This order directs the secretary of agriculture, the secretary of the interior, the United States trade representative, the commissioner of food and drugs and the administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit to the president a report that assesses all executive department and agency regulations, guidance and other agency policies affecting ranchers and provides recommendations for action to promote financial viability and enhanced market access for American ranchers. It also directs the secretary of the interior to determine whether the gray wolf and Mexican wolf have met the recovery criteria for delisting or downlisting under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to submit to the president a legislative recommendation to fully delist or downlist the gray wolf and Mexican wolf in the United States. If the secretary determines that the ESA recovery criteria have been met with respect to the gray wolf and Mexican wolf, the deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs shall engage with states to encourage them to delist those wolves from any state-specific list of protected species and revise standards for lethal takings of those wolves. The order also directs the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agriculture to consider developing or amending their respective departments’ producer compensation regulations and evidentiary standards to ensure that all depredation claims adjudicated by their departments are consistently, accurately and expeditiously assessed. The secretary of the interior is directed to consider amending regulations or providing additional guidance to revise department criteria for authorizing lethal gray wolf and Mexican wolf removal and to enable greater emergency responsiveness for situations involving predator threats to human safety or domestic livestock. Finally, the order directs the secretary of agriculture to review all statutory and regulatory authorities that may permit the establishment of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef products.
News | September 4, 2026