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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION S. 382
To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal
Government, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY4, 2025
Mr. S
CHMITT(for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. DAINES, Mr.
T
UBERVILLE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. CAS-
SIDY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BANKS, Mr. SHEEHY, Mrs. HYDE-
S
MITH, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. LEE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
H
AWLEY, and Mr. BUDD) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs
A BILL
To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism
in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle DEI Act 4
of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 7
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
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Sec. 3. Prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice defined.
TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND PERSONNEL
Sec. 101. Executive orders and memoranda rescinded.
Sec. 102. Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 103. Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 104. Prohibited use of funds.
Sec. 105. DEI offices closed.
Sec. 106. Prohibited personnel practices.
TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING
Sec. 201. Government-wide training.
Sec. 202. Use of funds.
TITLE III—FEDERAL CONTRACTING
Sec. 301. Required contract terms.
Sec. 302. Prohibition on discrimination.
Sec. 303. Prohibited use of funds.
TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
Sec. 401. Required grant agreement terms.
Sec. 402. Required cooperative agreement terms.
TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Sec. 501. Prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
Sec. 502. Administrator responsibilities.
Sec. 503. Agency head responsibilities.
TITLE VI—EDUCATION
Sec. 601. Standards for accreditation of accrediting agencies and associations.
Sec. 602. Prohibited use of funds by the Secretary of Education.
TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 701. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Banks, and Federal
Housing Finance Agency.
Sec. 702. Capital markets regulation; corporate boards; self-regulatory organi-
zations.
Sec. 703. Health and Human Services.
Sec. 704. Repeal of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs of Department of
Defense.
Sec. 705. Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard.
Sec. 706. Director of National Intelligence.
TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; SEVERABILITY
Sec. 801. Enforcement; private cause of action.
Sec. 802. Severability.
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 1
PRACTICE DEFINED. 2
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et 3
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘TITLE XII—PROHIBITED DIVER-5
SITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 6
PRACTICE DEFINED 7
‘‘SEC. 1201. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR INCLU-8
SION PRACTICE. 9
‘‘For purposes of references to this section, the term 10
‘prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ 11
means— 12
‘‘(1) discriminating for or against any person 13
on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi-14
cal sex, or national origin; 15
‘‘(2) requiring as a condition of employment, as 16
a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 17
condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 18
submitting written materials, that an employee un-19
dergo training, education, or coursework, or other 20
pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, color, 21
ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 22
inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-23
pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 24
or 25
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‘‘(3) requiring as a condition of employment, as 1
a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 2
condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 3
submitting written materials, the signing of or as-4
sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 5
or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 6
employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli-7
gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 8
or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-9
pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 10
TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND 11
PERSONNEL 12
SEC. 101. EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA RE-13
SCINDED. 14
(a) R
ESCINDEDEXECUTIVEORDERS AND MEMO-15
RANDA.— 16
(1) I
N GENERAL.—With respect to an Execu-17
tive order or memoranda described in paragraph (2), 18
the Executive order or memoranda— 19
(A) shall not have any legal effect; and 20
(B) is revoked in its entirety; and 21
(2) E
XECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA DE -22
SCRIBED.—The Executive orders and memoranda 23
described in this paragraph are the following: 24
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(A) Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 1
note; relating to advancing racial equity and 2
support for underserved communities through 3
the Federal Government). 4
(B) Executive Order 13988 (42 U.S.C. 5
2000e note; relating to preventing and com-6
bating discrimination on the basis of gender 7
identity or sexual orientation). 8
(C) Executive Order 14020, (42 U.S.C. 9
2000e note; relating to the establishment of the 10
White House Gender Policy Council). 11
(D) Executive Order 14031 (42 U.S.C. 12
3501 note; relating to advancing equity, justice, 13
and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native 14
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders). 15
(E) Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 16
2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, inclu-17
sion, and accessibility in the Federal work-18
force). 19
(F) Executive Order 14091 (5 U.S.C. 601 20
note; relating to further advancing racial equity 21
and support for underserved communities 22
through the Federal Government). 23
(G) The National Security Memorandum 24
on ‘‘Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and 25
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National Security Workforce, Institutions, and 1
Partnerships (NSM–03)’’, dated February 4, 2
2021. 3
(H) The National Security Memorandum 4
on Advancing the ‘‘Human Rights of Lesbian, 5
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 6
Intersex Persons Around the World (NSM– 7
04)’’, dated February 4, 2021. 8
(b) C
ARRYINGOUTRESCINDEDEXECUTIVEORDERS 9
ANDMEMORANDA.—The head of an executive agency, as 10
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, may 11
not carry out an Executive order or memorandum de-12
scribed in subsection (a)(2). 13
(c) P
ROGRAMS ANDOFFICE.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 15
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of a 16
Federal agency under which any program or office 17
carries out an Executive order or memorandum de-18
scribed in subsection (a)(2) between the date of en-19
actment of this Act and 90 days after the date of 20
enactment of this Act shall close, terminate, and 21
wind up the program or office. 22
(2) N
O REASSIGNMENT.—The head of a Fed-23
eral agency that closes, terminates, and winds up a 24
program or office under paragraph (1)— 25
