Report on the agencies’ review of programs provides a roadmap to understanding which energy policies the Trump administration will revise.

Several federal agencies have now issued reports responding to Executive Order (EO) 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth. The directive, which President Trump signed on March 28, 2017, required departments and agencies to, within 180 days, issue a final report of all agency actions — including existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, and policies — that “potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources, with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy resources.”1 The actions outlined in the Department of the Interior’s extensive Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy report (DOI Burden Report) and the Forest Service’s Final Report Pursuant to Executive Order 13783 on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth and appendices (Forest Service Burden Report), in particular, shed light on how the Trump administration plans to meet its energy and environmental goals. The two agencies manage land, subsurface rights, and offshore areas that produce more than 19% of the country’s energy — making them central to federal energy policy.