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A proclamation establishes a Presidential Commission to develop proposals for a NASA-led United States Space Academy focused on technical education, leadership, discipline, and public service in the space sector. The commission is chaired by NASA’s administrator and includes senior officials from NASA, the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, national security agencies, and the Air Force, with a proposal due within 120 days.

The executive order renames the body of water currently known as Lake Ontario as Lake America. It directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, to formalize the name change and update federal maps, documents, and other references, while encouraging state, local, tribal, and private entities to use the new name.

The order directs federal agencies to address a declared national emergency involving potential foreign threats to the United States bulk-power system, including risks from compromised equipment, cyber access, and supply-chain disruptions. It invokes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act to support additional controls over foreign-produced electric equipment used in the system.

The proclamation designates August 26, 2026, as the fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed, 45 wounded, and more than 160 civilians injured. It calls for remembrance of the victims and expresses commitments to support service members and military families, defend national security, and prevent similar failures.

This proclamation expands measures intended to increase the supply of affordable ground beef for the period covered by calendar year 2026. It follows an earlier increase of 80,000 metric tons in the in-quota amount for lean beef trimmings from Argentina and responds to reduced domestic cattle production, rising demand, and restrictions on live cattle imports from Mexico related to New World Screwworm concerns.

The proclamation honors Dolly Parton’s memory by ordering the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff through sunset on September 1, 2026. The directive applies to the White House, public buildings and grounds, military posts, naval stations and vessels, and U.S. diplomatic and military facilities abroad.

The memorandum directs federal agencies to expand and improve U.S. space-launch and reentry infrastructure, accommodate government and commercial users, encourage leases and public-private partnerships, expedite permitting and environmental reviews, and establish transparent cost-recovery policies. It sets a goal for national space ranges to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030, while requiring the Secretaries of War and Transportation and NASA to coordinate investments that increase capacity, flexibility, and resilience.

This proclamation temporarily suspends additional duties imposed on certain Canadian imports of alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motor vehicles, effective August 19, 2026. It addresses measures the proclamation characterizes as discriminatory, including restrictions on U.S. alcoholic beverages, tariff-rate quota allocations for U.S. cheeses, and Canada’s motor vehicle tariff scheme.

This proclamation addresses imports of unmanned aircraft systems and their parts and components for the period beginning August 13, 2026. It follows a Commerce Department investigation under Section 232 that found substantial reliance on foreign-produced systems and components, while the proclamation states that these imports threaten national security. The provided text does not specify the resulting tariff rates or other import measures.

The memorandum directs federal agencies to develop a plan to replace the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Weapons Elevators with steam and hydraulic systems on the CVN-81 aircraft carrier, including timelines and funding needs. It also directs the Department of War to expand domestic shipbuilding capacity and competition, use reliable and affordable designs, permit near-term purchases from foreign suppliers, and encourage investment in U.S. shipyards and related industries.

The memorandum directs federal agencies to establish a National Coordination Center program allowing vetted U.S. companies to conduct government-supervised cyber surveillance and cyber effects operations against foreign cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations. The program is intended to use private-sector capabilities to identify and disrupt cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes targeting Americans.

National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month is proclaimed for August 2026. The proclamation encourages families, schools, communities, and religious organizations to focus on evidence-based education and prevention of substance use, particularly among young people, and highlights the 2026 National Drug Control Strategy’s emphasis on prevention. It also cites the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently classifies fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs, and the designation of nearly a dozen cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

The order directs federal agencies to establish “Gold Standard” childhood vaccine recommendations based on categories identified in a Department of Health and Human Services scientific assessment, while preserving access to currently available vaccines. It emphasizes parental choice and informed consent and identifies immunizations recommended for all children, including vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, and pneumococcal disease.

The document lists nominations sent to the Senate on August 7, 2026, including candidates for diplomatic posts in countries such as Tonga, Madagascar, Chad, Nicaragua, and Benin. It also includes nominees for positions at the Departments of Transportation, the Interior, and Health and Human Services, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and a newly created Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic position.

August 6, 2026, is proclaimed as the date for measures addressing imports of polysilicon and its derivative products into the United States. The proclamation directs the Secretary of Commerce to implement findings from a Section 232 investigation and identifies imports as threatening national security because polysilicon supports semiconductor, defense, artificial intelligence, and solar-product supply chains.

The order directs federal agencies to withhold documents recognizing U.S. citizenship, and to reject state or local documents claiming citizenship, for certain U.S.-born children when neither parent is a citizen. The covered cases include children with a parent who is an enemy alien or foreign-government employee, or whose birth involved a commercial arrangement or fraud intended to obtain birthright citizenship.

The order directs federal agencies to prevent foreign nationals from using temporary nonimmigrant visas for birth tourism, defined as traveling to the United States to give birth and obtain citizenship or other immigration benefits. It instructs agencies to enforce visa and immigration laws against deceptive birth-tourism schemes, including operators that coach applicants to misrepresent their travel purposes, while targeting the use of tourism, study, exchange, and other temporary visa categories for these activities.

August 7, 2026, is proclaimed National Purple Heart Day to honor service members wounded or killed in combat and recognize their families’ sacrifices. The proclamation calls on Americans to honor Purple Heart recipients and their service, while citing Department of Veterans Affairs efforts including new health clinics, reducing its processing backlog by more than 74 percent, addressing veteran homelessness, and ending Social Security taxes for senior veterans.