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(A) shall undertake an appropriate reduc-1
tion in force; and 2
(B) may not transfer, reassign, or redesig-3
nate any employee or contractor with a position 4
or function that is eliminated by operation of 5
this subsection. 6
SEC. 102. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 9
of Personnel Management shall— 10
(1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 11
manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 12
of the Office such that all such material is in compli-13
ance with and consistent with this Act and the 14
amendments made by this Act; 15
(2) revise so as to effectively rescind all regula-16
tions, policies, procedures, manuals, circulars, 17
courses, training, and guidance of the Office that 18
were promulgated, adopted, or implemented to com-19
ply with the Executive orders and memoranda de-20
scribed in section 101(a)(2); 21
(3) terminate, close, and wind up the Office of 22
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the 23
Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this 24
paragraph as ‘‘ODEIA’’) and undertake an appro-25
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priate reduction in force with respect to, and not 1
transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees or 2
contractors of ODEIA, the positions or functions of 3
whom are eliminated by operation of this Act or the 4
amendments made by this Act; and 5
(4) terminate, close, and wind up the Chief Di-6
versity Officers Executive Council and undertake an 7
appropriate reduction in force with respect to, and 8
not transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees 9
or contractors of that Council, the positions or func-10
tions of whom are eliminated by operation of this 11
Act or the amendments made by this Act. 12
(b) C
HIEFDIVERSITYOFFICERSEXECUTIVECOUN-13
CILCHARTER.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 14
Act, the charter of the Chief Diversity Officers Executive 15
Council is revoked. 16
(c) P
ROHIBITION ON RACISM INGOVERNMENT.— 17
Section 1104 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 18
by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘prohibited diver-20
sity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the meaning given 21
the term in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 22
‘‘(2) Racist behavior and racist training in the Gov-23
ernment are prohibited, including any of the following: 24
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‘‘(A) Discriminating for or against any person 1
on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi-2
cal sex, or national origin. 3
‘‘(B) Training, education, coursework, or use of 4
other pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, 5
color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national 6
origin is inherently or systemically superior or infe-7
rior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 8
unprivileged. 9
‘‘(C) Maintaining an office, bureau, division, or 10
other organization to further promote or enforce a 11
prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 12
‘‘(D) Retaining or employing a consultant or 13
advisor to further promote or enforce a prohibited 14
diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 15
‘‘(E) Maintaining a rule, a regulation, a policy, 16
guidance, a guideline, management control, a prac-17
tice, a requirement, training, education, coursework, 18
or a similar device to further promote or enforce a 19
prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 20
‘‘(F) Requiring as a condition of employment, 21
as a condition for promotion or advancement, or as 22
a condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 23
submitting written materials, the signing of or as-24
sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 25
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or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 1
employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli-2
gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 3
or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-4
pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 5
‘‘(3) The Office shall establish standards that shall— 6
‘‘(A) apply to the activities of the Office or any 7
other agency under authority delegated under sub-8
section (a); 9
‘‘(B) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 10
in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 11
this subsection; 12
‘‘(C) ensure compliance with this subsection; 13
‘‘(D) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 14
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 15
‘‘(E) be in accordance with the merit system 16
principles under section 2301. 17
‘‘(4) The Office shall establish and maintain an over-18
sight program to ensure that activities under any author-19
ity delegated under subsection (a)— 20
‘‘(A) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 21
in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 22
this subsection; 23
‘‘(B) ensure compliance with this subsection; 24
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‘‘(C) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 1
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 2
‘‘(D) are in accordance with the merit system 3
principles under section 2301.’’. 4
SEC. 103. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 5
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 6
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 7
Budget shall— 8
(1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 9
manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 10
of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure 11
those regulations, policies, procedures, manuals, cir-12
culars, courses, training, and guidance are in compli-13
ance and consistent with this Act and the amend-14
ments made by this Act; 15
(2) rescind all regulations, policies, procedures, 16
manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 17
of the Office of Management and Budget that were 18
promulgated, adopted, or implemented to comply 19
with the Executive orders and memoranda described 20
in section 101(a)(2); and 21
(3) rescind the version of Circular A–4 of the 22
Office of Management and Budget adopted on No-23
vember 9, 2023. 24
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SEC. 104. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 1
(a) A
GENCYDEFINED.—In this chapter, the term 2
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3502 3
of title 44. 4
(b) S
TOPPINGRACISM IN THEFEDERALGOVERN-5
MENT.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—No Federal funds appro-7
priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 8
used for the purpose of maintaining in any agency 9
an— 10
(A) office relating to diversity, equity, in-11
clusion, or accessibility; or 12
(B) a substantially similar office. 13
(2) P
ROHIBITION.—No Federal funds appro-14
priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 15
used for the purposes of— 16
(A) maintaining in any agency the Chief 17
Diversity Officers Executive Council or a sub-18
stantially similar council; 19
(B) maintaining or employing in any agen-20
cy a chief diversity officer or a substantially 21
similar officer; 22
(C) subject to paragraph (3), developing, 23
implementing, distributing, or publishing in any 24
agency— 25
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(i) plans, strategic plan, reports, or 1
surveys relating to diversity, equity, inclu-2
sion, and accessibility; and 3
(ii) action plans, reports, or surveys 4
