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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 382
5	5	To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal
6	6	Government, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY4, 2025
9	9	Mr. S
10	10	CHMITT(for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. DAINES, Mr.
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12	12	UBERVILLE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. CAS-
13	13	SIDY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BANKS, Mr. SHEEHY, Mrs. HYDE-
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15	15	MITH, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. LEE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr.
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17	17	AWLEY, and Mr. BUDD) introduced the following bill; which was read
18	18	twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
19	19	mental Affairs
20	20	A BILL
21	21	To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism
22	22	in the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle DEI Act 4
27	27	of 2025’’. 5
28	28	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6
29	29	The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 7
30	30	Sec. 1. Short title.
31	31	Sec. 2. Table of contents.
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35	35	Sec. 3. Prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice defined.
36	36	TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND PERSONNEL
37	37	Sec. 101. Executive orders and memoranda rescinded.
38	38	Sec. 102. Office of Personnel Management.
39	39	Sec. 103. Office of Management and Budget.
40	40	Sec. 104. Prohibited use of funds.
41	41	Sec. 105. DEI offices closed.
42	42	Sec. 106. Prohibited personnel practices.
43	43	TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING
44	44	Sec. 201. Government-wide training.
45	45	Sec. 202. Use of funds.
46	46	TITLE III—FEDERAL CONTRACTING
47	47	Sec. 301. Required contract terms.
48	48	Sec. 302. Prohibition on discrimination.
49	49	Sec. 303. Prohibited use of funds.
50	50	TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
51	51	Sec. 401. Required grant agreement terms.
52	52	Sec. 402. Required cooperative agreement terms.
53	53	TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
54	54	Sec. 501. Prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
55	55	Sec. 502. Administrator responsibilities.
56	56	Sec. 503. Agency head responsibilities.
57	57	TITLE VI—EDUCATION
58	58	Sec. 601. Standards for accreditation of accrediting agencies and associations.
59	59	Sec. 602. Prohibited use of funds by the Secretary of Education.
60	60	TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS
61	61	Sec. 701. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Banks, and Federal
62	62	Housing Finance Agency.
63	63	Sec. 702. Capital markets regulation; corporate boards; self-regulatory organi-
64	64	zations.
65	65	Sec. 703. Health and Human Services.
66	66	Sec. 704. Repeal of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs of Department of
67	67	Defense.
68	68	Sec. 705. Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard.
69	69	Sec. 706. Director of National Intelligence.
70	70	TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; SEVERABILITY
71	71	Sec. 801. Enforcement; private cause of action.
72	72	Sec. 802. Severability.
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76	76	SEC. 3. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 1
77	77	PRACTICE DEFINED. 2
78	78	The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et 3
79	79	seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
80	80	‘‘TITLE XII—PROHIBITED DIVER-5
81	81	SITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 6
82	82	PRACTICE DEFINED 7
83	83	‘‘SEC. 1201. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR INCLU-8
84	84	SION PRACTICE. 9
85	85	‘‘For purposes of references to this section, the term 10
86	86	‘prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ 11
87	87	means— 12
88	88	‘‘(1) discriminating for or against any person 13
89	89	on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi-14
90	90	cal sex, or national origin; 15
91	91	‘‘(2) requiring as a condition of employment, as 16
92	92	a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 17
93	93	condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 18
94	94	submitting written materials, that an employee un-19
95	95	dergo training, education, or coursework, or other 20
96	96	pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, color, 21
97	97	ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 22
98	98	inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-23
99	99	pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 24
100	100	or 25
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104	104	‘‘(3) requiring as a condition of employment, as 1
105	105	a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 2
106	106	condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 3
107	107	submitting written materials, the signing of or as-4
108	108	sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 5
109	109	or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 6
110	110	employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli-7
111	111	gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 8
112	112	or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-9
113	113	pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 10
114	114	TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND 11
115	115	PERSONNEL 12
116	116	SEC. 101. EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA RE-13
117	117	SCINDED. 14
118	118	(a) R
119	119	ESCINDEDEXECUTIVEORDERS AND MEMO-15
120	120	RANDA.— 16
121	121	(1) I
122	122	N GENERAL.—With respect to an Execu-17
123	123	tive order or memoranda described in paragraph (2), 18
124	124	the Executive order or memoranda— 19
125	125	(A) shall not have any legal effect; and 20
126	126	(B) is revoked in its entirety; and 21
127	127	(2) E
128	128	XECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA DE -22
129	129	SCRIBED.—The Executive orders and memoranda 23
130	130	described in this paragraph are the following: 24
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134	134	(A) Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 1
135	135	note; relating to advancing racial equity and 2
136	136	support for underserved communities through 3
137	137	the Federal Government). 4
138	138	(B) Executive Order 13988 (42 U.S.C. 5
139	139	2000e note; relating to preventing and com-6
140	140	bating discrimination on the basis of gender 7
141	141	identity or sexual orientation). 8
142	142	(C) Executive Order 14020, (42 U.S.C. 9
143	143	2000e note; relating to the establishment of the 10
144	144	White House Gender Policy Council). 11
145	145	(D) Executive Order 14031 (42 U.S.C. 12
146	146	3501 note; relating to advancing equity, justice, 13
147	147	and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native 14
148	148	Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders). 15
149	149	(E) Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 16
150	150	2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, inclu-17
151	151	sion, and accessibility in the Federal work-18
152	152	force). 19
153	153	(F) Executive Order 14091 (5 U.S.C. 601 20
154	154	note; relating to further advancing racial equity 21
155	155	and support for underserved communities 22
156	156	through the Federal Government). 23
157	157	(G) The National Security Memorandum 24
158	158	on ‘‘Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and 25
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162	162	National Security Workforce, Institutions, and 1
163	163	Partnerships (NSM–03)’’, dated February 4, 2
164	164	2021. 3
165	165	(H) The National Security Memorandum 4
166	166	on Advancing the ‘‘Human Rights of Lesbian, 5
167	167	Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 6
168	168	Intersex Persons Around the World (NSM– 7
169	169	04)’’, dated February 4, 2021. 8
170	170	(b) C
171	171	ARRYINGOUTRESCINDEDEXECUTIVEORDERS 9
172	172	ANDMEMORANDA.—The head of an executive agency, as 10
173	173	defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, may 11
174	174	not carry out an Executive order or memorandum de-12
175	175	scribed in subsection (a)(2). 13
176	176	(c) P
177	177	ROGRAMS ANDOFFICE.— 14
178	178	(1) I
179	179	N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 15
180	180	the date of enactment of this Act, the head of a 16
181	181	Federal agency under which any program or office 17
182	182	carries out an Executive order or memorandum de-18
183	183	scribed in subsection (a)(2) between the date of en-19
184	184	actment of this Act and 90 days after the date of 20
185	185	enactment of this Act shall close, terminate, and 21
186	186	wind up the program or office. 22
187	187	(2) N
188	188	O REASSIGNMENT.—The head of a Fed-23
189	189	eral agency that closes, terminates, and winds up a 24
190	190	program or office under paragraph (1)— 25
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194	194	(A) shall undertake an appropriate reduc-1
195	195	tion in force; and 2
196	196	(B) may not transfer, reassign, or redesig-3
197	197	nate any employee or contractor with a position 4
198	198	or function that is eliminated by operation of 5
199	199	this subsection. 6
200	200	SEC. 102. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 7
201	201	(a) I
202	202	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8
203	203	date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 9
204	204	of Personnel Management shall— 10
205	205	(1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 11
206	206	manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 12
207	207	of the Office such that all such material is in compli-13
