Executive Order 14269: Restoring America's Maritime Dominance

What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Maritime Action Plan
• Sec. 4. Ensure the Security and Resilience of the Maritime Industrial Base
• Sec. 5. Actions in the Investigation of the PRC's Unfair Targeting of Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors
• Sec. 6. Enforce Collection of Harbor Maintenance Fee and Other Charges
• Sec. 7. Engage Allies and Partners to Align Trade Policies
• Sec. 8. Reduce Dependence on Adversaries through Allies and Partners
• Sec. 9. Launch a Maritime Security Trust Fund
• Sec. 10. Shipbuilding Financial Incentives Program
• Sec. 11. Establish Maritime Prosperity Zones
• Sec. 12. Report on Maritime Industry Needs
• Sec. 13. Expand Mariner Training and Education
• Sec. 14. Modernize the United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Sec. 15. Improve Procurement Efficiency
• Sec. 16. Improve Government Efficiency
• Sec. 17. Increase the Fleet of Commercial Vessels Trading Internationally under the flag of the United States
• Sec. 18. Ensure the Security and Leadership of Arctic Waterways
• Sec. 19. Shipbuilding Review
• Sec. 20. Deregulatory Initiatives
• Sec. 21. Inactive Reserve Fleet
• Sec. 22. Coordination
• Sec. 23. Severability
• Sec. 24. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The commercial shipbuilding capacity and maritime workforce of the United States has been weakened by decades of Government neglect, leading to the decline of a once strong industrial base while simultaneously empowering our adversaries and eroding United States national security. Both our allies and our strategic competitors produce ships for a fraction of the cost needed in the United States. Recent data shows that the United States constructs less than one percent of commercial ships globally, while the People's Republic of China (PRC) is responsible for producing approximately half. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14192, January 31, 2025