relating to equity or substantially similar 5
plans, reports, or surveys; 6
(D) developing, implementing, or maintain-7
ing in any agency an employee resource group 8
or an affinity group based on race, color, eth-9
nicity, religion, national origin, sexual orienta-10
tion, or gender identity; 11
(E) developing, implementing, or maintain-12
ing in any agency an agency equity team or a 13
substantially similar team; 14
(F) maintaining the White House Environ-15
mental Justice Interagency Council or a sub-16
stantially similar Council; 17
(G) maintaining the Equitable Data Work-18
ing Group or substantially similar group; 19
(H) developing, implementing, distributing, 20
publishing, establishing, or purchasing in any 21
agency— 22
(i) a training course relating to— 23
(I) diversity; 24
(II) equity; 25
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(III) inclusion; 1
(IV) a critical theory relating to 2
race, gender, or otherwise; or 3
(V) intersectionality; or 4
(ii) a training course substantiality 5
similar to a training course described in 6
clause (i); 7
(I) developing, implementing, or maintain-8
ing in any agency a diversity, equity, inclusion, 9
and accessibility data dashboard or a substan-10
tially similar data dashboard; 11
(J) maintaining within the Office of Per-12
sonnel Management a council relating to diver-13
sity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility; or 14
(K) maintaining or employing in any agen-15
cy a position relating to diversity, equity, inclu-16
sion, or accessibility. 17
(3) E
XCEPTION.—The prohibition under para-18
graph (2)(C) shall not apply to a plan, report, or 19
survey required by law. 20
(4) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 21
section shall be construed to prevent the mainte-22
nance and funding of— 23
(A) Equal Employment Opportunity offices 24
as historically organized and operated; or 25
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(B) an office enforcing the Americans with 1
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 2
seq.) or similar programs or offices as histori-3
cally organized and operated. 4
SEC. 105. DEI OFFICES CLOSED. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after date 6
of enactment of this Act, the head of any Federal agency 7
that has an office relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 8
or accessibility— 9
(1) shall— 10
(A) terminate, close, and wind up that of-11
fice; and 12
(B) undertake an appropriate reduction in 13
force; and 14
(2) may not transfer, reassign, or redesignate 15
any employee or contractor with a position or func-16
tion that is eliminated by operation of this sub-17
section. 18
(b) A
PPLICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 19
construed to prevent the maintenance and funding of— 20
(1) Equal Employment Opportunity offices as 21
historically organized and operated; or 22
(2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis-23
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 24
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similar programs or offices as historically organized 1
and operated. 2
SEC. 106. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 2302(b) of title 5, United 4
States Code, is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (13)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 6
the end; 7
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 8
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9
(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-10
lowing: 11
‘‘(15) take or fail to take, or threaten to take 12
or fail to take, any personnel action against any em-13
ployee or applicant for employment because of the 14
failure of the employee or applicant to— 15
‘‘(A) complete training with respect to di-16
versity, equity, or inclusion, critical theory (re-17
lating to race, gender, or otherwise), 18
intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender 19
identity, or any substantially similar theory or 20
policy; 21
‘‘(B) complete training that asserts or re-22
quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 23
color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-24
tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-25
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rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv-1
ileged or unprivileged; 2
‘‘(C) sign or assent to (which may be by 3
executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 4
of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de-5
vice with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-6
sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or 7
otherwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation 8
or gender identity, or any substantially similar 9
theory or policy; 10
‘‘(D) sign or assent to (which may be by 11
executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 12
of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de-13
vice that asserts or requires assent by the em-14
ployee or applicant that a particular race, color, 15
ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or-16
igin is inherently or systemically superior or in-17
ferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 18
unprivileged; 19
‘‘(E) take any other action that would re-20
quire the treatment of any individual advan-21
tageously or disadvantageously on the basis of 22
that individual’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, 23
biological sex, or national origin; or 24
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‘‘(F) limit, segregate, or classify employees 1
or applicants for employment in any way that 2
would deprive or tend to deprive any individual 3
of an employment opportunity, or otherwise ad-4
versely affect the status of the individual as an 5
employee, because of the race, color, ethnicity, 6
religion, biological sex, or national origin of the 7
individual.’’. 8
(b) P
ERFORMANCE APPRAISALSYSTEMS.—Section 9
4302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 10
at the end the following: 11
‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad-12
versely evaluate an employee for the failure of the em-13
ployee to— 14
‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 15
equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 16
gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori-17
entation or gender identity, or any substantially 18
similar theory or policy; 19
‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 20
trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth-21
nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 22
inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-23
pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 24
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‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-1
cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-2
duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re-3
spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the-4
ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 5
intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden-6
tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 7
‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-8
cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-9
duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as-10
serts or requires assent by the employee that a par-11
ticular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 12
or national origin is inherently or systemically supe-13
rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privi-14