208	208	ance with and consistent with this Act and the 14
209	209	amendments made by this Act; 15
210	210	(2) revise so as to effectively rescind all regula-16
211	211	tions, policies, procedures, manuals, circulars, 17
212	212	courses, training, and guidance of the Office that 18
213	213	were promulgated, adopted, or implemented to com-19
214	214	ply with the Executive orders and memoranda de-20
215	215	scribed in section 101(a)(2); 21
216	216	(3) terminate, close, and wind up the Office of 22
217	217	Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the 23
218	218	Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this 24
219	219	paragraph as ‘‘ODEIA’’) and undertake an appro-25
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223	223	priate reduction in force with respect to, and not 1
224	224	transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees or 2
225	225	contractors of ODEIA, the positions or functions of 3
226	226	whom are eliminated by operation of this Act or the 4
227	227	amendments made by this Act; and 5
228	228	(4) terminate, close, and wind up the Chief Di-6
229	229	versity Officers Executive Council and undertake an 7
230	230	appropriate reduction in force with respect to, and 8
231	231	not transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees 9
232	232	or contractors of that Council, the positions or func-10
233	233	tions of whom are eliminated by operation of this 11
234	234	Act or the amendments made by this Act. 12
235	235	(b) C
236	236	HIEFDIVERSITYOFFICERSEXECUTIVECOUN-13
237	237	CILCHARTER.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 14
238	238	Act, the charter of the Chief Diversity Officers Executive 15
239	239	Council is revoked. 16
240	240	(c) P
241	241	ROHIBITION ON RACISM INGOVERNMENT.— 17
242	242	Section 1104 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 18
243	243	by adding at the end the following: 19
244	244	‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘prohibited diver-20
245	245	sity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the meaning given 21
246	246	the term in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 22
247	247	‘‘(2) Racist behavior and racist training in the Gov-23
248	248	ernment are prohibited, including any of the following: 24
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252	252	‘‘(A) Discriminating for or against any person 1
253	253	on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi-2
254	254	cal sex, or national origin. 3
255	255	‘‘(B) Training, education, coursework, or use of 4
256	256	other pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, 5
257	257	color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national 6
258	258	origin is inherently or systemically superior or infe-7
259	259	rior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 8
260	260	unprivileged. 9
261	261	‘‘(C) Maintaining an office, bureau, division, or 10
262	262	other organization to further promote or enforce a 11
263	263	prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 12
264	264	‘‘(D) Retaining or employing a consultant or 13
265	265	advisor to further promote or enforce a prohibited 14
266	266	diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 15
267	267	‘‘(E) Maintaining a rule, a regulation, a policy, 16
268	268	guidance, a guideline, management control, a prac-17
269	269	tice, a requirement, training, education, coursework, 18
270	270	or a similar device to further promote or enforce a 19
271	271	prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 20
272	272	‘‘(F) Requiring as a condition of employment, 21
273	273	as a condition for promotion or advancement, or as 22
274	274	a condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 23
275	275	submitting written materials, the signing of or as-24
276	276	sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 25
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280	280	or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 1
281	281	employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli-2
282	282	gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 3
283	283	or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-4
284	284	pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 5
285	285	‘‘(3) The Office shall establish standards that shall— 6
286	286	‘‘(A) apply to the activities of the Office or any 7
287	287	other agency under authority delegated under sub-8
288	288	section (a); 9
289	289	‘‘(B) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 10
290	290	in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 11
291	291	this subsection; 12
292	292	‘‘(C) ensure compliance with this subsection; 13
293	293	‘‘(D) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 14
294	294	Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 15
295	295	‘‘(E) be in accordance with the merit system 16
296	296	principles under section 2301. 17
297	297	‘‘(4) The Office shall establish and maintain an over-18
298	298	sight program to ensure that activities under any author-19
299	299	ity delegated under subsection (a)— 20
300	300	‘‘(A) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 21
301	301	in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 22
302	302	this subsection; 23
303	303	‘‘(B) ensure compliance with this subsection; 24
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307	307	‘‘(C) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 1
308	308	Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 2
309	309	‘‘(D) are in accordance with the merit system 3
310	310	principles under section 2301.’’. 4
311	311	SEC. 103. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 5
312	312	Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 6
313	313	of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 7
314	314	Budget shall— 8
315	315	(1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 9
316	316	manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 10
317	317	of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure 11
318	318	those regulations, policies, procedures, manuals, cir-12
319	319	culars, courses, training, and guidance are in compli-13
320	320	ance and consistent with this Act and the amend-14
321	321	ments made by this Act; 15
322	322	(2) rescind all regulations, policies, procedures, 16
323	323	manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 17
324	324	of the Office of Management and Budget that were 18
325	325	promulgated, adopted, or implemented to comply 19
326	326	with the Executive orders and memoranda described 20
327	327	in section 101(a)(2); and 21
328	328	(3) rescind the version of Circular A–4 of the 22
329	329	Office of Management and Budget adopted on No-23
330	330	vember 9, 2023. 24
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334	334	SEC. 104. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 1
335	335	(a) A
336	336	GENCYDEFINED.—In this chapter, the term 2
337	337	‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3502 3
338	338	of title 44. 4
339	339	(b) S
340	340	TOPPINGRACISM IN THEFEDERALGOVERN-5
341	341	MENT.— 6
342	342	(1) I
343	343	N GENERAL.—No Federal funds appro-7
344	344	priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 8
345	345	used for the purpose of maintaining in any agency 9
346	346	an— 10
347	347	(A) office relating to diversity, equity, in-11
348	348	clusion, or accessibility; or 12
349	349	(B) a substantially similar office. 13
350	350	(2) P
351	351	ROHIBITION.—No Federal funds appro-14
352	352	priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 15
353	353	used for the purposes of— 16
354	354	(A) maintaining in any agency the Chief 17
355	355	Diversity Officers Executive Council or a sub-18
356	356	stantially similar council; 19
357	357	(B) maintaining or employing in any agen-20
358	358	cy a chief diversity officer or a substantially 21
359	359	similar officer; 22
360	360	(C) subject to paragraph (3), developing, 23
361	361	implementing, distributing, or publishing in any 24
362	362	agency— 25
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366	366	(i) plans, strategic plan, reports, or 1
367	367	surveys relating to diversity, equity, inclu-2
368	368	sion, and accessibility; and 3
369	369	(ii) action plans, reports, or surveys 4
370	370	relating to equity or substantially similar 5
371	371	plans, reports, or surveys; 6
372	372	(D) developing, implementing, or maintain-7
373	373	ing in any agency an employee resource group 8
374	374	or an affinity group based on race, color, eth-9
375	375	nicity, religion, national origin, sexual orienta-10
376	376	tion, or gender identity; 11
377	377	(E) developing, implementing, or maintain-12
378	378	ing in any agency an agency equity team or a 13
379	379	substantially similar team; 14
380	380	(F) maintaining the White House Environ-15
381	381	mental Justice Interagency Council or a sub-16
382	382	stantially similar Council; 17
383	383	(G) maintaining the Equitable Data Work-18
384	384	ing Group or substantially similar group; 19
385	385	(H) developing, implementing, distributing, 20
386	386	publishing, establishing, or purchasing in any 21
387	387	agency— 22
388	388	(i) a training course relating to— 23
389	389	(I) diversity; 24
390	390	(II) equity; 25
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394	394	(III) inclusion; 1
395	395	(IV) a critical theory relating to 2
396	396	race, gender, or otherwise; or 3
397	397	(V) intersectionality; or 4
398	398	(ii) a training course substantiality 5
399	399	similar to a training course described in 6
400	400	clause (i); 7
401	401	(I) developing, implementing, or maintain-8
402	402	ing in any agency a diversity, equity, inclusion, 9
403	403	and accessibility data dashboard or a substan-10
404	404	tially similar data dashboard; 11
405	405	(J) maintaining within the Office of Per-12
