[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 33 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 9945-9947]
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[FR Doc No: 2025-02928]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 33 / Thursday, February 20, 2025 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14213 of February 14, 2025
Establishing the National Energy Dominance
Council
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. America is blessed with an abundance
of natural resources and is a leader in energy
technologies and innovation that are critical to the
economic prosperity and national security of the
American people, as well as our partners and allies. We
must expand all forms of reliable and affordable energy
production to drive down inflation, grow our economy,
create good-paying jobs, reestablish American
leadership in manufacturing, lead the world in
artificial intelligence, and restore peace through
strength by wielding our commercial and diplomatic
levers to end wars across the world. By utilizing our
amazing national assets, including our crude oil,
natural gas, lease condensates, natural gas liquids,
refined petroleum products, uranium, coal, biofuels,
geothermal heat, the kinetic movement of flowing water,
and critical minerals, we will preserve and protect our
most beautiful places, reduce our dependency on foreign
imports, and grow our economy--thereby enabling the
reduction of our deficits and our debt.
It shall be the policy of my Administration to make
America energy dominant.
Sec. 2. Establishment. There is hereby established
within the Executive Office of the President the
National Energy Dominance Council (Council).
Sec. 3. Membership. (a) The Secretary of the Interior
shall serve as Chair of the Council. The Secretary of
Energy shall serve as Vice Chair of the Council.
(b) In addition to the Chair and the Vice Chair,
the Council shall consist of the following members:
(i) the Secretary of State;
(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(iii) the Secretary of Defense;
(iv) the Attorney General;
(v) the Secretary of Agriculture;
(vi) the Secretary of Commerce;
(vii) the Secretary of Transportation;
(viii) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(ix) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(x) the United States Trade Representative;
(xi) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy;
(xii) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy;
(xiii) the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;
(xiv) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
(xv) the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality;
(xvi) the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers;
(xvii) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and
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(xviii) the heads of such other executive departments and agencies
(agencies) as the President may, from time to time, designate.
Sec. 4. Functions. (a) The Chair shall convene and
preside over meetings of the Council, in consultation
with the Office of the Chief of Staff, provided that in
his absence the Vice Chair shall preside.
(b) The Council shall:
(i) advise the President on how best to exercise his authority to produce
more energy to make America energy dominant;
(ii) advise the President on improving the processes for permitting,
production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, and
export of all forms of American energy, including critical minerals;
(iii) provide to the President a recommended National Energy Dominance
Strategy to produce more energy that includes long-range goals for
achieving energy dominance by cutting red tape, enhancing private sector
investments across all sectors of the energy-producing economy, focusing on
innovation, and seeking to eliminate longstanding, but unnecessary,
regulation;
(iv) advise and assist the President in facilitating cooperation among the
Federal Government and domestic private sector energy partners; and
(v) advise the President on facilitating consistency in energy production
policies included in the Strategy developed under subsection (b)(iii) of
this section.
(c) In performing the advisory functions listed
under subsection (b) of this section, the Council,
through the Chair, shall, when appropriate, coordinate
with the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, and the Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs. The functions of the Council shall
report to the Office of the Chief of Staff.
(d) Within 100 days of the date of this order, and
from time to time thereafter as deemed appropriate by
the Chair, the Council shall:
(i) recommend to the President a plan to raise awareness on a national
level of matters related to energy dominance, such as the urgency of
reliable energy; the improvements in technology achieved through reliable
energy sources; the national security concerns with removing reliable and
affordable energy sources; the jobs supported by the energy sector; and the
regulatory constraints driving up the cost of reliable energy to consumers;
(ii) advise the President regarding the actions each agency can take under
existing authorities to prioritize the policy objective of increasing
energy production, such as rapidly and significantly increasing electricity
capacity; rapidly facilitating approvals for energy infrastructure;
approving the construction of natural gas pipelines to, or in, New England,
California, Alaska, and other areas of the country underserved by American
natural gas; facilitating the reopening of closed power plants; and
bringing Small Modular Nuclear Reactors online;
(iii) provide to the President a review of markets most critical to power
American homes, cars, and factories with reliable, abundant, and affordable
energy;
(iv) advise the President regarding incentives to attract and retain
private sector energy-production investments;
(v) advise the President on identifying and ending practices that raise the
cost of energy; and
(vi) consult with officials from State, local, and Tribal governments and
individuals from the private sector to solicit feedback on how best to
expand all forms of energy production.
Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Council shall have such
staff and other assistance as may be necessary to carry
out its functions.
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(b) Agencies shall cooperate with the Council and
provide such assistance, information, and advice to the
Council related to policies that affect energy
dominance as the Chair or, at the Chair's direction,
the Vice Chair, shall reasonably request, to the extent
permitted by law.
Sec. 6. Representation on the National Security
Council. The Secretary of the Interior, as Chair of the
Council, shall serve as a standing member of the
National Security Council.
Sec. 7. 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 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 agents, or any
other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 14, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-02928
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