leged or unprivileged; 15
‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 16
the treatment of any individual advantageously or 17
disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 18
race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-19
tional origin; or 20
‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 21
applicants for employment in any way that would 22
deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em-23
ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 24
the status of the individual as an employee, because 25
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of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 1
or national origin of the individual.’’. 2
(c) SES P
ERFORMANCEAPPRAISALSYSTEMS.—Sec-3
tion 4312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 4
adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad-6
versely evaluate a senior executive for the failure of the 7
senior executive to— 8
‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 9
equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 10
gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori-11
entation or gender identity, or any substantially 12
similar theory or policy; 13
‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 14
trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth-15
nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 16
inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-17
pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 18
‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-19
cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-20
duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re-21
spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the-22
ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 23
intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden-24
tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 25
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‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-1
cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-2
duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as-3
serts or requires assent by the senior executive that 4
a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological 5
sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically 6
superior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv-7
ileged or unprivileged; 8
‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 9
the treatment of any individual advantageously or 10
disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 11
race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-12
tional origin; or 13
‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 14
applicants for employment in any way that would 15
deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em-16
ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 17
the status of the individual as an employee, because 18
of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 19
or national origin of the individual.’’. 20
TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING 21
SEC. 201. GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 4103 of title 5, United 23
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-24
lowing: 25
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‘‘(d) No training program or plan may be developed, 1
implemented, distributed, published, established, or pur-2
chased under this section— 3
‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-4
sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-5
erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-6
der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 7
policy; or 8
‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-9
sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 10
biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-11
temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-12
pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 13
‘‘(e) No employee may be required to complete train-14
ing under a program or plan established under this sec-15
tion— 16
‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-17
sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-18
erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-19
der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 20
policy; or 21
‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-22
sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 23
biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-24
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temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-1
pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 2
(b) R
EGULATIONS.—Section 4118 of title 5, United 3
States Code, is amended— 4
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘This section’’ 5
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d), 6
this section’’; and 7
(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(d) The Office shall, in the regulations prescribed 9
under this section, provide that no training program or 10
plan may be developed, implemented, distributed, pub-11
lished, established, or purchased— 12
‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-13
sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-14
erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-15
der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 16
policy; or 17
‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-18
sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 19
biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-20
temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-21
pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 22
SEC. 202. USE OF FUNDS. 23
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 24
by law shall be used for the purpose of developing, imple-25
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menting, distributing, publishing or purchasing in any 1
Federal agency a training course— 2
(1) relating to— 3
(A) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi-4
bility; 5
(B) a critical theory relating to race, gen-6
der, or otherwise; or 7
(C) intersectionality, sexual orientation, or 8
gender identity; or 9
(2) that asserts or requires trainees to assert 10
that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, bio-11
logical sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-12
temically superior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, 13
privileged, or unprivileged. 14
TITLE III—FEDERAL 15
CONTRACTING 16
SEC. 301. REQUIRED CONTRACT TERMS. 17
(a) C
ONTRACTSEXCEEDING$10,000.—Section 6502 18
of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 19
the end the following: 20
‘‘(5) P
ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN-21
CLUSION PRACTICE.—No part of the contract will be 22
performed, and no materials, supplies, articles, or 23
equipment will be manufactured or fabricated under 24
the contract, in plants, factories, buildings, or sur-25
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roundings, under working conditions or in a working 1
environment, provided by or under the control or su-2
pervision of a contractor or any subcontractor who 3
is subject to, or required to comply with, a prohib-4
ited diversity, equity or inclusion practice (as defined 5
in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 6
(b) C
ONTRACTS INOTHERAMOUNTS.—Section 6703 7
of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 8
the end the following: 9
‘‘(6) P
ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN-10