406	406	sonnel Management a council relating to diver-13
407	407	sity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility; or 14
408	408	(K) maintaining or employing in any agen-15
409	409	cy a position relating to diversity, equity, inclu-16
410	410	sion, or accessibility. 17
411	411	(3) E
412	412	XCEPTION.—The prohibition under para-18
413	413	graph (2)(C) shall not apply to a plan, report, or 19
414	414	survey required by law. 20
415	415	(4) R
416	416	ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 21
417	417	section shall be construed to prevent the mainte-22
418	418	nance and funding of— 23
419	419	(A) Equal Employment Opportunity offices 24
420	420	as historically organized and operated; or 25
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424	424	(B) an office enforcing the Americans with 1
425	425	Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 2
426	426	seq.) or similar programs or offices as histori-3
427	427	cally organized and operated. 4
428	428	SEC. 105. DEI OFFICES CLOSED. 5
429	429	(a) I
430	430	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after date 6
431	431	of enactment of this Act, the head of any Federal agency 7
432	432	that has an office relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 8
433	433	or accessibility— 9
434	434	(1) shall— 10
435	435	(A) terminate, close, and wind up that of-11
436	436	fice; and 12
437	437	(B) undertake an appropriate reduction in 13
438	438	force; and 14
439	439	(2) may not transfer, reassign, or redesignate 15
440	440	any employee or contractor with a position or func-16
441	441	tion that is eliminated by operation of this sub-17
442	442	section. 18
443	443	(b) A
444	444	PPLICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 19
445	445	construed to prevent the maintenance and funding of— 20
446	446	(1) Equal Employment Opportunity offices as 21
447	447	historically organized and operated; or 22
448	448	(2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis-23
449	449	abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 24
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453	453	similar programs or offices as historically organized 1
454	454	and operated. 2
455	455	SEC. 106. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES. 3
456	456	(a) I
457	457	NGENERAL.—Section 2302(b) of title 5, United 4
458	458	States Code, is amended— 5
459	459	(1) in paragraph (13)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 6
460	460	the end; 7
461	461	(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 8
462	462	the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 9
463	463	(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-10
464	464	lowing: 11
465	465	‘‘(15) take or fail to take, or threaten to take 12
466	466	or fail to take, any personnel action against any em-13
467	467	ployee or applicant for employment because of the 14
468	468	failure of the employee or applicant to— 15
469	469	‘‘(A) complete training with respect to di-16
470	470	versity, equity, or inclusion, critical theory (re-17
471	471	lating to race, gender, or otherwise), 18
472	472	intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender 19
473	473	identity, or any substantially similar theory or 20
474	474	policy; 21
475	475	‘‘(B) complete training that asserts or re-22
476	476	quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 23
477	477	color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-24
478	478	tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-25
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481	481	•S 382 IS
482	482	rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv-1
483	483	ileged or unprivileged; 2
484	484	‘‘(C) sign or assent to (which may be by 3
485	485	executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 4
486	486	of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de-5
487	487	vice with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-6
488	488	sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or 7
489	489	otherwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation 8
490	490	or gender identity, or any substantially similar 9
491	491	theory or policy; 10
492	492	‘‘(D) sign or assent to (which may be by 11
493	493	executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 12
494	494	of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de-13
495	495	vice that asserts or requires assent by the em-14
496	496	ployee or applicant that a particular race, color, 15
497	497	ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or-16
498	498	igin is inherently or systemically superior or in-17
499	499	ferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 18
500	500	unprivileged; 19
501	501	‘‘(E) take any other action that would re-20
502	502	quire the treatment of any individual advan-21
503	503	tageously or disadvantageously on the basis of 22
504	504	that individual’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, 23
505	505	biological sex, or national origin; or 24
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508	508	•S 382 IS
509	509	‘‘(F) limit, segregate, or classify employees 1
510	510	or applicants for employment in any way that 2
511	511	would deprive or tend to deprive any individual 3
512	512	of an employment opportunity, or otherwise ad-4
513	513	versely affect the status of the individual as an 5
514	514	employee, because of the race, color, ethnicity, 6
515	515	religion, biological sex, or national origin of the 7
516	516	individual.’’. 8
517	517	(b) P
518	518	ERFORMANCE APPRAISALSYSTEMS.—Section 9
519	519	4302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 10
520	520	at the end the following: 11
521	521	‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad-12
522	522	versely evaluate an employee for the failure of the em-13
523	523	ployee to— 14
524	524	‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 15
525	525	equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 16
526	526	gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori-17
527	527	entation or gender identity, or any substantially 18
528	528	similar theory or policy; 19
529	529	‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 20
530	530	trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth-21
531	531	nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 22
532	532	inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-23
533	533	pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 24
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536	536	•S 382 IS
537	537	‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-1
538	538	cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-2
539	539	duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re-3
540	540	spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the-4
541	541	ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 5
542	542	intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden-6
543	543	tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 7
544	544	‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-8
545	545	cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-9
546	546	duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as-10
547	547	serts or requires assent by the employee that a par-11
548	548	ticular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 12
549	549	or national origin is inherently or systemically supe-13
550	550	rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privi-14
551	551	leged or unprivileged; 15
552	552	‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 16
553	553	the treatment of any individual advantageously or 17
554	554	disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 18
555	555	race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-19
556	556	tional origin; or 20
557	557	‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 21
558	558	applicants for employment in any way that would 22
559	559	deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em-23
560	560	ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 24
561	561	the status of the individual as an employee, because 25
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564	564	•S 382 IS
565	565	of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 1
566	566	or national origin of the individual.’’. 2
567	567	(c) SES P
568	568	ERFORMANCEAPPRAISALSYSTEMS.—Sec-3
569	569	tion 4312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 4
570	570	adding at the end the following: 5
571	571	‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad-6
572	572	versely evaluate a senior executive for the failure of the 7
573	573	senior executive to— 8
574	574	‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 9
575	575	equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 10
576	576	gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori-11
577	577	entation or gender identity, or any substantially 12
578	578	similar theory or policy; 13
579	579	‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 14
580	580	trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth-15
581	581	nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 16
582	582	inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op-17
583	583	pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 18
584	584	‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-19
585	585	cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-20
586	586	duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re-21
587	587	spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the-22
588	588	ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 23
589	589	intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden-24
590	590	tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 25
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593	593	•S 382 IS
