# Executive Order 14179: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: United States
- **Instrument type**: Executive order
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: President of the United States
- **Adopted**: 2025-01-23
- **Published**: 2025-01-31
- **In force**: 2025-01-23

## In brief

EO 14179 is a binding executive order of the United States, issued by the President of the United States. It has been in force since 23 January 2025. Binds executive departments and agencies of the US federal government. 1 obligation is recorded against it, each with its source reference. Penalties: None; executive-branch policy.

## Summary

Executive Order 14179, signed 23 January 2025, sets US federal policy to sustain and enhance American AI dominance, directs the development of an AI Action Plan within 180 days, and orders agencies to review and revise or rescind actions taken under the revoked Executive Order 14110 that are inconsistent with the new policy. It also called for revision of the OMB memoranda governing federal agency use and procurement of AI, which OMB replaced in April 2025 with M-25-21 and M-25-22.

## Scope

Binds executive departments and agencies of the US federal government. It does not itself impose obligations on private companies, but it shapes federal procurement, agency guidance and enforcement priorities.

## Who it applies to

Federal executive departments and agencies; indirectly federal contractors and AI vendors.

## What organisations must do

Private organisations have no direct duties. Federal vendors should track the AI Action Plan and OMB memoranda for procurement expectations.

## Key dates

Signed 23 January 2025; AI Action Plan delivered 23 July 2025; OMB memoranda issued 3 April 2025.

## Penalties

None; executive-branch policy.

## Obligations recorded against this instrument (1)

- **Federal agencies must review and revise actions inconsistent with the new AI policy** (Section 5) — Agency heads were directed to identify actions taken under Executive Order 14110 that are inconsistent with the policy of EO 14179 and to suspend, revise or rescind them, and OMB was directed to revise its federal AI use and procurement memoranda.
  - Binding: yes
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-eo-14179-agency-review-of-prior-actions

## Dated deadlines

- 2025-07-22 — AI Action Plan due (180 days) (precision: exact, status: scheduled)

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0231 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0231; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-executive-order-14179
- **Official source**: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/
- **Source document**: Executive Order 14179 — Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
- **Published by**: The White House
- **Provision**: 90 FR 8741 (31 January 2025)
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Executive Order 14179: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence" [AIPT-POL-0231, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0231 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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