in effect
This is Executive Order 14234, signed March 7, 2025, a presidential directive that creates a new coordinating body within the federal government. It establishes the “White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026” to organize a government-wide effort to prepare for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which the United States is helping host.
It sets up a formal task force chaired by the President, with the Vice President as Vice Chair, and names an Executive Director to run day-to-day operations. The task force includes specific officials as members — the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, the National Security Advisor, and several senior White House staff — plus any others the Chair or Vice Chair chooses to add. It is administratively housed in the Department of Homeland Security, which provides its funding and support, and each participating agency must submit a report on its World Cup planning to the Executive Director by June 1, 2025. The task force is scheduled to shut down on December 31, 2026, unless the President extends it.
The order directly affects the federal departments and agencies named as members, which must coordinate their planning through the task force and provide requested information and assistance. The Department of Homeland Security is affected in particular because it houses and funds the group. The order states it creates no new legal rights or benefits that anyone can enforce in court against the government.