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President Obama's Executive Orders issued in 2012



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This list is complete and current to December 31st 2012


President Obama has signed 147 Executive Orders to the end of 2012. The 1461 has included a Free Download of the Official Executive Orders as they become available in the Federal Registry.

The list was originally started here on the 1461 on January 25 2009.



For ease of navigating the full list, the most recent orders are listed below here on the main page along with the rest of the Executive Orders. You can also view the list broken out by year by clicking on the following links:

President Obama's Executive Orders issued in 2011

President Obama's Executive Orders issued in 2010

President Obama's Executive Orders issued in 2009

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You can view and download the Executive Orders from the first years of the George W Bush Administration here.

Executive Orders become law if unchallenged by the Congress 30 days after they are submitted.

The Listing of Executive orders in the Congressional Library runs in a numeric order starting with the first Executive orders passed until the most current. When President Barack Obama took office his EO list started from #EO-13489

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Each item below has a link to the Executive Order or a PDF of the signed document for your review as they are made available. All links open in a new window.

The List of President Obama's Executive Orders runs in descending order from the most recent.


President Obama signed 39 Executive Orders - 13597 to 13635 - in 2012. 
They are listed in descending order below.



December 27, 2012

Executive Order 13635: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 21, 2012

Executive Order 13634: Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government

Executive Order 13633: Reestablishment of Advisory Commission

December 7, 2012

Executive Order 13632: Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force


Executive Order 13631: Reestablishment of Advisory Group 

December 6, 2012

Executive Order 13630: Establishment of an Interagency Task Force on Commercial Advocacy

October 26, 2012

Executive Order13629: Establishing the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council


October 9, 2012

Executive Order 13628: Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions with respect to Iran


September 25, 2012

Executive Order 13627: Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts

September 10, 2012

Executive Order 13626: Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration

August 31, 2012

Executive Order 13625: Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families

August 30, 2012

Executive Order 13624: Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency

August 10, 2012

Executive Order 13623: Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally

July 31, 2012

Executive Order 13622: Authorizing Additional Sanctions With Respect To Iran

July 26, 2012

Executive Order 13621: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans

July 20, 2012

Executive Order 13620: Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Somalia

July 11, 2012

Executive Order 13619: Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Burma

July 6, 2012

Executive Order 13618: Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions

June 25, 2012

Executive Order 13617: Russian Highly Enriched Uranium

June 14, 2012

Executive Order 13616: Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment

May 21, 2012

Executive Order 13615: Providing an Order of Succession within the Office of Management and Budget

Executive Order 13614: Providing an Order of Succession within the Environmental Protection Agency

Executive Order 13613: Providing an Order of Succession within the Department of Commerce

Executive Order 13612: Providing an Order of Succession within the Department of Agriculture

May 16, 2012

Executive Order 13611: Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen

May 10, 2012

Executive Order 13610: Identifying and Reducing Regulatory Burdens

May 1 2012

Executive Order 13609: Prohibiting Certain Transactions with and Suspending Entry into the United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders with Respect to Iran and Syria

Executive Order 13608: Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation


April 27, 2012

Executive Order 13607: Establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members

April 23, 2012

Executive Order 13606: Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons with Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology

April 13, 2012

Executive Order 13605: Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources

March 22, 2012

Executive Order 13604: Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects

March 16, 2012

Executive Order 13603: National Defense Resources Preparedness

March 15, 2012

Executive Order 13602: Establishing a White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities


February 28, 2012

Executive Order 13601: Establishment of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center

February 9, 2012

Executive Order 13600: Establishing the President's Global Development Council

February 6, 2012

Executive Order 13599: Blocking Property of the Government of Iran and Iranian Financial Institutions


January 27, 2012

Executive Order 13598 - Assignment of Functions Relating to Certain Promotion and Appointment Actions in the Armed Forces

January 19, 2012

Executive Order 13597 - Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness









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