Executive Order 14365 national AI policy framework (web)

Citation

The President of the United States. “Executive Order 14365 of December 11, 2025: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” Federal Register, Vol. 90, No. 239, pp. 58499 to 58501, Dec. 16, 2025, FR Doc. 2025-23092. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives, through govinfo.gov. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/html/2025-23092.htm. Read 2026-11-09. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 Executive Order 14365 national AI policy framework.html.

Bottom line

The order sets a federal policy of “a minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI”. It acts against state artificial intelligence (AI) laws that conflict with it.
It creates an AI Litigation Task Force and links some federal funds to state AI laws. Its legislative recommendation must not preempt state laws on “AI compute and data center infrastructure” or “State government procurement and use of AI”.

Background

The President signed the order on Dec. 11, 2025. The Federal Register published it on Dec. 16, 2025. It directs the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and two White House advisors. Most of its deadlines are 30 or 90 days from the order.

Key claims

“It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance the United States’ global AI dominance through a minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI.” (Sec. 2)
“Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall establish an AI Litigation Task Force (Task Force) whose sole responsibility shall be to challenge State AI laws inconsistent with the policy set forth in section 2 of this order” (Sec. 3)
“That Policy Notice must provide that States with onerous AI laws identified pursuant to section 4 of this order are ineligible for non-deployment funds, to the maximum extent allowed by Federal law.” (Sec. 5(a), Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program)
“Executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall assess their discretionary grant programs in consultation with the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto and determine whether agencies may condition such grants on States either not enacting an AI law that conflicts with the policy of this order” (Sec. 5(b))
“The legislative recommendation called for in subsection (a) of this section shall not propose preempting otherwise lawful State AI laws relating to: (i) child safety protections; (ii) AI compute and data center infrastructure, other than generally applicable permitting reforms; (iii) State government procurement and use of AI; and (iv) other topics as shall be determined.” (Sec. 8(b))
“This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.” (Sec. 9(b))

Evidence and method

The official text of a presidential executive order, as the Federal Register printed it. It states policy and gives directives to federal officials. It gives no data.

Limits

The order does not name a state law except a Colorado law in Sec. 1. It does not name California or § 11546.8. It does not report what the Task Force, the Secretary of Commerce, the FCC or the FTC did under it. Sec. 8(b) limits only the legislative recommendation, not the Task Force or the funding conditions.

Source file: wiki/sources/Executive Order 14365 national AI policy framework (web).md, updated 2026-11-09.