President elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff said in a memo to reporters that Biden will camp a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, student loans, climate change and immigration.

The executive actions to be taken on Wednesday include rejoining the Paris climate accords, reversing a travel ban on several majority Muslim countries, extending a pause on federal student loan payments, halting evictions and foreclosures, as well as mandating masks in interstate travel and on federal property.

Most of the measures are a reversal of trump policies and do not require congressional action.

But Biden will also unveil a long expected immigration proposal that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, and that does require congressional action.

That measure, as well as Biden's recent proposal for $1.9 trillion in spending on covert vaccinations and economic stimulus, face uphill battles in a Congress narrowly controlled by Biden's fellow Democrats.

Incoming Chief of staff Ron Clain said a broader set of executive orders will come in the days after the inauguration.

Those measures include expanding Covad 19 testing and directing the government to favor American made goods.