# 2025-02729: Prez Blocks Last-Minute Deals Tying New Admin Hands

2025-02729, Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt To Constrain the New President, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-02-14, effective 2025-01-31 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02729
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02729
- Title: Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt To Constrain the New President
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 9581
- Published: 2025-02-14
- Effective: 2025-01-31
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Prez Blocks Last-Minute Deals Tying New Admin Hands

## Summary

Right before a new President takes office, some agencies rushed to make deals that tie the new President’s hands. This order stops federal agencies from locking in big changes or extending agreements in the last 30 days before a new President starts. It protects the new President’s power to run the government smoothly without being stuck with last-minute rules—and it keeps things fair for everyone.

## Effects PRIA read

- Ban on Last‑Minute CBAs: cost, medium. Federal agencies may not approve collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) executed in the 30 days prior to a change in Presidential administrations if they create new contractual obligations, make substantive changes, or extend an existing agreement. The memorandum gives January 31, 2025 as its date…
- Agency Heads Must Disapprove Late CBAs: cost, medium. If subordinate agency personnel executed a CBA that violates the 30‑day restriction but the agency head has not yet approved it under 5 U.S.C. 7114(c), the agency head must promptly disapprove that agreement. This requires agency heads to act to stop such last‑minute CBAs from taking effect.
- Existing CBA Rollovers Allowed: benefit, low. The memorandum says subsection (a) does not prevent CBAs from rolling over under existing contractual provisions. That means automatic renewals that are already written into CBAs can continue even if they occur during the 30‑day period before a new President takes office.
- Law‑Enforcement CBAs Are Exempt: benefit, low. The memorandum does not apply to CBAs that primarily cover law enforcement officers as that term is used in 18 U.S.C. 1515(a)(4). Such agreements are excluded from the 30‑day prohibition.

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## Sources
- [2025-02729 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02729/limiting-lame-duck-collective-bargaining-agreements-that-improperly-attempt-to-constrain-the-new)
- [2025-02729 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-14/pdf/2025-02729.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02729 (as of 2026-06-08).