Issued 2024-06-14 by Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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Executive Order 14123, signed June 14, 2024, establishes a White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience. The order creates an interagency coordinating body charged with assessing and strengthening the resilience of critical supply chains across the American economy. In the wake of significant supply chain disruptions experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic — affecting semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, and food — the council is designed to provide sustained executive branch attention to identifying vulnerabilities and coordinating policy responses.
The order affects federal agencies across the cabinet, industries that are part of critical supply chains, and ultimately American consumers and businesses that depend on reliable supplies of essential goods. The council is tasked with reviewing ongoing supply chain risks and recommending actions, which could eventually lead to regulatory changes, procurement decisions, or investments in domestic production capacity.
Executive orders establishing interagency councils to coordinate policy are a well-established presidential tool and squarely within the President's Article II authority to manage the executive branch. The order does not impose obligations on private parties; its immediate effect is to organize how the federal government monitors and responds to supply chain risks.
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How this action fits (or doesn't) within Article II authority and existing law
Executive Order 14123 addresses "White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience". The President's stated reasoning: "our economic prosperity, public health, and national security." Executive orders are a long-established exercise of presidential power, used by every President since George Washington. They are grounded in Article II of the Constitution, which vests executive power in the President and directs them to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Executive orders cannot create new law, contradict existing federal statutes, or exceed the President's constitutional authority. The legitimacy of any specific order depends on whether it operates within statutory authority Congress has delegated, directs the executive branch on matters within its constitutional purview, or attempts to substitute executive policy for legislative choices. Courts can and do review executive orders for conformity with the Constitution and federal law.
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