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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8706 

To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal 

Government, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2024 

Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. LESKO, Mrs. 

HARSHBARGER, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. OGLES, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. SELF, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. COLLINS, Mrs. LUNA, and Mr. 

BISHOP of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition 

to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and the Workforce, 

Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Intelligence (Permanent 

Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism 

in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle DEI Act 

5 of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

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 Executive orders and memoranda rescinded.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 organizations. 

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 


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Sec. 801. Enforcement; private cause of action. 

Sec. 802. Severability. 

1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 

2 PRACTICE DEFINED. 

3 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et 

4 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘TITLE XII—PROHIBITED DIVER6 SITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 

7 PRACTICE DEFINED 

8 ‘‘SEC. 1201. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR INCLU9 SION PRACTICE. 

10 ‘‘For purposes of references to this section, the term 

11 ‘prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ 

12 means— 

13 ‘‘(1) discriminating for or against any person 

14 on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi15 cal sex, or national origin; 

16 ‘‘(2) requiring as a condition of employment, as 

17 a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 

18 condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 

19 submitting written materials, that an employee un20 dergo training, education, or coursework, or other 

21 pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, color, 

22 ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 

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1 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(3) requiring as a condition of employment, as 

4 a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 

5 condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 

6 submitting written materials, the signing of or as7 sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 

8 or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 

9 employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli10 gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 

11 or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op12 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 

13 TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND 

14 PERSONNEL 

15 SEC. 101. EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA RE16 SCINDED. 

17 (a) RESCINDED EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMO18 RANDA.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an Execu20 tive order or memoranda described in paragraph 

21 (2)— 

22 (A) the Executive order or memoranda— 

23 (i) shall not have any legal effect; and 

24 (ii) is revoked in its entirety; and 


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1 (B) no funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by law shall be used to— 

3 (i) implement or comply with the Ex4 ecutive order or memoranda; or 

5 (ii) further any of the provisions or 

6 purposes of the Executive order or memo7 randa. 

8 (2) EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA DE9 SCRIBED.—The Executive orders and memoranda 

10 described in this paragraph are the following: 

11 (A) Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 

12 note; relating to advancing racial equity and 

13 support for underserved communities through 

14 the Federal Government). 

15 (B) Executive Order 13988 (42 U.S.C. 

16 2000e note; relating to preventing and com17 bating discrimination on the basis of gender 

18 identity or sexual orientation). 

19 (C) Executive Order 14020, (42 U.S.C. 

20 2000e note; relating to the establishment of the 

21 White House Gender Policy Council). 

22 (D) Executive Order 14031 (42 U.S.C. 

23 3501 note; relating to advancing equity, justice, 

24 and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native 

25 Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders). 


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1 (E) Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 

2 2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, inclu3 sion, and accessibility in the Federal work4 force). 

5 (F) Executive Order 14091 (5 U.S.C. 601 

6 note; relating to further advancing racial equity 

7 and support for underserved communities 

8 through the Federal Government). 

9 (G) The National Security Memorandum 

10 on ‘‘Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and 

11 National Security Workforce, Institutions, and 

12 Partnerships (NSM–03)’’, dated February 4, 

13 2021. 

14 (H) The National Security Memorandum 

15 on Advancing the ‘‘Human Rights of Lesbian, 

16 Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 

17 Intersex Persons Around the World (NSM– 

18 04)’’, dated February 4, 2021. 

19 (b) CARRYING OUT RESCINDED EXECUTIVE ORDERS

20 AND MEMORANDA.—The head of an executive agency, as 

21 defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, may 

22 not carry out an Executive order or memorandum de23 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 

24 (c) PROGRAMS AND OFFICE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the head of a 

3 Federal agency under which any program or office 

4 carries out an Executive order or memorandum de5 scribed in subsection (a)(2) between the date of en6 actment of this Act and 90 days after the date of 

7 enactment of this Act shall close, terminate, and 

8 wind up the program or office. 

