The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
August 28, 2017

Presidential Executive Order on

Restoring State, Tribal, and Local Law
Enforcement's Access to Life-Saving
Equipment and Resources
EXECUTIVE ORDER

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RESTORING STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S

ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Revocation of Executive Order 13688. Executive Order 13688 of January 16,
2015 (Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition), is hereby
revoked.
Sec. 2. Revocation of Recommendations Issued Pursuant to Executive Order 13688. The
recommendations issued pursuant to Executive Order 13688 do not reflect the policy
of the executive branch. All executive departments and agencies are directed, as of
the date of this order and consistent with Federal law, to cease implementing those
recommendations and, if necessary, to take prompt action to rescind any rules,
regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing them.
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, 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.

DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 28, 2017.