# 2025-04868: President Mandates Cuts to Reduce Federal Bureaucracy Size

2025-04868, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-03-20, effective 2025-03-14 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04868
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04868
- Title: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 13043
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Effective: 2025-03-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President Mandates Cuts to Reduce Federal Bureaucracy Size

## Summary

The President is cutting down parts of several government groups that aren’t required by law, making them smaller and more focused. Agencies like the Federal Mediation Service and Minority Business Agency must report their progress within a week, and budget requests that don’t follow these rules will be denied. This move aims to save money and streamline government work starting immediately.

## Effects PRIA read

- Minority Business Support Reduced: cost, medium. The order requires the Minority Business Development Agency to eliminate non‑statutory components and reduce its statutory functions and personnel to the minimum required by law. Funding requests inconsistent with this order may be rejected, which could reduce grants, technical assistance, or other…
- Community Development Finance Shrunk: cost, medium. The order directs the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to eliminate non‑statutory components and reduce statutory functions and personnel to the minimum required by law. The Director of OMB may reject budget or grant requests that are inconsistent with this order, which could reduc…
- Labor Mediation Services Limited: cost, low. The order requires the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to eliminate non‑statutory components and reduce statutory functions and personnel to the minimum required by law. OMB review may reject funding requests that conflict with the order, which could reduce available federal mediation se…
- Museums and Libraries Federal Support Cut: cost, low. The order directs the Institute of Museum and Library Services to eliminate non‑statutory components and reduce statutory functions and personnel to the minimum required by law. The Director of OMB may reject funding requests inconsistent with this order, which could reduce federal grants or progra…
- Homelessness Coordination Scaled Back: cost, medium. The order requires the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness to eliminate non‑statutory components and reduce statutory functions and personnel to the minimum required by law. Budget or grant requests inconsistent with the order may be rejected, which could reduce federal coordination o…

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## Sources
- [2025-04868 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/20/2025-04868/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy)
- [2025-04868 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-20/pdf/2025-04868.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04868 (as of 2026-11-04).