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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 800
5	5	To enact into law the executive order relating to ending diversity, equity,
6	6	and inclusion programs in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY28, 2025
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	ILLSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
11	11	on Oversight and Government Reform
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To enact into law the executive order relating to ending
14	14	diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the Federal
15	15	Government, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DEI to DIE Act’’. 4
20	20	SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLU-5
21	21	SION IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 6
22	22	(a) F
23	23	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 7
24	24	(1) The Biden Administration forced illegal and 8
25	25	immoral discrimination programs, going by the name 9
26	26	‘‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’’ (in this Act re-10
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30	30	ferred to as ‘‘DEI’’), into virtually all aspects of the 1
31	31	Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline 2
32	32	safety to the military. 3
33	33	(2) This was a concerted effort stemming from 4
34	34	President Biden’s first day in office, when he issued 5
35	35	Executive Order 13985, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity 6
36	36	and Support for Underserved Communities Through 7
37	37	the Federal Government’’. 8
38	38	(3) Pursuant to Executive Order 13985 and 9
39	39	follow-on orders, nearly every Federal agency and 10
40	40	entity submitted ‘‘Equity Action Plans’’ to detail the 11
41	41	ways that they have furthered DEIs infiltration of 12
42	42	the Federal Government. 13
43	43	(4) The public release of these plans dem-14
44	44	onstrated immense public waste and shameful dis-15
45	45	crimination. 16
46	46	(5) That ends today. Americans deserve a Gov-17
47	47	ernment committed to serving every person with 18
48	48	equal dignity and respect, and to expending precious 19
49	49	taxpayer resources only on making America great. 20
50	50	(b) E
51	51	LIMINATION.— 21
52	52	(1) I
53	53	N GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 22
54	54	Management and Budget (in this Act referred to as 23
55	55	‘‘OMB’’), assisted by the Attorney General and the 24
56	56	Director of the Office of Personnel Management (in 25
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60	60	this Act referred to as ‘‘OPM’’), shall coordinate the 1
61	61	termination of all discriminatory programs, includ-2
62	62	ing illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (in this 3
63	63	Act referred to as ‘‘DEI’’) and diversity, equity, in-4
64	64	clusion, and accessibility (in this Act referred to as 5
65	65	‘‘DEIA’’) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, 6
66	66	and activities in the Federal Government, under 7
67	67	whatever name they appear. 8
68	68	(2) A
69	69	PPLICATION.—To carry out paragraph (1), 9
70	70	the Director of OPM, with the assistance of the At-10
71	71	torney General as requested, shall review and revise, 11
72	72	as appropriate, all existing Federal employment 12
73	73	practices, union contracts, and training policies or 13
74	74	programs to comply with this Act. Federal employ-14
75	75	ment practices, including Federal employee perform-15
76	76	ance reviews, shall reward individual initiative, skills, 16
77	77	performance, and hard work and shall not under any 17
78	78	circumstances consider DEI or DEIA factors, goals, 18
79	79	policies, mandates, or requirements. 19
80	80	(c) R
81	81	EQUIREDACTIONS.—Each agency, department, 20
82	82	or commission head, in consultation with the Attorney 21
83	83	General, the Director of OMB, and the Director of OPM, 22
84	84	as appropriate, shall take the following actions not later 23
85	85	than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act: 24
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89	89	(1) Terminate, to the maximum extent allowed 1
90	90	by law, all DEI, DEIA, and ‘‘environmental justice’’ 2
91	91	offices and positions (including ‘‘Chief Diversity Of-3
92	92	ficer’’ positions); all ‘‘equity action plans’’, ‘‘equity’’ 4
93	93	actions, initiatives, or programs, ‘‘equity-related’’ 5
94	94	grants or contracts; and all DEI or DEIA perform-6
95	95	ance requirements for employees, contractors, or 7
96	96	grantees. 8
97	97	(2) Provide the Director of the OMB with a list 9
98	98	of all— 10
99	99	(A) agency or department DEI, DEIA, or 11
100	100	‘‘environmental justice’’ positions, committees, 12
101	101	programs, services, activities, budgets, and ex-13
102	102	penditures in existence on November 4, 2024, 14
103	103	and an assessment of whether these positions, 15
104	104	committees, programs, services, activities, budg-16
105	105	ets, and expenditures have been misleadingly re-17
106	106	labeled in an attempt to preserve their pre-No-18
107	107	vember 4, 2024 function; 19
108	108	(B) Federal contractors who have provided 20
109	109	DEI training or DEI training materials to 21
110	110	agency or department employees; and 22
111	111	(C) Federal grantees who received Federal 23
112	112	funding to provide or advance DEI, DEIA, or 24
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116	116	‘‘environmental justice’’ programs, services, or 1
117	117	activities since January 20, 2021. 2
118	118	(3) Direct the deputy agency or department 3
119	119	head to— 4
120	120	(A) assess the operational impact (includ-5
121	121	ing the number of new DEI hires) and cost of 6
122	122	the prior administration’s DEI, DEIA, and 7
123	123	‘‘environmental justice’’ programs and policies; 8
124	124	and 9
125	125	(B) recommend actions, such as congres-10
126	126	sional notifications under section 530D of title 11
127	127	28, United States Code, to align agency or de-12
128	128	partment programs, activities, policies, regula-13
129	129	tions, guidance, employment practices, enforce-14
130	130	ment activities, contracts (including set-asides), 15
131	131	grants, consent orders, and litigating positions 16
132	132	with the policy of equal dignity and respect 17
133	133	identified in subsection (a) of this Act. The 18
134	134	agency or department head and the Director of 19
135	135	OMB shall jointly ensure that the deputy agen-20
136	136	cy or department head has the authority and 21
137	137	resources needed to carry out this Act. 22
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139	139	EETINGS.—To inform and advise the President, 23
140	140	so that he may formulate appropriate and effective civil- 24
141	141	rights policies for the Executive Branch, the Assistant to 25
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145	145	the President for Domestic Policy shall convene a monthly 1
146	146	meeting attended by the Director of OMB, the Director 2
147	147	of OPM, and each deputy agency or department head to— 3
148	148	(1) hear reports on the prevalence and the eco-4
149	149	nomic and social costs of DEI, DEIA, and ‘‘environ-5
150	150	mental justice’’ in agency or department programs, 6
151	151	activities, policies, regulations, guidance, employ-7
152	152	ment practices, enforcement activities, contracts (in-8
153	153	cluding set-asides), grants, consent orders, and liti-9
154	154	gating positions; 10
155	155	(2) discuss any barriers to measures to comply 11
156	156	with this Act; and 12
157	157	(3) monitor and track agency and department 13
158	158	progress and identify potential areas for additional 14
159	159	Presidential or legislative action to advance the pol-15
160	160	icy of equal dignity and respect. 16
161	161	(e) S
162	162	EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 17
163	163	the application of any provision to any person or cir-18
164	164	cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Act 19
165	165	and the application of its provisions to any other persons 20
166	166	or circumstances shall not be affected. 21
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