Executive Order 14251: Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs

What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

• Sec. 1. Determinations
• Sec. 2. Additional National Security Exclusions
• Sec. 3. Foreign Service Exclusions
• Sec. 4. Delegation of Authority to the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs
• Sec. 5. Delegation of Authority to the Secretary of Transportation
• Sec. 6. Implementation
• Sec. 7. Additional Review
• Sec. 8. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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(a) The agencies and agency subdivisions set forth in section 2 of this order are hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work. It is also hereby determined that Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, cannot be applied to these agencies and agency subdivisions in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations. (b) The agency subdivisions set forth in section 3 of this order are hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work. It is also hereby determined that Subchapter X of Chapter 52 of title 22, United States Code, cannot be applied to these subdivisions in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations.

Federal Register notes

Amends: EO 12171, November 19, 1979 See: EO 14343, August 28, 2025