Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register

               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. Purpose. Deregulation is a critical priority 
               for my Administration. We will foster prosperity by 
               freeing Americans from the heavy burden of Federal 
               regulations accumulated over decades. Although the 
               decision about which regulations to eliminate is 
               sometimes complex, the administrative process of 
               removing a regulation from the Code of Federal 
               Regulations through a rulemaking should be simple. It 
               is not.

               The Office of the Federal Register frequently takes 
               days or, in some cases, even weeks to publish new 
               regulatory actions. Such delay is unwarranted. The 
               Office of the Federal Register receives final documents 
               that are fully executed by the relevant 
               decisionmakers--all that remains is publication. Yet 
               despite those delays, executive departments and 
               agencies are charged $151-$174 per column of text to 
               publish each rule in the Federal Register. These 
               inefficiencies inhibit my Administration's deregulatory 
               agenda and waste taxpayer money.

               Sec. 2. Increasing Efficiency in the Federal Register. 
               (a) The Archivist of the United States (Archivist), 
               acting through the Office of the Federal Register, 
               shall work with the Director of the Government 
               Publishing Office to reduce publication delays to the 
               greatest extent feasible, including by modernizing 
               computer systems and eliminating unnecessary 
               bureaucracy.

                   (b) Within 15 days of the date of this order, the 
               Archivist, acting through the Office of the Federal 
               Register, shall submit a report to the Director of the 
               Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reflecting 
               average publication times for different categories of 
               documents.
                   (c) Within 45 days of the date of this order, the 
               Archivist, acting through the Office of the Federal 
               Register, shall review the fee schedules for 
               publication in the Federal Register and, working with 
               the Director of the Government Publishing Office, take 
               steps to ensure that fees are based on the actual costs 
               of publication and account for increased efficiencies 
               achieved as a result of this order. The Archivist, 
               acting through the Office of the Federal Register, 
               shall promptly file a report with the Director of OMB 
               calculating the percentage difference in fees between 
               any proposed new fee schedule and the prior one.
                   (d) No later than August 22, 2025, the Archivist, 
               acting through the Office of the Federal Register, 
               shall submit a second report to the Director of OMB 
               reflecting average publication times between July 15, 
               2025, and August 15, 2025, for the same categories of 
               documents on which the Office of the Federal Register 
               reported under subsection (b) of this section.

               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 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.
                   (d) The costs for publication of this order shall 
               be borne by the National Archives and Records 
               Administration.
               
                DONALD J. TRUMP

               THE WHITE HOUSE,

                   May 9, 2025.