594	594	‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe-1
595	595	cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con-2
596	596	duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as-3
597	597	serts or requires assent by the senior executive that 4
598	598	a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological 5
599	599	sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically 6
600	600	superior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv-7
601	601	ileged or unprivileged; 8
602	602	‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 9
603	603	the treatment of any individual advantageously or 10
604	604	disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 11
605	605	race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-12
606	606	tional origin; or 13
607	607	‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 14
608	608	applicants for employment in any way that would 15
609	609	deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em-16
610	610	ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 17
611	611	the status of the individual as an employee, because 18
612	612	of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 19
613	613	or national origin of the individual.’’. 20
614	614	TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING 21
615	615	SEC. 201. GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING. 22
616	616	(a) I
617	617	NGENERAL.—Section 4103 of title 5, United 23
618	618	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-24
619	619	lowing: 25
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622	622	•S 382 IS
623	623	‘‘(d) No training program or plan may be developed, 1
624	624	implemented, distributed, published, established, or pur-2
625	625	chased under this section— 3
626	626	‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-4
627	627	sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-5
628	628	erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-6
629	629	der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 7
630	630	policy; or 8
631	631	‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-9
632	632	sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 10
633	633	biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-11
634	634	temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-12
635	635	pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 13
636	636	‘‘(e) No employee may be required to complete train-14
637	637	ing under a program or plan established under this sec-15
638	638	tion— 16
639	639	‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-17
640	640	sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-18
641	641	erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-19
642	642	der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 20
643	643	policy; or 21
644	644	‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-22
645	645	sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 23
646	646	biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-24
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649	649	•S 382 IS
650	650	temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-1
651	651	pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 2
652	652	(b) R
653	653	EGULATIONS.—Section 4118 of title 5, United 3
654	654	States Code, is amended— 4
655	655	(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘This section’’ 5
656	656	and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d), 6
657	657	this section’’; and 7
658	658	(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
659	659	‘‘(d) The Office shall, in the regulations prescribed 9
660	660	under this section, provide that no training program or 10
661	661	plan may be developed, implemented, distributed, pub-11
662	662	lished, established, or purchased— 12
663	663	‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu-13
664	664	sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth-14
665	665	erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen-15
666	666	der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 16
667	667	policy; or 17
668	668	‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as-18
669	669	sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 19
670	670	biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-20
671	671	temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op-21
672	672	pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 22
673	673	SEC. 202. USE OF FUNDS. 23
674	674	No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 24
675	675	by law shall be used for the purpose of developing, imple-25
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678	678	•S 382 IS
679	679	menting, distributing, publishing or purchasing in any 1
680	680	Federal agency a training course— 2
681	681	(1) relating to— 3
682	682	(A) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi-4
683	683	bility; 5
684	684	(B) a critical theory relating to race, gen-6
685	685	der, or otherwise; or 7
686	686	(C) intersectionality, sexual orientation, or 8
687	687	gender identity; or 9
688	688	(2) that asserts or requires trainees to assert 10
689	689	that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, bio-11
690	690	logical sex, or national origin is inherently or sys-12
691	691	temically superior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, 13
692	692	privileged, or unprivileged. 14
693	693	TITLE III—FEDERAL 15
694	694	CONTRACTING 16
695	695	SEC. 301. REQUIRED CONTRACT TERMS. 17
696	696	(a) C
697	697	ONTRACTSEXCEEDING$10,000.—Section 6502 18
698	698	of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 19
699	699	the end the following: 20
700	700	‘‘(5) P
701	701	ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN-21
702	702	CLUSION PRACTICE.—No part of the contract will be 22
703	703	performed, and no materials, supplies, articles, or 23
704	704	equipment will be manufactured or fabricated under 24
705	705	the contract, in plants, factories, buildings, or sur-25
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708	708	•S 382 IS
709	709	roundings, under working conditions or in a working 1
710	710	environment, provided by or under the control or su-2
711	711	pervision of a contractor or any subcontractor who 3
712	712	is subject to, or required to comply with, a prohib-4
713	713	ited diversity, equity or inclusion practice (as defined 5
714	714	in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 6
715	715	(b) C
716	716	ONTRACTS INOTHERAMOUNTS.—Section 6703 7
717	717	of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 8
718	718	the end the following: 9
719	719	‘‘(6) P
720	720	ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN-10
721	721	CLUSION PRACTICE.—The contract and bid specifica-11
722	722	tion shall contain a provision specifying that no part 12
723	723	of the services covered by this chapter may be per-13
724	724	formed in buildings or surroundings, under working 14
725	725	conditions or in a working environment, provided by 15
726	726	or under the control or supervision of a contractor 16
727	727	or any subcontractor who is subject to, or required 17
728	728	to comply with, a prohibited diversity, equity or in-18
729	729	clusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of the 19
730	730	Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 20
731	731	SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION. 21
732	732	(a) I
733	733	NGENERAL.—Section 122 of title 40, United 22
734	734	States Code, is amended to read as follows: 23
735	735	‘‘§ 122. Prohibition on discrimination 24
736	736	‘‘(a) P
737	737	ROHIBITION.— 25
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740	740	•S 382 IS
741	741	‘‘(1) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED .—With re-1
742	742	spect to a program or activity carried out or receiv-2
743	743	ing Federal assistance under this subtitle, an indi-3
744	744	vidual may not be, based on race, color, biological 4
745	745	sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin— 5
746	746	‘‘(A) excluded from participation; 6
747	747	‘‘(B) denied benefits; or 7
748	748	‘‘(C) otherwise discriminated against. 8
749	749	‘‘(2) P
750	750	ROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND IN-9
751	751	CLUSION PRACTICES.—With respect to a program or 10
752	752	activity carried out or receiving Federal assistance 11
753	753	under this subtitle, an individual may not be subject 12
754	754	to or required to comply with a prohibited diversity, 13
755	755	equity, and inclusion practice (as defined in section 14
756	756	1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 15
757	757	‘‘(b) E
758	758	NFORCEMENT.— 16
759	759	‘‘(1) I
760	760	N GENERAL.—The heads of Federal agen-17
761	761	cies shall enforce subsection (a) through rules, regu-18
762	762	lations, policies, and other executive actions of the 19
763	763	agency that are similar to rules, regulations, policies, 20
764	764	and other executive actions established with respect 21
765	765	to racial and other discrimination under title VI of 22
766	766	the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 23
767	767	seq.). 24
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770	770	•S 382 IS
771	771	‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Any enforce-1
772	772	ment under paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 2
773	773	bar an individual from pursuing any other legal rem-3
774	774	edy available to the individual as a result of an ac-4
775	775	tion constituting a violation of subsection (a).’’. 5
776	776	(b) C
777	777	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 6
778	778	for title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking 7
779	779	the item relating to section 122 and inserting the fol-8
780	780	lowing: 9
781	781	‘‘122. Prohibition on discrimination.’’.