9 (2) NO REASSIGNMENT.—The head of a Fed10 eral agency that closes, terminates, and winds up a 

11 program or office under paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) shall undertake an appropriate reduc13 tion in force; and 

14 (B) may not transfer, reassign, or redesig15 nate any employee or contractor with a position 

16 or function that is eliminated by operation of 

17 this subsection. 

18 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

21 of Personnel Management shall— 

22 (1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 

23 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 

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1 ance with and consistent with this Act and the 

2 amendments made by this Act; 

3 (2) revise so as to effectively rescind all regula4 tions, policies, procedures, manuals, circulars, 

5 courses, training, and guidance of the Office that 

6 were promulgated, adopted, or implemented to com7 ply with the Executive orders and memoranda de8 scribed in section 101(a)(2); 

9 (3) terminate, close, and wind up the Office of 

10 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the 

11 Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this 

12 paragraph as ‘‘ODEIA’’) and undertake an appro13 priate reduction in force with respect to, and not 

14 transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees or 

15 contractors of ODEIA, the positions or functions of 

16 whom are eliminated by operation of this Act or the 

17 amendments made by this Act; and 

18 (4) terminate, close, and wind up the Chief Di19 versity Officers Executive Council and undertake an 

20 appropriate reduction in force with respect to, and 

21 not transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees 

22 or contractors of that Council, the positions or func23 tions of whom are eliminated by operation of this 

24 Act or the amendments made by this Act. 


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1 (b) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COUN2 CIL CHARTER.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the charter of the Chief Diversity Officers Executive 

4 Council is revoked. 

5 (c) PROHIBITION ON RACISM IN GOVERNMENT.— 

6 Section 1104 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘prohibited diver9 sity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the meaning given 

10 the term in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

11 ‘‘(2) Racist behavior and racist training in the Gov12 ernment are prohibited, including any of the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) Discriminating for or against any person 

14 on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi15 cal sex, or national origin. 

16 ‘‘(B) Training, education, coursework, or use of 

17 other pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, 

18 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national 

19 origin is inherently or systemically superior or infe20 rior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 

21 unprivileged. 

22 ‘‘(C) Maintaining an office, bureau, division, or 

23 other organization to further promote or enforce a 

24 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Retaining or employing a consultant or 

2 advisor to further promote or enforce a prohibited 

3 diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 

4 ‘‘(E) Maintaining a rule, a regulation, a policy, 

5 guidance, a guideline, management control, a prac6 tice, a requirement, training, education, coursework, 

7 or a similar device to further promote or enforce a 

8 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 

9 ‘‘(F) Requiring as a condition of employment, 

10 as a condition for promotion or advancement, or as 

11 a condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 

12 submitting written materials, the signing of or as13 sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 

14 or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 

15 employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli16 gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 

17 or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op18 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 

19 ‘‘(3) The Office shall establish standards that shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) apply to the activities of the Office or any 

21 other agency under authority delegated under sub22 section (a); 

23 ‘‘(B) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 

24 in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 

25 this subsection; 


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1 ‘‘(C) ensure compliance with this subsection; 

2 ‘‘(D) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 

3 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 

4 ‘‘(E) be in accordance with the merit system 

5 principles under section 2301. 

6 ‘‘(4) The Office shall establish and maintain an over7 sight program to ensure that activities under any author8 ity delegated under subsection (a)— 

9 ‘‘(A) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 

10 in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 

11 this subsection; 

12 ‘‘(B) ensure compliance with this subsection; 

13 ‘‘(C) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 

14 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 

15 ‘‘(D) are in accordance with the merit system 

16 principles under section 2301.’’. 

