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WASHINGTON: Joe Biden will sign 15 executive actions after he takes office as president of the United States on Wednesday, attendees said, undoing policies implemented by outgoing President Donald Trump and taking his first steps on the pandemic and climate change.
To address the “crises” of the pandemic, the economy, climate change and racial inequality, Biden will sign executive orders and memoranda in the Oval Office in the afternoon and ask agencies to take action in two additional areas, he said. the incoming Press Secretary. Jen Psaki.
Actions include a mask mandate on federal property and for federal employees, an order to establish a new White House office to coordinate the response to the coronavirus, and halt the World Health Organization withdrawal process.
Biden will also begin the re-entry process to the Paris climate accord and issue a radical order to address climate change, including the revocation of the presidential permit granted to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
Among a series of orders addressing immigration, Biden will revoke Trump’s emergency declaration that helped finance the construction of a border wall and end a travel ban in some Muslim-majority countries.
The Day One plans were just the beginning of a series of executive actions that Biden would take shortly after taking office, Psaki added.
“In the coming days and weeks we will announce additional executive action to address these challenges and deliver on the President-elect’s promises to the American people,” said Psaki.
Other actions will include repealing the ban on military service by transgender Americans and reversing a policy that blocks US funding for abortion-related programs abroad.
On the economic front, Biden will ask the Centers for Disease Control to extend moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures until the end of March, and the Department of Education to suspend student loan payments until the end of September.