782	782	SEC. 303. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.
783	783	10
784	784	(a) P
785	785	ROHIBITION.—No funds appropriated or other-11
786	786	wise made available by Federal law may be used by a Fed-12
787	787	eral contractor for purpose of— 13
788	788	(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 14
789	789	equity, inclusion, or accessibility or a substantially 15
790	790	similar office; 16
791	791	(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 17
792	792	officer or a substantially similar officer; or 18
793	793	(3) developing, implementing, distributing, pub-19
794	794	lishing or purchasing— 20
795	795	(A) a training course relating to— 21
796	796	(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-22
797	797	cessibility; 23
798	798	(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 24
799	799	gender, or otherwise; 25
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802	802	•S 382 IS
803	803	(iii) intersectionality; or 1
804	804	(iv) sexual orientation or gender iden-2
805	805	tity; 3
806	806	(B) a training course that is substantially 4
807	807	similar to a training course described in sub-5
808	808	paragraph (A); or 6
809	809	(C) a training course that asserts or re-7
810	810	quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 8
811	811	color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na-9
812	812	tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-10
813	813	rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged, 11
814	814	or unprivileged. 12
815	815	(b) R
816	816	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-13
817	817	tion shall be construed to prevent— 14
818	818	(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 15
819	819	Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga-16
820	820	nized and operated; 17
821	821	(2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis-18
822	822	abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 19
823	823	similar programs or offices as historically organized 20
824	824	and operated; or 21
825	825	(3) a Federal contractor from using non-Fed-22
826	826	eral funds as the Federal contractor so determines. 23
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829	829	•S 382 IS
830	830	TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS 1
831	831	AND COOPERATIVE AGREE-2
832	832	MENTS 3
833	833	SEC. 401. REQUIRED GRANT AGREEMENT TERMS. 4
834	834	(a) I
835	835	NGENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 5
836	836	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
837	837	lowing: 7
838	838	‘‘§ 6310. Grants and grant agreements 8
839	839	‘‘(a) G
840	840	RANTAGREEMENTREQUIREDTERMS.—The 9
841	841	head of an executive agency may not provide a grant to 10
842	842	any recipient unless the head of the executive agency and 11
843	843	the recipient enter into a grant agreement that contains 12
844	844	a provision specifying that no funds appropriated or other-13
845	845	wise made available by Federal law shall be used by the 14
846	846	grant recipient for purpose of— 15
847	847	‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 16
848	848	equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 17
849	849	‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 18
850	850	officer or a substantially similar officer; 19
851	851	‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 20
852	852	publishing, or purchasing— 21
853	853	‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 22
854	854	‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-23
855	855	cessibility; 24
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858	858	•S 382 IS
859	859	‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 1
860	860	gender, or otherwise; 2
861	861	‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 3
862	862	‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 4
863	863	identity; 5
864	864	‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 6
865	865	to the training courses described in subpara-7
866	866	graph (A); or 8
867	867	‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re-9
868	868	quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 10
869	869	color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na-11
870	870	tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-12
871	871	rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 13
872	872	or unprivileged; or 14
873	873	‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 15
874	874	or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 16
875	875	the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 17
876	876	‘‘(b) E
877	877	QUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF-18
878	878	FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-19
879	879	vent— 20
880	880	‘‘(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 21
881	881	Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga-22
882	882	nized and operated; 23
883	883	‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 24
884	884	Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 25
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887	887	•S 382 IS
888	888	or similar programs or offices as historically orga-1
889	889	nized and operated; or 2
890	890	‘‘(3) a recipient of a grant from an executive 3
891	891	agency from using non-Federal funds as the recipi-4
892	892	ent so determines. 5
893	893	‘‘(c) A
894	894	PPLICATION TOHBCUS.—Nothing in this sec-6
895	895	tion shall be construed to prevent the maintenance and 7
896	896	funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.’’. 8
897	897	(b) C
898	898	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 9
899	899	for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code is amended 10
900	900	by adding at the end the following: 11
901	901	‘‘6310. Grants and grant agreements.’’.
902	902	SEC. 402. REQUIRED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TERMS.