17 SEC. 103. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

20 Budget shall— 

21 (1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 

22 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 

23 of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure 

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1 ance and consistent with this Act and the amend2 ments made by this Act; 

3 (2) rescind all regulations, policies, procedures, 

4 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 

5 of the Office of Management and Budget that were 

6 promulgated, adopted, or implemented to comply 

7 with the Executive orders and memoranda described 

8 in section 101(a)(2); 

9 (3) rescind the version of Circular A–4 of the 

10 Office of Management and Budget adopted on No11 vember 9, 2023; and 

12 (4) replace the circular described in paragraph 

13 (3) with a version of the circular that— 

14 (A) is identical to or substantially similar 

15 to the version of the circular as in effect on No16 vember 8, 2023; or 

17 (B)(i) is— 

18 (I) consistent in all respects with this 

19 Act; 

20 (II) eliminates all references to diver21 sity, equity and inclusion, racial diversity, 

22 racial equity, or racial inclusion unless 

23 such references are clearly consistent 

24 with— 

25 (aa) equal opportunity principles; 


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1 (bb) the principles of the Civil 

2 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a 

3 et seq.); or 

4 (cc) equal protection of the law 

5 principles; and 

6 (ii) does not engage in or permit prohibited 

7 diversity, equity, or inclusion practices. 

8 SEC. 104. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 

9 (a) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this chapter, the term 

10 ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3502 

11 of title 44. 

12 (b) STOPPING RACISM IN THE FEDERAL GOVERN13 MENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds appro15 priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 

16 used for the purpose of maintaining in any agency 

17 an— 

18 (A) office relating to diversity, equity, in19 clusion, or accessibility; or 

20 (B) a substantially similar office. 

21 (2) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds appro22 priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 

23 used for the purposes of— 


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1 (A) maintaining in any agency the Chief 

2 Diversity Officers Executive Council or a sub3 stantially similar council; 

4 (B) maintaining or employing in any agen5 cy a chief diversity officer or a substantially 

6 similar officer; 

7 (C) subject to paragraph (3), developing, 

8 implementing, distributing, or publishing in any 

9 agency— 

10 (i) plans, strategic plan, reports, or 

11 surveys relating to diversity, equity, inclu12 sion, and accessibility; 

13 (ii) action plans, reports, or surveys 

14 relating to equity or substantially similar 

15 plans, reports, or surveys; 

16 (D) developing, implementing, or maintain17 ing in any agency an employee resource group 

18 or an affinity group based on race, color, eth19 nicity, religion, national origin, sexual orienta20 tion, or gender identity; 

21 (E) developing, implementing, or maintain22 ing in any agency an agency equity team or a 

23 substantially similar team; 


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1 (F) maintaining the White House Environ2 mental Justice Interagency Council or a sub3 stantially similar Council; 

4 (G) maintaining the Equitable Data Work5 ing Group or substantially similar group; 

6 (H) developing, implementing, distributing, 

7 publishing, establishing, or purchasing in any 

8 agency— 

9 (i) a training course relating to— 

10 (I) diversity; 

11 (II) equity; 

12 (III) inclusion; 

13 (IV) a critical theory relating to 

14 race, gender, or otherwise; or 

15 (V) intersectionality; or 

16 (ii) a training course substantiality 

17 similar to a training course described in 

18 clause (i); 

19 (I) developing, implementing, or maintain20 ing in any agency a diversity, equity, inclusion, 

21 and accessibility data dashboard or a substan22 tially similar data dashboard; 

23 (J) maintaining within the Office of Per24 sonnel Management a council relating to diver25 sity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility; or 


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1 (K) maintaining or employing in any agen2 cy a position relating to diversity, equity, inclu3 sion, or accessibility. 

4 (3) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para5 graph (2)(C) shall not apply to a plan, report, or 

6 survey required by law. 

7 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

8 section shall be construed to prevent the mainte9 nance and funding of— 

10 (A) Equal Employment Opportunity offices 

11 as historically organized and operated; or 

12 (B) an office enforcing the Americans with 

13 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

14 seq.) or similar programs or offices as histori15 cally organized and operated. 