CLUSION PRACTICE.—The contract and bid specifica-11
tion shall contain a provision specifying that no part 12
of the services covered by this chapter may be per-13
formed in buildings or surroundings, under working 14
conditions or in a working environment, provided by 15
or under the control or supervision of a contractor 16
or any subcontractor who is subject to, or required 17
to comply with, a prohibited diversity, equity or in-18
clusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of the 19
Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 20
SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 122 of title 40, United 22
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 23
‘‘§ 122. Prohibition on discrimination 24
‘‘(a) P
ROHIBITION.— 25
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‘‘(1) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED .—With re-1
spect to a program or activity carried out or receiv-2
ing Federal assistance under this subtitle, an indi-3
vidual may not be, based on race, color, biological 4
sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin— 5
‘‘(A) excluded from participation; 6
‘‘(B) denied benefits; or 7
‘‘(C) otherwise discriminated against. 8
‘‘(2) P
ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND IN-9
CLUSION PRACTICES.—With respect to a program or 10
activity carried out or receiving Federal assistance 11
under this subtitle, an individual may not be subject 12
to or required to comply with a prohibited diversity, 13
equity, and inclusion practice (as defined in section 14
1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 15
‘‘(b) E
NFORCEMENT.— 16
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The heads of Federal agen-17
cies shall enforce subsection (a) through rules, regu-18
lations, policies, and other executive actions of the 19
agency that are similar to rules, regulations, policies, 20
and other executive actions established with respect 21
to racial and other discrimination under title VI of 22
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 23
seq.). 24
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‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Any enforce-1
ment under paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 2
bar an individual from pursuing any other legal rem-3
edy available to the individual as a result of an ac-4
tion constituting a violation of subsection (a).’’. 5
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 6
for title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking 7
the item relating to section 122 and inserting the fol-8
lowing: 9
‘‘122. Prohibition on discrimination.’’.
SEC. 303. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.
10
(a) P
ROHIBITION.—No funds appropriated or other-11
wise made available by Federal law may be used by a Fed-12
eral contractor for purpose of— 13
(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 14
equity, inclusion, or accessibility or a substantially 15
similar office; 16
(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 17
officer or a substantially similar officer; or 18
(3) developing, implementing, distributing, pub-19
lishing or purchasing— 20
(A) a training course relating to— 21
(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-22
cessibility; 23
(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 24
gender, or otherwise; 25
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(iii) intersectionality; or 1
(iv) sexual orientation or gender iden-2
tity; 3
(B) a training course that is substantially 4
similar to a training course described in sub-5
paragraph (A); or 6
(C) a training course that asserts or re-7
quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 8
color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-9
tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-10
rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged, 11
or unprivileged. 12
(b) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-13
tion shall be construed to prevent— 14
(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 15
Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga-16
nized and operated; 17
(2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis-18
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 19
similar programs or offices as historically organized 20
and operated; or 21
(3) a Federal contractor from using non-Fed-22
eral funds as the Federal contractor so determines. 23
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TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS 1
AND COOPERATIVE AGREE-2
MENTS 3
SEC. 401. REQUIRED GRANT AGREEMENT TERMS. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 5
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘§ 6310. Grants and grant agreements 8
‘‘(a) G
RANTAGREEMENTREQUIREDTERMS.—The 9
head of an executive agency may not provide a grant to 10
any recipient unless the head of the executive agency and 11
the recipient enter into a grant agreement that contains 12
a provision specifying that no funds appropriated or other-13
wise made available by Federal law shall be used by the 14
grant recipient for purpose of— 15
‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 16
equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 17
‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 18
officer or a substantially similar officer; 19
‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 20
publishing, or purchasing— 21
‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 22
‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-23
cessibility; 24
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‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 1
gender, or otherwise; 2
‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 3
‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 4
identity; 5
‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 6
to the training courses described in subpara-7
graph (A); or 8
‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re-9
quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 10
color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na-11
tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-12
rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 13
or unprivileged; or 14
‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 15
or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 16
the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 17
‘‘(b) E
QUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF-18
FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-19
vent— 20
‘‘(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 21
Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga-22
nized and operated; 23
‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 24
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 25
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or similar programs or offices as historically orga-1
nized and operated; or 2
‘‘(3) a recipient of a grant from an executive 3
agency from using non-Federal funds as the recipi-4
ent so determines. 5
‘‘(c) A
PPLICATION TOHBCUS.—Nothing in this sec-6
tion shall be construed to prevent the maintenance and 7
funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.’’. 8
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 9
for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code is amended 10
by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘6310. Grants and grant agreements.’’.
SEC. 402. REQUIRED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TERMS.