903	903	12
904	904	(a) I
905	905	NGENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 13
906	906	States Code, as amended by section 401(a), is further 14
907	907	amended by adding at the end the following: 15
908	908	‘‘§ 6311. Cooperative agreements 16
909	909	‘‘(a) C
910	910	OOPERATIVE AGREEMENT REQUIRED 17
911	911	T
912	912	ERMS.—The head of an executive agency may not enter 18
913	913	into a cooperative agreement with a party unless the coop-19
914	914	erative agreement contains a provision specifying that no 20
915	915	funds appropriated or otherwise made available by Federal 21
916	916	law shall be used by any party to the cooperative agree-22
917	917	ment for purpose of— 23
918	918	‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 24
919	919	equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 25
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923	923	‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 1
924	924	officer or a substantially similar officer; 2
925	925	‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 3
926	926	publishing, or purchasing— 4
927	927	‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 5
928	928	‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac-6
929	929	cessibility; 7
930	930	‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 8
931	931	gender, or otherwise; 9
932	932	‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 10
933	933	‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 11
934	934	identity; 12
935	935	‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 13
936	936	to the training courses described in subpara-14
937	937	graph (A); or 15
938	938	‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re-16
939	939	quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 17
940	940	color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na-18
941	941	tional origin is inherently or systemically supe-19
942	942	rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 20
943	943	or unprivileged; or 21
944	944	‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 22
945	945	or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 23
946	946	the Civil Rights Act of 1964.). 24
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950	950	‘‘(b) EQUALEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF-1
951	951	FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 2
952	952	‘‘(1) prevent the maintenance and funding of an 3
953	953	Equal Employment Opportunity office, as histori-4
954	954	cally organized and operated; 5
955	955	‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 6
956	956	Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 7
957	957	or similar programs or offices as historically orga-8
958	958	nized and operated; or 9
959	959	‘‘(3) prevent a party to an cooperative agree-10
960	960	ment with an executive agency from using non-Fed-11
961	961	eral funds as the party so determines.’’. 12
962	962	(b) C
963	963	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 13
964	964	for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 14
965	965	by section 401(b), is further amended by adding at the 15
966	966	end the following: 16
967	967	‘‘6311. Cooperative agreements.’’.
968	968	TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY 17
969	969	COMMITTEES 18
970	970	SEC. 501. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 19
971	971	PRACTICES. 20
972	972	(a) I
973	973	NGENERAL.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 21
974	974	States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 22
975	975	Committee Act’’), is amended by adding at the end the 23
976	976	following: 24
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980	980	‘‘SEC. 1015. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRAC-1
981	981	TICES. 2
982	982	‘‘(a) P
983	983	ROHIBITEDDIVERSITY, EQUITY, ANDINCLU-3
984	984	SIONPRACTICEDEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘pro-4
985	985	hibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the 5
986	986	meaning given that term in section 1201 of the Civil 6
987	987	Rights Act of 1964. 7
988	988	‘‘(b) P
989	989	ROHIBITION.—The following may not author-8
990	990	ize, permit, or implement a prohibited diversity, equity, 9
991	991	or inclusion practice with respect to any advisory com-10
992	992	mittee established by the head of an agency: 11
993	993	‘‘(1) The Administrator. 12
994	994	‘‘(2) The agency head. 13
995	995	‘‘(3) The chair of the advisory committee. 14
996	996	‘‘(4) The advisory committee. 15
997	997	‘‘(c) T
998	998	ERMINATION OFCOMMITTEE.— 16
999	999	‘‘(1) F
1000	1000	INDING BY ADMINISTRATOR .—With re-17
1001	1001	spect to an advisory committee, if the Administrator 18
1002	1002	finds that the applicable agency head, the chair of 19
1003	1003	the advisory committee, or the advisory committee 20
1004	1004	authorized, permitted, or implemented a prohibited 21
1005	1005	diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, then the advi-22
1006	1006	sory committee shall terminate not later than 30 23
1007	1007	days after the Administrator makes such finding. 24
1008	1008	‘‘(2) F
1009	1009	INDING BY INSPECTOR GENERAL .—With 25
1010	1010	respect to an advisory committee, if the Inspector 26
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1014	1014	General for the agency that established the advisory 1
1015	1015	committee finds that the applicable agency head, 2
1016	1016	chair of the advisory committee, or the advisory 3
1017	1017	committee authorized, permitted, or implemented a 4
1018	1018	prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, 5
1019	1019	then the advisory committee shall terminate not 6
1020	1020	later than 30 days after the Inspector General 7
1021	1021	makes such finding. 8
1022	1022	‘‘(d) A
1023	1023	CTION.— 9
1024	1024	‘‘(1) I
1025	1025	N GENERAL.—Any person may bring an 10
1026	1026	action in any United States district court seeking a 11
1027	1027	determination that the Administrator, any agency 12
1028	1028	head, any chair of an advisory committee, or any ad-13
1029	1029	visory committee authorized, permitted, or imple-14
1030	1030	mented a prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion 15
1031	1031	practice with respect to an advisory committee. 16
1032	1032	‘‘(2) O
1033	1033	RDER DIRECTING TERMINATION OF ADVI -17
1034	1034	SORY COMMITTEE.—If after an evidentiary hearing, 18
1035	1035	a court determines that the defendant authorized, 19
1036	1036	permitted, or implemented a prohibited diversity, eq-20
1037	1037	uity, or inclusion practice, the court shall issue an 21
1038	1038	order directing the Administrator to immediately 22
1039	1039	terminate that advisory committee. 23
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1043	1043	‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AWARDS .— In an action 1
1044	1044	brought under this subsection in which the plaintiff 2
1045	1045	prevails, the court may award— 3
1046	1046	‘‘(A) a Writ of Mandamus or other equi-4
1047	1047	table or declaratory relief; 5
1048	1048	‘‘(B) a minimum of $1,000 per violation 6
1049	1049	per day; 7
1050	1050	‘‘(C) reasonable attorney’s fees and litiga-8
1051	1051	tion costs; 9
1052	1052	‘‘(D) compensatory damages; and 10
1053	1053	‘‘(E) all other appropriate relief.’’. 11
1054	1054	(b) C
1055	1055	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 12
1056	1056	for chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 13
1057	1057	by inserting after the item relating to section 1014 the 14
1058	1058	following: 15
1059	1059	‘‘1015. Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.’’.
1060	1060	SEC. 502. ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES.
