Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects | |
Type | Executive order |
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Executive Order number | 13766 |
Signed by | Donald Trump on January 24, 2017 |
Federal Register details | |
Federal Register document number | 2017-02029 |
Publication date | January 30, 2017 |
Document citation | 8657 |
Summary | |
Directs agencies to expedite the approval of infrastructure projects |
Executive Order 13766 is the second executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Signed on January 24, 2017, this order establishes a new system by which to fast-track the construction of infrastructure projects.[1]
The executive order came as a precursor to an expected larger infrastructure spending proposal, which has been polled as one of Trump's most important campaign promises.[2] The signing of this executive order came on the same day that Trump signed Presidential memoranda intended to permit the construction of the Keystone XL, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and stipulated that all new pipelines in the United States must be constructed using materials and equipment produced in the United States.[3][4]
It was revoked by President Biden on January 20, 2021.[5]