Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

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jurisdiction: US Federal
level: federal
domain: general
status: in-effect
scope: Executive order directing the federal government to identify and challenge state AI laws deemed inconsistent with a preferred lighter-touch national AI policy, and to develop a uniform federal framework preempting conflicting state AI regulation.
obligations: Within 30 days of signing: Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws found inconsistent with the order's policy. Within 90 days: Secretary of Commerce to publish an assessment identifying problematic state AI laws (e.g., those compelling AI models to alter truthful outputs, or compelling disclosures implicating the First Amendment); states with such laws risk becoming ineligible for certain non-deployment broadband funding, to the extent legally permitted; FCC and FTC directed to develop preemptive federal standards/policy statements. The Special Advisor for AI and Crypto is directed to prepare legislative recommendations for a uniform federal AI policy framework preempting conflicting state law.
effectiveDate: 2025-12-11
enactedDate: 2025-12-11
appliesTo: Federal agencies (DOJ, Commerce, FCC, FTC) directly; state governments and AI developers/deployers indirectly, through funding conditions and potential litigation/preemption
officialUrl: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/
notes: IMPORTANT CAVEAT: signed December 11, 2025, which predates this run's discovery window (since 2026-06-22). Surfacing it anyway because it is currently untracked in the baseline and is the direct legal basis for the in-window FTC policy statement candidate above (the FTC statement exists because this EO directed it) -- material context a builder-facing catalogue would be incomplete without. Flagging for validator judgment on whether an out-of-window EO belongs in this run versus being deferred to a future run/lens. DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force was reported separately as established January 9, 2026 via AG memorandum; Commerce's state-law assessment had a reported March 11, 2026 deadline. Do not infer that this EO has preempted or invalidated any specific tracked state law (e.g., co-sb26-189) -- no court has ruled on this; that would be fabrication beyond what the source supports.

Properties

jurisdiction

US Federal

level

federal

domain

general

status

in-effect

scope

Executive order directing the federal government to identify and challenge state AI laws deemed inconsistent with a preferred lighter-touch national AI policy, and to develop a uniform federal framework preempting conflicting state AI regulation.

obligations

Within 30 days of signing: Attorney General to establish an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws found inconsistent with the order's policy. Within 90 days: Secretary of Commerce to publish an assessment identifying problematic state AI laws (e.g., those compelling AI models to alter truthful outputs, or compelling disclosures implicating the First Amendment); states with such laws risk becoming ineligible for certain non-deployment broadband funding, to the extent legally permitted; FCC and FTC directed to develop preemptive federal standards/policy statements. The Special Advisor for AI and Crypto is directed to prepare legislative recommendations for a uniform federal AI policy framework preempting conflicting state law.

effectiveDate

2025-12-11

enactedDate

2025-12-11

appliesTo

Federal agencies (DOJ, Commerce, FCC, FTC) directly; state governments and AI developers/deployers indirectly, through funding conditions and potential litigation/preemption

officialUrl

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/

notes

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: signed December 11, 2025, which predates this run's discovery window (since 2026-06-22). Surfacing it anyway because it is currently untracked in the baseline and is the direct legal basis for the in-window FTC policy statement candidate above (the FTC statement exists because this EO directed it) -- material context a builder-facing catalogue would be incomplete without. Flagging for validator judgment on whether an out-of-window EO belongs in this run versus being deferred to a future run/lens. DOJ's AI Litigation Task Force was reported separately as established January 9, 2026 via AG memorandum; Commerce's state-law assessment had a reported March 11, 2026 deadline. Do not infer that this EO has preempted or invalidated any specific tracked state law (e.g., co-sb26-189) -- no court has ruled on this; that would be fabrication beyond what the source supports.