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As people and markets around the world adjust to having Joe Biden as U.S. president, a key factor is what the veteran Democratic politician is aiming to accomplish without having to work with Congress.
Biden is making use of executive orders that affect health care XLV, -0.60%, the energy sector XLE, -3.16% and other areas.
Below is a table showing orders that he signed on Wednesday, his first day in office, as well as other executive actions that have come or are expected.
Related: Biden announces Day 1 executive actions, including rejoining WHO and Paris accord
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Key Biden executive actions
| Subject | Type of action | Date |
| Re-engage with World Health Organization | End withdrawal process | Jan. 20 |
| Create position of COVID-19 response coordinator | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Rejoin Paris climate agreement | Sign an “instrument” | Jan. 20 |
| Revoke permit for Keystone XL pipeline, pause energy leasing in ANWR | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Ask agencies to extend eviction/foreclosure moratoriums | Request | Jan. 20 |
| Ask Education Dept. to extend student-loan pause | Request | Jan. 20 |
| Launch an initiative to advance racial equity, end “1776 Commission” | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Revoke order that aims to exclude undocumented immigrants from census | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Preserve/fortify DACA, which helps “Dreamers” | Memorandum | Jan. 20 |
| Require masks/distancing on all federal property and by federal workers | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Reverse travel ban targeting primarily Muslim countries | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Stop construction of border wall | Proclamation | Jan. 20 |
| Combat discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Require ethics pledge for executive-branch personnel | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Modernize and improve regulatory review | Memorandum | Jan. 20 |
| End “harsh and extreme immigration enforcement” | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Extend protection from deportation for Liberians in U.S. | Memorandum | Jan. 20 |
| Revoke certain executive orders concerning federal regulation | Executive order | Jan. 20 |
| Freeze any new or pending regulations | Memorandum | Jan. 20 |
| Fill supply shortfalls in fight vs. COVID-19 with Defense Production Act, other measures | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Increase FEMA reimbursement to states for National Guard, PPE | Memorandum | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Establish “COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board,” expand testing | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Bolster access to COVID-19 treatments and clinical care | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Improve collection/analysis of COVID-related data | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Mount vaccination campaign amid goals such as 100 million shots in 100 days | Directives | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Provide guidance on safely reopening schools | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| OSHA guidance for keeping workers safe from COVID-19 | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Require face masks at airports, other modes of transportation | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Establish a “COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force” | Executive order | Expected Jan. 21 |
| Support international response to COVID-19, “restore U.S. global leadership” | Directive | Expected Jan. 21 |
Source: Biden administration, Biden transition team
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