order 14393--Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit Executive Order 14394--Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 52 / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 13199]] Executive Order 14391 of March 13, 2026 Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. This order amends Executive Order 13603 of March 16, 2012 (National Defense Resources Preparedness). Executive Order 13603 delegates certain authorities of the...
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Executive Order 14391 is a routine administrative adjustment to existing delegations under the Defense Production Act. It does not expand federal power, infringe on any rights, or bypass due process. The order merely clarifies which officials may exercise already-delegated authorities and resolves ambiguity about recommendation requirements. It passes all five constitutional checks with no violations.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
The Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is a valid exercise of Congress's enumerated powers under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (general welfare and common defense) and Clause 11 (declare war and grant letters of marque and reprisal), as well as the Necessary and Proper Clause (Clause 18). The President's authority to delegate these powers is inherent in the executive power under Arti… -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
This order does not touch any right protected by the Bill of Rights. It does not regulate speech, religion, assembly, press, petition (First Amendment); arms (Second Amendment); quartering (Third Amendment); search or seizure (Fourth Amendment); self-incrimination, due process, or takings (Fifth Amendment); trial rights (Sixth or Seventh Amendments); cruel or unusual punishment (Eighth Amendment);… -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The order imposes no restrictions on any individual's person, property, speech, labor, or belief. It only adjusts which government officials may exercise existing statutory authorities. No individual is commanded, prohibited, or burdened by this order. The government has no burden to justify a restriction because no restriction exists. -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
This order passes all four questions of the decentralization test. (1) An individual or family cannot handle national defense resource allocation, which is inherently a federal function. (2) A local community cannot handle national defense supply chains. (3) A state cannot handle national defense resource allocation for the entire nation. (4) The order does not consolidate decision-making upward; … -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
This order does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property. It does not bypass procedural due process (no hearing or notice is required for internal executive branch delegation adjustments). It does not take any private property. The order explicitly states it creates no enforceable rights or benefits (Section 4(c)), which is standard for internal executive orders and does not affect any…
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