(CNN) On Joe Biden's first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump administration that will not have taken effect by Inauguration Day, Biden transition spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday. The memo will take effect after noon ET on January 20, Psaki said, after Biden is inaugurated. The memo is part of a broader push the Biden transition team has previewed to immediately undo several of outgoing President Donald Trump's policies. Midnight regulations are federal government regulations created by executive branch agencies in the lame duck period of an outgoing president's administration. Every outgoing president since Jimmy Carter has made a push to finalize new rules in the final lame duck months of their administrations, according to the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center.

Source: CNN December 30, 2020 20:26 UTC