12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 13
States Code, as amended by section 401(a), is further 14
amended by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘§ 6311. Cooperative agreements 16
‘‘(a) C
OOPERATIVE AGREEMENT REQUIRED 17
T
ERMS.—The head of an executive agency may not enter 18
into a cooperative agreement with a party unless the coop-19
erative agreement contains a provision specifying that no 20
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by Federal 21
law shall be used by any party to the cooperative agree-22
ment for purpose of— 23
‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 24
equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 25
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‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 1
officer or a substantially similar officer; 2
‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 3
publishing, or purchasing— 4
‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 5
‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-6
cessibility; 7
‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 8
gender, or otherwise; 9
‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 10
‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 11
identity; 12
‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 13
to the training courses described in subpara-14
graph (A); or 15
‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re-16
quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 17
color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na-18
tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-19
rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 20
or unprivileged; or 21
‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 22
or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 23
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.). 24
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‘‘(b) EQUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF-1
FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 2
‘‘(1) prevent the maintenance and funding of an 3
Equal Employment Opportunity office, as histori-4
cally organized and operated; 5
‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 6
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 7
or similar programs or offices as historically orga-8
nized and operated; or 9
‘‘(3) prevent a party to an cooperative agree-10
ment with an executive agency from using non-Fed-11
eral funds as the party so determines.’’. 12
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13
for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 14
by section 401(b), is further amended by adding at the 15
end the following: 16
‘‘6311. Cooperative agreements.’’.
TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY 17
COMMITTEES 18
SEC. 501. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 19
PRACTICES. 20
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 21
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 22
Committee Act’’), is amended by adding at the end the 23
following: 24
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‘‘SEC. 1015. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRAC-1
TICES. 2
‘‘(a) P
ROHIBITEDDIVERSITY, EQUITY, ANDINCLU-3
SIONPRACTICEDEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘pro-4
hibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the 5
meaning given that term in section 1201 of the Civil 6
Rights Act of 1964. 7
‘‘(b) P
ROHIBITION.—The following may not author-8
ize, permit, or implement a prohibited diversity, equity, 9
or inclusion practice with respect to any advisory com-10
mittee established by the head of an agency: 11
‘‘(1) The Administrator. 12
‘‘(2) The agency head. 13
‘‘(3) The chair of the advisory committee. 14
‘‘(4) The advisory committee. 15
‘‘(c) T
ERMINATION OFCOMMITTEE.— 16
‘‘(1) F
INDING BY ADMINISTRATOR .—With re-17
spect to an advisory committee, if the Administrator 18
finds that the applicable agency head, the chair of 19
the advisory committee, or the advisory committee 20
authorized, permitted, or implemented a prohibited 21
diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, then the advi-22
sory committee shall terminate not later than 30 23
days after the Administrator makes such finding. 24
‘‘(2) F
INDING BY INSPECTOR GENERAL .—With 25
respect to an advisory committee, if the Inspector 26
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General for the agency that established the advisory 1
committee finds that the applicable agency head, 2
chair of the advisory committee, or the advisory 3
committee authorized, permitted, or implemented a 4
prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, 5
then the advisory committee shall terminate not 6
later than 30 days after the Inspector General 7
makes such finding. 8
‘‘(d) A
CTION.— 9
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Any person may bring an 10
action in any United States district court seeking a 11
determination that the Administrator, any agency 12
head, any chair of an advisory committee, or any ad-13
visory committee authorized, permitted, or imple-14
mented a prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion 15
practice with respect to an advisory committee. 16
‘‘(2) O
RDER DIRECTING TERMINATION OF ADVI -17
SORY COMMITTEE.—If after an evidentiary hearing, 18
a court determines that the defendant authorized, 19
permitted, or implemented a prohibited diversity, eq-20
uity, or inclusion practice, the court shall issue an 21
order directing the Administrator to immediately 22
terminate that advisory committee. 23
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‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AWARDS .— In an action 1
brought under this subsection in which the plaintiff 2
prevails, the court may award— 3
‘‘(A) a Writ of Mandamus or other equi-4
table or declaratory relief; 5
‘‘(B) a minimum of $1,000 per violation 6
per day; 7
‘‘(C) reasonable attorney’s fees and litiga-8
tion costs; 9
‘‘(D) compensatory damages; and 10
‘‘(E) all other appropriate relief.’’. 11
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 12
for chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 13
by inserting after the item relating to section 1014 the 14
following: 15
‘‘1015. Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.’’.
SEC. 502. ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES.
