He repeatedly says Executive Action and that’s why we can’t find them registered. They are two very different things.
A presidential executive order "is a directive issued to federal agencies, department heads, or other federal employees by the President of the United States under his statutory or constitutional powers," according to Robert Longley, writing at usgovinfo.about.com. "In many ways, presidential executive orders are similar to written orders, or instructions issued by the president of a corporation to its department heads or directors."
By contrast, a presidential executive action is kind of a catch-all term, writes NBC, which quoted an unnamed administration official in 2011 as saying: "It just means something the executive branch does. The use of any of a number of tools in the executive branch's toolbox."
Political writer Tom Murse says: "[Most] executive actions carry no legal weight. Those that do actually set policy can be invalidated by the courts or undone by legislation passed by Congress."
Yes I know but they are two separate things in play here: Executive Orders and Executive Actions. Biden keeps referring to his as “Executive Actions” which have less weight than an Executive Order. On the WH website many are listed as EOs but they are not numbered or registered. It seems odd because Trumps were numbered right away. Perhaps this administration has a different process.
Executive actions, by contrast, bear little weight. They’re not published in the Federal Register and aren’t subject to legal review. But these so-called threats-to-orders often draw reactions as sharp as the responses to orders themselves.