1061	1061	16
1062	1062	(a) C
1063	1063	OMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1006 17
1064	1064	of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 18
1065	1065	(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the word 19
1066	1066	‘‘or’’ at the end; 20
1067	1067	(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 21
1068	1068	at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 22
1069	1069	(3) by adding at the end the following: 23
1070	1070	‘‘(E) whether the committee is in compli-24
1071	1071	ance with the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 25
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1075	1075	(b) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS.— 1
1076	1076	Section 1006 of title 5, United States Code, is further 2
1077	1077	amended by adding at the end the following: 3
1078	1078	‘‘(f) G
1079	1079	UIDELINES ANDMANAGEMENTCONTROLSRE-4
1080	1080	LATED TO THE ENDRACISM INFEDERALADVISORY 5
1081	1081	C
1082	1082	OMMITTEESACT.—The Administrator shall— 6
1083	1083	‘‘(1) prescribe administrative guidelines and 7
1084	1084	management controls applicable to advisory commit-8
1085	1085	tees to enforce the requirements of the Dismantle 9
1086	1086	DEI Act of 2025; and 10
1087	1087	‘‘(2) ensure that the Committee Management 11
1088	1088	Secretariat complies with and enforces the require-12
1089	1089	ments of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 13
1090	1090	(c) R
1091	1091	EVISEDRULES, REGULATIONS AND GUID-14
1092	1092	ANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-15
1093	1093	ment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all 16
1094	1094	rules, regulations, policies, guidance, guidelines, manage-17
1095	1095	ment controls, governing documents, practices, require-18
1096	1096	ments, training, education, coursework, or similar devices 19
1097	1097	are revised to the extent that they are inconsistent with 20
1098	1098	this Act. 21
1099	1099	SEC. 503. AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES. 22
1100	1100	(a) A
1101	1101	GENCYHEADRESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection 23
1102	1102	(a) of section 1007 of title 5, United States Code, is 24
1103	1103	amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each agency 25
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1107	1107	head shall establish uniform administrative guidelines and 1
1108	1108	management controls to ensure compliance with the Dis-2
1109	1109	mantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 3
1110	1110	(b) C
1111	1111	OMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 1007 of 4
1112	1112	title 5, United States Code, is amended— 5
1113	1113	(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 6
1114	1114	end; 7
1115	1115	(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 8
1116	1116	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 9
1117	1117	(3) by adding at the end the following: 10
1118	1118	‘‘(4) ensure compliance with the Dismantle DEI 11
1119	1119	Act of 2025.’’. 12
1120	1120	TITLE VI—EDUCATION 13
1121	1121	SEC. 601. STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF ACCRED-14
1122	1122	ITING AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 15
1123	1123	Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16
1124	1124	(20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended— 17
1125	1125	(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 18
1126	1126	end; 19
1127	1127	(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 20
1128	1128	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 21
1129	1129	(3) by adding at the end the following: 22
1130	1130	‘‘(10) confirms that the standards for accredita-23
1131	1131	tion of the agency or association do not— 24
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1135	1135	‘‘(A) require, encourage, or coerce any in-1
1136	1136	stitution of higher education to engage in pro-2
1137	1137	hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices 3
1138	1138	(as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 4
1139	1139	Act of 1964); 5
1140	1140	‘‘(B) assess the commitment of an institu-6
1141	1141	tion of higher education to any ideology, belief, 7
1142	1142	or viewpoint; 8
1143	1143	‘‘(C) prohibit or discourage an institution 9
1144	1144	of higher education from engaging in activity 10
1145	1145	protected by the Constitution, including having 11
1146	1146	a religious mission, operating as a religious in-12
1147	1147	stitution, or being controlled by or associated 13
1148	1148	with a religious organization; or 14
1149	1149	‘‘(D) discriminate against an institution of 15
1150	1150	higher education for engaging in religious 16
1151	1151	speech, religious practice, or religious exer-17
1152	1152	cise.’’. 18
1153	1153	SEC. 602. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY 19
1154	1154	OF EDUCATION. 20
1155	1155	Section 8527 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-21
1156	1156	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) is amended by add-22
1157	1157	ing at the end the following: 23
1158	1158	‘‘(e) P
1159	1159	ROHIBITION; RULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 24
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1163	1163	‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds pro-1
1164	1164	vided to the Secretary of Education under this Act 2
1165	1165	may be used by the Secretary, including through a 3
1166	1166	grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to— 4
1167	1167	‘‘(A) maintain an Office of Diversity, Eq-5
1168	1168	uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, an Office of 6
1169	1169	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, an Office of 7
1170	1170	Diversity and Inclusion, a Diversity Office or a 8
1171	1171	substantially similar office; 9
1172	1172	‘‘(B) maintain or employ a Chief Diversity 10
1173	1173	Officer or substantially similar officer; 11
1174	1174	‘‘(C) develop, implement, distribute, pub-12
1175	1175	lish, or purchase a training course or substan-13
1176	1176	tially similar course relating to any of the fol-14
1177	1177	lowing— 15
1178	1178	‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, and 16
1179	1179	accessibility (DEIA); 17
1180	1180	‘‘(ii) diversity, equity, and inclusion; 18
1181	1181	‘‘(iii) diversity and inclusion; 19
1182	1182	‘‘(iv) diversity; 20
1183	1183	‘‘(v) critical theory (race, gender, or 21
1184	1184	otherwise); 22
1185	1185	‘‘(vi) intersectionality; or 23
1186	1186	‘‘(vii) sexual orientation or gender 24
1187	1187	identity; or 25
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1191	1191	‘‘(D) develop, implement, distribute, pub-1
1192	1192	lish, or purchase a training course or substan-2
1193	1193	tially similar course that asserts or requires 3
1194	1194	trainees to assert that a particular race, color 4
1195	1195	ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or-5
1196	1196	igin is inherently or systemically superior, infe-6
1197	1197	rior, oppressive or oppressed, privileged or 7
1198	1198	unprivileged. 8
1199	1199	‘‘(2) R
1200	1200	ULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 9
1201	1201	this section shall be construed to— 10
1202	1202	‘‘(A) prohibit the maintenance and funding 11
1203	1203	of Equal Employment Opportunity offices or of-12
1204	1204	ficers, as historically organized and operated; 13
1205	1205	‘‘(B) prohibit the maintenance and funding 14
1206	1206	of offices enforcing the Americans with Disabil-15
1207	1207	ities Act of 1990 or similar programs or offices, 16
1208	1208	as historically organized and operated; or 17
1209	1209	‘‘(C) impact the use of non-Federal funds 18
1210	1210	by a contractor of the Department of Education 19
1211	1211	or by a grant recipient of funds from the Sec-20
1212	1212	retary of Education.’’. 21
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1216	1216	TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 1
1217	1217	SEC. 701. FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, FEDERAL HOME 2
1218	1218	LOAN BANKS, AND FEDERAL HOUSING FI-3
1219	1219	NANCE AGENCY. 4
1220	1220	Section 1319A of the Federal Housing Enterprises 5
1221	1221	Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 6
1222	1222	4520) is repealed. 7
1223	1223	SEC. 702. CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION; CORPORATE 8
1224	1224	BOARDS; SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZA-9
1225	1225	TIONS. 10
1226	1226	(a) R
1227	1227	EPEAL OFOFFICES OFMINORITY ANDWOMEN 11
1228	1228	I
1229	1229	NCLUSION.— 12
1230	1230	(1) I
1231	1231	N GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd- 13
1232	1232	Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 14
1233	1233	Act (12 U.S.C. 5452) is repealed. 15
1234	1234	(2) T
1235	1235	ECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND -16
1236	1236	MENTS.— 17
1237	1237	(A) C
1238	1238	ONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 18
1239	1239	ACT OF 2010.—Section 1016(c) of the Consumer 19
1240	1240	Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 20
1241	1241	5496(c)) is amended— 21
1242	1242	(i) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘and’’ 22
1243	1243	at the end; 23
1244	1244	(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; 24
1245	1245	and’’ and inserting a period; and 25
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1249	1249	(iii) by striking paragraph (9). 1
1250	1250	(B) D
1251	1251	ODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM 2
1252	1252	AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT .—The table 3
1253	1253	of contents for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-4
1254	1254	form and Consumer Protection Act is amended 5
1255	1255	by striking the item relating to section 342. 6
1256	1256	(b) B
1257	1257	OARDS OFPUBLICCOMPANIESSUBJECT TO 7
1258	1258	C
1259	1259	IVILRIGHTSACT.—Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act 8
1260	1260	of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) is amended by adding at the 9
1261	1261	end of subsection (f) the following: ‘‘The term ‘employee’ 10
1262	1262	includes any person who serves on a board of directors 11
1263	1263	of an issuer that has a registration statement in effect 12
1264	1264	as to a security under the Securities Act of 1933 and is 13
1265	1265	compensated by the issuer.’’. 14
1266	1266	(c) P
1267	1267	ROHIBITION ONRACISM.— 15
1268	1268	(1) I
1269	1269	N GENERAL.—The Gramm-Leach-Bliley 16
1270	1270	Act (Public Law 106–102) is amended by inserting 17
1271	1271	after section 503 (15 U.S.C. 6803) the following: 18
1272	1272	‘‘SEC. 503A. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU-19
1273	1273	SION PRACTICES. 20
1274	1274	‘‘No Federal functional regulator shall engage in a 21
1275	1275	prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice (as de-22
1276	1276	fined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) or 23
1277	1277	require (whether by regulation, enforcement action, guid-24
1278	1278	ance, examination or otherwise) that any person regulated 25
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1283	1283	diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 2
1284	1284	(2) C
1285	1285	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-3
1286	1286	tents for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Public Law 4
1287	1287	106–102) is amended by inserting after the item re-5
1288	1288	lating to section 503 the following: 6
1289	1289	‘‘Sec. 503A. Prohibited diversity, equity and inclusion practices.’’.