16
(a) C
OMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1006 17
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 18
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the word 19
‘‘or’’ at the end; 20
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 21
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 22
(3) by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘(E) whether the committee is in compli-24
ance with the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 25
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(b) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS.— 1
Section 1006 of title 5, United States Code, is further 2
amended by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘(f) G
UIDELINES ANDMANAGEMENTCONTROLSRE-4
LATED TO THE ENDRACISM INFEDERALADVISORY 5
C
OMMITTEESACT.—The Administrator shall— 6
‘‘(1) prescribe administrative guidelines and 7
management controls applicable to advisory commit-8
tees to enforce the requirements of the Dismantle 9
DEI Act of 2025; and 10
‘‘(2) ensure that the Committee Management 11
Secretariat complies with and enforces the require-12
ments of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 13
(c) R
EVISEDRULES, REGULATIONS AND GUID-14
ANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-15
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all 16
rules, regulations, policies, guidance, guidelines, manage-17
ment controls, governing documents, practices, require-18
ments, training, education, coursework, or similar devices 19
are revised to the extent that they are inconsistent with 20
this Act. 21
SEC. 503. AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES. 22
(a) A
GENCYHEADRESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection 23
(a) of section 1007 of title 5, United States Code, is 24
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each agency 25
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head shall establish uniform administrative guidelines and 1
management controls to ensure compliance with the Dis-2
mantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 3
(b) C
OMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 1007 of 4
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6
end; 7
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 8
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9
(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(4) ensure compliance with the Dismantle DEI 11
Act of 2025.’’. 12
TITLE VI—EDUCATION 13
SEC. 601. STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF ACCRED-14
ITING AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 15
Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16
(20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended— 17
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 18
end; 19
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 20
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 21
(3) by adding at the end the following: 22
‘‘(10) confirms that the standards for accredita-23
tion of the agency or association do not— 24
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‘‘(A) require, encourage, or coerce any in-1
stitution of higher education to engage in pro-2
hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices 3
(as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 4
Act of 1964); 5
‘‘(B) assess the commitment of an institu-6
tion of higher education to any ideology, belief, 7
or viewpoint; 8
‘‘(C) prohibit or discourage an institution 9
of higher education from engaging in activity 10
protected by the Constitution, including having 11
a religious mission, operating as a religious in-12
stitution, or being controlled by or associated 13
with a religious organization; or 14
‘‘(D) discriminate against an institution of 15
higher education for engaging in religious 16
speech, religious practice, or religious exer-17
cise.’’. 18
SEC. 602. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY 19
OF EDUCATION. 20
Section 8527 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-21
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) is amended by add-22
ing at the end the following: 23
‘‘(e) P
ROHIBITION; RULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 24
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‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds pro-1
vided to the Secretary of Education under this Act 2
may be used by the Secretary, including through a 3
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to— 4
‘‘(A) maintain an Office of Diversity, Eq-5
uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, an Office of 6
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, an Office of 7
Diversity and Inclusion, a Diversity Office or a 8
substantially similar office; 9
‘‘(B) maintain or employ a Chief Diversity 10
Officer or substantially similar officer; 11
‘‘(C) develop, implement, distribute, pub-12
lish, or purchase a training course or substan-13
tially similar course relating to any of the fol-14
lowing— 15
‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, and 16
accessibility (DEIA); 17
‘‘(ii) diversity, equity, and inclusion; 18
‘‘(iii) diversity and inclusion; 19
‘‘(iv) diversity; 20
‘‘(v) critical theory (race, gender, or 21
otherwise); 22
‘‘(vi) intersectionality; or 23
‘‘(vii) sexual orientation or gender 24
identity; or 25
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‘‘(D) develop, implement, distribute, pub-1
lish, or purchase a training course or substan-2
tially similar course that asserts or requires 3
trainees to assert that a particular race, color 4
ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or-5
igin is inherently or systemically superior, infe-6
rior, oppressive or oppressed, privileged or 7
unprivileged. 8
‘‘(2) R
ULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 9
this section shall be construed to— 10
‘‘(A) prohibit the maintenance and funding 11
of Equal Employment Opportunity offices or of-12
ficers, as historically organized and operated; 13
‘‘(B) prohibit the maintenance and funding 14
of offices enforcing the Americans with Disabil-15
ities Act of 1990 or similar programs or offices, 16
as historically organized and operated; or 17
‘‘(C) impact the use of non-Federal funds 18
by a contractor of the Department of Education 19
or by a grant recipient of funds from the Sec-20
retary of Education.’’. 21
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TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 1
SEC. 701. FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, FEDERAL HOME 2
LOAN BANKS, AND FEDERAL HOUSING FI-3
NANCE AGENCY. 4
Section 1319A of the Federal Housing Enterprises 5
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 6
4520) is repealed. 7
SEC. 702. CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION; CORPORATE 8
BOARDS; SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZA-9
TIONS. 10
(a) R
EPEAL OFOFFICES OFMINORITY ANDWOMEN 11
I
NCLUSION.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd- 13
