Heritage Foundation's
Project 2025

Chapter 2 - Executive Office

• Empower the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to control agency spending and policy implementation.
• Restore apportionment decision-making to Program Associate Directors (PADs) in OMB.
• Divide existing Resource Management Offices (RMOs) into smaller subject-matter areas with more political leadership.
• Reintroduce administrative PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) for budget neutrality.
• Prioritize management functions within OMB, including procurement policy, personnel management, and financial management.
• Maintain Executive Order 12866 for regulatory review and extend it to independent agencies.
• Revive Trump-era executive orders on deregulation and regulatory reform.
• Increase funding and staffing for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
• Strengthen implementation of the Information Quality Act and Paperwork Reduction Act.
• Work with Congress to pass regulatory reform legislation.
• Leverage the Congressional Review Act to undo recent regulatory actions.
• Restructure the National Security Council (NSC) staff to align with the President's priorities.
• Empower the NSC to review and influence defense strategies and operational plans.
• Consolidate functions of the NSC and Homeland Security Council.
• Strengthen the National Economic Council's role in policy coordination.
• Empower the U.S. Trade Representative to lead a unified trade policy approach.
• Elevate the role of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director.
• Reshape the U.S. Global Change Research Program and related climate change research.
• Rewrite Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA.
• Empower the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
• Establish a Senior Advisor to coordinate energy and environment policy across the EOP.
• Eliminate the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Carbon.
• Refocus the Office of National Drug Control Policy on addressing the fentanyl crisis.
• Revoke Executive Order 14020 and abolish the Gender Policy Council.
• Appoint a position to coordinate policies related to "life and family."
• Fully integrate the Office of the Vice President into all policy-formation procedures.