1290	1290	(d) NATIONALSECURITIESASSOCIATIONS.—Section 7
1291	1291	15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 8
1292	1292	78o–3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9
1293	1293	‘‘(o) P
1294	1294	ROHIBITEDDIVERSITY, EQUITY ANDINCLU-10
1295	1295	SIONPRACTICES.—No national securities association shall 11
1296	1296	engage in a prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion 12
1297	1297	practice (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 13
1298	1298	Act of 1964) or require (whether by rule, enforcement ac-14
1299	1299	tion, guidance, examination, or otherwise) that any mem-15
1300	1300	ber of the national securities association engage in a pro-16
1301	1301	hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 17
1302	1302	(e) C
1303	1303	OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT ADVISORYBOARD 18
1304	1304	M
1305	1305	EMBERREQUIREMENTS.— Section 104(d)(2)(G) of the 19
1306	1306	Community Development Banking and Financial Institu-20
1307	1307	tions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(d)(2)(G)) is amended, 21
1308	1308	in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and racial, 22
1309	1309	ethnic, and gender diversity’’. 23
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1313	1313	SEC. 703. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 1
1314	1314	Section 821 of the Public Health Service Act (42 2
1315	1315	U.S.C. 296m) is repealed. 3
1316	1316	SEC. 704. REPEAL OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 4
1317	1317	PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 5
1318	1318	(a) R
1319	1319	EPEAL OFREPORTINGREQUIREMENTS ON DI-6
1320	1320	VERSITY ANDINCLUSION.—Section 113 of title 10, United 7
1321	1321	States Code, is amended— 8
1322	1322	(1) in subsection (c)— 9
1323	1323	(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 10
1324	1324	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 11
1325	1325	(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 12
1326	1326	(2) in subsection (g)(1)(B)— 13
1327	1327	(A) by striking clause (vii); and 14
1328	1328	(B) by redesignating clauses (viii), (ix), 15
1329	1329	and (x) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respec-16
1330	1330	tively; and 17
1331	1331	(3) by striking subsections (l) and (m) and by 18
1332	1332	redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections 19
1333	1333	(l) and (m), respectively. 20
1334	1334	(b) R
1335	1335	EPEAL OFCHIEFDIVERSITYOFFICER.— 21
1336	1336	(1) I
1337	1337	N GENERAL.—Section 147 of title 10, 22
1338	1338	United States Code, is repealed. 23
1339	1339	(2) C
1340	1340	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-24
1341	1341	tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 25
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1345	1345	amended by striking the item relating to section 1
1346	1346	147. 2
1347	1347	(c) R
1348	1348	EPEAL OFPROGRAM ONDIVERSITY INMILI-3
1349	1349	TARYLEADERSHIP.— 4
1350	1350	(1) I
1351	1351	N GENERAL.—Section 656 of title 10, 5
1352	1352	United States Code, is repealed. 6
1353	1353	(2) C
1354	1354	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-7
1355	1355	tions at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is 8
1356	1356	amended by striking the item relating to section 9
1357	1357	656. 10
1358	1358	SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND 11
1359	1359	COAST GUARD. 12
1360	1360	(a) I
1361	1361	NGENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 845(c) 13
1362	1362	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 415(c)) 14
1363	1363	is repealed. 15
1364	1364	(b) C
1365	1365	OASTGUARD.—Section 1903(d)(2) of title 14, 16
1366	1366	United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, including 17
1367	1367	diversity, inclusion, and issues regarding women specifi-18
1368	1368	cally’’. 19
1369	1369	SEC. 706. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 20
1370	1370	Section 5704 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat-21
1371	1371	thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 22
1372	1372	Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334b) 23
1373	1373	is repealed. 24
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1377	1377	TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; 1
1378	1378	SEVERABILITY 2
1379	1379	SEC. 801. ENFORCEMENT; PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 3
1380	1380	(a) E
1381	1381	NFORCEMENT.—Any person alleging a violation 4
1382	1382	of this Act may bring a civil action in any United States 5
1383	1383	District Court. 6
1384	1384	(b) R
1385	1385	ELIEF.—In a civil action brought under sub-7
1386	1386	section (a) in which the plaintiff prevails, the court may 8
1387	1387	award— 9
1388	1388	(1) a Writ of Mandamus or other equitable or 10
1389	1389	declaratory relief; 11
1390	1390	(2) a minimum of $1,000 per violation per day; 12
1391	1391	(3) reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation 13
1392	1392	costs; 14
1393	1393	(4) compensatory damages; and 15
1394	1394	(5) all other appropriate relief. 16
1395	1395	SEC. 802. SEVERABILITY. 17
1396	1396	If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 18
1397	1397	this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-19
1398	1398	ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-20
1399	1399	tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 21
1400	1400	by this Act, and the application of such provision or 22
1401	1401	amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af-23
1402	1402	fected thereby. 24
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