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 14
Act (12 U.S.C. 5452) is repealed. 15
(2) T
ECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -16
MENTS.— 17
(A) C
ONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 18
ACT OF 2010.—Section 1016(c) of the Consumer 19
Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 20
5496(c)) is amended— 21
(i) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘and’’ 22
at the end; 23
(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; 24
and’’ and inserting a period; and 25
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(iii) by striking paragraph (9). 1
(B) D
ODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM 2
AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT .—The table 3
of contents for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-4
form and Consumer Protection Act is amended 5
by striking the item relating to section 342. 6
(b) B
OARDS OFPUBLICCOMPANIESSUBJECT TO 7
C
IVILRIGHTSACT.—Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act 8
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) is amended by adding at the 9
end of subsection (f) the following: ‘‘The term ‘employee’ 10
includes any person who serves on a board of directors 11
of an issuer that has a registration statement in effect 12
as to a security under the Securities Act of 1933 and is 13
compensated by the issuer.’’. 14
(c) P
ROHIBITION ONRACISM.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Gramm-Leach-Bliley 16
Act (Public Law 106–102) is amended by inserting 17
after section 503 (15 U.S.C. 6803) the following: 18
‘‘SEC. 503A. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU-19
SION PRACTICES. 20
‘‘No Federal functional regulator shall engage in a 21
prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice (as de-22
fined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) or 23
require (whether by regulation, enforcement action, guid-24
ance, examination or otherwise) that any person regulated 25
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by the Federal functional regulator engage in a prohibited 1
diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 2
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-3
tents for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 4
106–102) is amended by inserting after the item re-5
lating to section 503 the following: 6
‘‘Sec. 503A. Prohibited diversity, equity and inclusion practices.’’.
(d) NATIONALSECURITIESASSOCIATIONS.—Section 7
15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 8
78o–3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(o) P
ROHIBITEDDIVERSITY, EQUITY ANDINCLU-10
SIONPRACTICES.—No national securities association shall 11
engage in a prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion 12
practice (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 13
Act of 1964) or require (whether by rule, enforcement ac-14
tion, guidance, examination, or otherwise) that any mem-15
ber of the national securities association engage in a pro-16
hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 17
(e) C
OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT ADVISORYBOARD 18
M
EMBERREQUIREMENTS.— Section 104(d)(2)(G) of the 19
Community Development Banking and Financial Institu-20
tions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(d)(2)(G)) is amended, 21
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and racial, 22
ethnic, and gender diversity’’. 23
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SEC. 703. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 1
Section 821 of the Public Health Service Act (42 2
U.S.C. 296m) is repealed. 3
SEC. 704. REPEAL OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 4
PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 5
(a) R
EPEAL OFREPORTINGREQUIREMENTS ON DI-6
VERSITY ANDINCLUSION.—Section 113 of title 10, United 7
States Code, is amended— 8
(1) in subsection (c)— 9
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 10
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 11
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 12
(2) in subsection (g)(1)(B)— 13
(A) by striking clause (vii); and 14
(B) by redesignating clauses (viii), (ix), 15
and (x) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respec-16
tively; and 17
(3) by striking subsections (l) and (m) and by 18
redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections 19
(l) and (m), respectively. 20
(b) R
EPEAL OFCHIEFDIVERSITYOFFICER.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 147 of title 10, 22
United States Code, is repealed. 23
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-24
tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 25
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amended by striking the item relating to section 1
147. 2
(c) R
EPEAL OFPROGRAM ONDIVERSITY INMILI-3
TARYLEADERSHIP.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 656 of title 10, 5
United States Code, is repealed. 6
(2) C
LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-7
tions at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is 8
amended by striking the item relating to section 9
656. 10
SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND 11
COAST GUARD. 12
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 845(c) 13
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 415(c)) 14
is repealed. 15
(b) C
OASTGUARD.—Section 1903(d)(2) of title 14, 16
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, including 17
diversity, inclusion, and issues regarding women specifi-18
cally’’. 19
SEC. 706. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 20
Section 5704 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat-21
thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 22
Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334b) 23
is repealed. 24
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TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; 1
SEVERABILITY 2
SEC. 801. ENFORCEMENT; PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 3
(a) E
NFORCEMENT.—Any person alleging a violation 4
of this Act may bring a civil action in any United States 5
District Court. 6
(b) R
ELIEF.—In a civil action brought under sub-7
section (a) in which the plaintiff prevails, the court may 8
award— 9
(1) a Writ of Mandamus or other equitable or 10
declaratory relief; 11
(2) a minimum of $1,000 per violation per day; 12
(3) reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation 13
costs; 14
(4) compensatory damages; and 15
(5) all other appropriate relief. 16
SEC. 802. SEVERABILITY. 17
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 18
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-19
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-20
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 21
by this Act, and the application of such provision or 22
amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af-23
fected thereby. 24
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