Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
Establishes a White House Task Force, chaired by the President, to coordinate federal planning for the 2028 Summer Olympics in the United States, covering security, transportation, visa processing, and emergency response.
Creates a high-level interagency body with a sunset date of December 31, 2028, housed administratively within the Department of Homeland Security, with no independent regulatory or enforcement authority of its own.
What this order does
What it orders
The order creates the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics, with the President as Chair and Vice President as Vice Chair. Membership includes the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Homeland Security; the Attorney General; the FBI Director; the FCC Chairman; and several senior White House officials. The Task Force is directed to coordinate federal security, transportation, and border entry/exit planning; support interagency information-sharing with state and local partners; assist with visa and credentialing programs for foreign participants; and identify legal or logistical barriers to effective federal support.
Agency heads on the Task Force must submit reports on their agency's Games-related planning to the Executive Director by October 1, 2025. The Task Force is housed within the Department of Homeland Security for administrative and funding purposes and terminates December 31, 2028, unless extended. The order does not create any legally enforceable right or benefit, and implementation is subject to available appropriations.
Who it affects
Federal departments and agencies directed to coordinate and report through the Task Force, state and local governments that will work alongside federal partners, and foreign athletes, coaches, officials, and media personnel who must navigate visa and credentialing programs for the Games.
Why it matters
Federal agencies that would otherwise plan independently for the Games now have a single coordinating body with White House-level authority. State and local governments gain a formal federal interagency counterpart. Foreign participants' visa and credentialing timelines will be shaped by this Task Force's work.
What must happen and when
How the order is supposed to work
The Task Force operates through an Executive Director appointed by the President who manages day-to-day work and reports up through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation. Agency members must file planning reports by October 1, 2025, giving the Task Force an early baseline of agency readiness. DHS funds and houses the body. The Task Force's outputs are coordination, recommendations, and interagency plans — it holds no independent regulatory authority, so any actual policy changes would require separate agency or rulemaking action. It sunsets December 31, 2028, unless the President extends it.
Actions and deadlines
- Agency heads submit reports on their agency's Games-related planning and activities to the Task Force Executive Director
- President designates an Executive Director to administer and execute day-to-day Task Force operations
- Task Force terminates unless extended by the President