[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 30 (Friday, February 14, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 9585-9586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02735]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 30 / Friday, February 14, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 14208 of February 10, 2025

                
Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws

                    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. Policy. An irrational campaign against 
                plastic straws has resulted in major cities, States, 
                and businesses banning the use or automatic inclusion 
                of plastic straws with beverages. Plastic straws are 
                often replaced by paper straws, which are 
                nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to 
                human health, are more expensive to produce than 
                plastic straws, and often force users to use multiple 
                straws. Additionally, paper straws sometimes come 
                individually wrapped in plastic, undermining the 
                environmental argument for their use.

                It is therefore the policy of the United States to end 
                the use of paper straws.

                Sec. 2. Purchases of Paper Straws by the Federal 
                Government. (a) The heads of executive departments and 
                agencies (agencies) shall take all appropriate action 
                to eliminate the procurement of paper straws and 
                otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer 
                provided within agency buildings.

                    (b) Agencies shall take appropriate action to 
                eliminate policies designed to disfavor plastic straws 
                issued to further Executive Order 14057 of December 8, 
                2021 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 
                Through Federal Sustainability), which I revoked on 
                January 20, 2025.
                    (c) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the 
                Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in 
                coordination with relevant agencies, shall issue a 
                National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws. This 
                strategy shall address:

(i) The elimination of all policies within the executive branch designed to 
disfavor plastic straws;

(ii) Contract policies and terms with entities, including States, that ban 
or penalize plastic straw purchase or use; and

(iii) All other available tools to achieve the policy of this order 
nationwide.

                Sec. 3. 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, 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 consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.

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                    (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 agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 10, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02735
Filed 2-13-25; 8:45 am]
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