The order directs federal agencies to establish the President’s Military Spouse Commission to advise on policies affecting military spouses and families, with the Commission chaired by the spouse of the Secretary of War and an Executive Director designated by the President. The order specifies membership (spouses of senior military leaders), tasks to improve employment, licensure portability, housing, and support services that affect readiness, and authorizes interagency cooperation to implement these measures.

This proclamation declares remedies to address serious injury to the U.S. quartz surface products (QSP) industry caused by increased imports classified under HTSUS subheadings 6810.99.0020, 6810.99.0040, and 7020.00.6000, based on a May 18, 2026 ITC report and affirmative section 202 findings. It directs the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative to implement specified trade relief measures for QSP imports—such as tariffs, quotas, or other restrictions as recommended by the ITC and consistent with applicable trade statutes and agreements—to restore fair competition and

The order directs federal agencies to treat recoverable critical minerals and materials (CMMs)—including black mass, end-of-life rare-earth magnets, swarf, and other waste and scrap containing critical minerals, but excluding copper scrap covered by a prior proclamation—as scarce, essential to national defense, and subject to actions under section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to secure supply. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to implement this determination and take all appropriate actions under the Act, using authority delegated in Executive Order 13603.

The order directs federal agencies to grant Cameron County, Texas a presidential permit to own, operate, and maintain the Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge at the Brownsville and Matamoros Port of Entry, describing the bridge and related U.S.-side facilities and making the permit subject to the application dated March 30, 2026. It requires the permittee to allow inspections and unrestricted access to federal, state, and local agency representatives, comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations, obtain and maintain required permits and approvals, and notify the President or his designee before transferring custody or control to any executive department or agency.

The order directs federal agencies to restore trust in the Smithsonian Institution by addressing findings from a Domestic Policy Council report that concluded Smithsonian leadership ideologically captured the National Museum of American History. The Secretary of the Interior, Director of OMB, GSA Administrator, and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy are instructed to use all available authorities to correct issues, including installing temporary National Park Service signage around museum access points, directing visitors to alternative resources, and encouraging exhibit renovations consistent with the report’s findings.

The order directs federal agencies to implement actions following Section 301 investigations into 60 economies for failing to prohibit or effectively enforce bans on importing goods produced with forced labor, listing each economy by name and noting the Trade Representative found their practices unreasonable and burdensome to U.S. commerce. It instructs the United States Trade Representative and other relevant agencies to pursue remedies under the Trade Act of 1974, including proposed trade actions to eliminate the identified practices, and to carry out the specific remedies and enforcement measures detailed in the investigations.

This is a nominations list sent to the Senate announcing six individuals nominated to federal positions, including two Ambassadors (to Rwanda and Malaysia), two United States Attorneys (Eastern District of Oklahoma; District of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands), and three U.S. Marshals (Northern District of Alabama; District of Columbia) and an Assistant Attorney General nominee. The notice specifies term lengths where given (four years for the U.S. Marshal and U.S. Attorney positions) and lists nominees' names and home states.

This proclamation designates Captive Nations Week for 2026 and declares solidarity with people suffering under communism and other totalitarian regimes during that observance period. It directs federal agencies to uphold and promote religious liberty, support faith-based community services through the White House Faith Office and Religious Liberty Commission, and to continue policies that oppose socialism and communism while advancing free-market and sovereignty priorities.

This proclamation declares updated actions regarding imports of aluminum into the United States for the period beginning with this proclamation issued July 20, 2026, adjusting the tariff regime originally established under section 232 to address aluminum imports that were found to threaten national security. It directs the Secretary of Commerce to implement modifications to the aluminum tariff regime—including changes to ad valorem duties and related measures described in prior proclamations—to strengthen domestic primary aluminum production and the defense industrial base, and cites the Secretary’s findings that existing duties have bolstered U.S. aluminum industries but that additional measures are needed to increase domestic supply.

This proclamation declares that Canadian provinces and territories have effectively banned or restricted U.S. alcoholic beverages beginning March 2025, and it proclaims actions to offset that discrimination for the period covered by the proclamation. The proclamation directs U.S. trade and customs authorities to impose additional duties on specified imports from Canada to offset the estimated harm, noting U.S. exports of alcoholic beverages to Canada fell about 81 percent (from ~$718 million to ~$137 million) in the March 2025–February 2026 period.

This proclamation declares that Canada’s tariff‑rate quota allocation measures for cheeses under USMCA discriminate against U.S. dairy commerce compared with Canada’s treatment of EU cheese under CETA, and it proclaims actions to offset that discrimination effective July 20, 2026. The proclamation directs U.S. federal agencies to impose additional duties on specified Canadian dairy imports under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to offset the burden on U.S. commerce, specifying that duties apply to cheeses of all types exceeding in‑quota quantities under the relevant TRQs.

This proclamation designates actions in response to Canada’s imposition of tariffs and a tariff-rate quota on U.S. motor vehicles and parts, citing Canada’s 25 percent surtax since April 9, 2025, and the TRQ limits on duty-free access for qualifying vehicles. It directs federal agencies to impose additional duties on imports from Canada equal to the burden caused by those measures and implement the tariff adjustments and related import restrictions described in the proclamation.