Overview
Executive Order 13788 (April 18, 2017) directed Buy American and Hire American policies for federal procurement and immigration-related employment practices within the order’s scope. The Federal Register text is authoritative. It is an executive order, not an act of Congress.
Full article
Executive Order 13788 instructed agencies to maximize use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States and to rigorously enforce and administer laws governing entry into the United States to protect U.S. workers, as set out in the order.
Key points
- Signed April 18, 2017; FR document 2017-08311.
- Addresses procurement preferences and employment-related immigration administration.
- Federal Register publication controls the operative text.
- Applies to covered executive-branch actions described in the order.
- Read the Register document for definitions and agency duties.
Official record
Federal Register document 2017-08311 is the linked official publication of EO 13788.
Source attribution: View original official record