16 SEC. 105. DEI OFFICES CLOSED. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after date 

18 of enactment of this Act, the head of any Federal agency 

19 that has an office relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 

20 or accessibility— 

21 (1) shall— 

22 (A) terminate, close, and wind up that of23 fice; and 

24 (B) undertake an appropriate reduction in 

25 force; and 


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1 (2) may not transfer, reassign, or redesignate 

2 any employee or contractor with a position or func3 tion that is eliminated by operation of this sub4 section. 

5 (b) APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

6 construed to prevent the maintenance and funding of— 

7 (1) Equal Employment Opportunity offices as 

8 historically organized and operated; or 

9 (2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis10 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 

11 similar programs or offices as historically organized 

12 and operated. 

13 SEC. 106. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2302(b) of title 5, United 

15 States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (13)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(15) take or fail to take, or threaten to take 

23 or fail to take, any personnel action against any em24 ployee or applicant for employment because of the 

25 failure of the employee or applicant to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) complete training with respect to di2 versity, equity, or inclusion, critical theory (re3 lating to race, gender, or otherwise), 

4 intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender 

5 identity, or any substantially similar theory or 

6 policy; 

7 ‘‘(B) complete training that asserts or re8 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 

9 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na10 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe11 rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv12 ileged or unprivileged; 

13 ‘‘(C) sign or assent to (which may be by 

14 executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 

15 of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de16 vice with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu17 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or 

18 otherwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation 

19 or gender identity, or any substantially similar 

20 theory or policy; 

21 ‘‘(D) sign or assent to (which may be by 

22 executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 

23 of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de24 vice that asserts or requires assent by the em25 ployee or applicant that a particular race, color, 


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1 ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or2 igin is inherently or systemically superior or in3 ferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 

4 unprivileged; 

5 ‘‘(E) take any other action that would re6 quire the treatment of any individual advan7 tageously or disadvantageously on the basis of 

8 that individual’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, 

9 biological sex, or national origin; or 

10 ‘‘(F) limit, segregate, or classify employees 

11 or applicants for employment in any way that 

12 would deprive or tend to deprive any individual 

13 of an employment opportunity, or otherwise ad14 versely affect the status of the individual as an 

15 employee, because of the race, color, ethnicity, 

16 religion, biological sex, or national origin of the 

17 individual.’’. 

18 (b) PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEMS.—Section 

19 4302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad22 versely evaluate an employee for the failure of the em23 ployee to— 

24 ‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 

25 equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 


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1 gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori2 entation or gender identity, or any substantially 

3 similar theory or policy; 

4 ‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 

5 trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth6 nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 

7 inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op8 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 

9 ‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe10 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con11 duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re12 spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the13 ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 

14 intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden15 tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 

16 ‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe17 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con18 duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as19 serts or requires assent by the employee that a par20 ticular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 

21 or national origin is inherently or systemically supe22 rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privi23 leged or unprivileged; 

24 ‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 

25 the treatment of any individual advantageously or 


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1 disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 

2 race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na3 tional origin; or 

4 ‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 

5 applicants for employment in any way that would 

6 deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em7 ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 

8 the status of the individual as an employee, because 

9 of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 

10 or national origin of the individual.’’. 

11 (c) SES PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEMS.—Sec12 tion 4312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad15 versely evaluate a senior executive for the failure of the 

16 senior executive to— 

17 ‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 

18 equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 

19 gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori20 entation or gender identity, or any substantially 

21 similar theory or policy; 

22 ‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 

23 trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth24 nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 


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1 inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op2 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 

3 ‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe4 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con5 duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re6 spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the7 ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 

8 intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden9 tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 

10 ‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe11 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con12 duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as13 serts or requires assent by the senior executive that 

14 a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological 

15 sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically 

16 superior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv17 ileged or unprivileged; 

18 ‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 

19 the treatment of any individual advantageously or 

20 disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 

21 race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na22 tional origin; or 

23 ‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 

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1 ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 

2 the status of the individual as an employee, because 

3 of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 

4 or national origin of the individual.’’. 

5 TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING 

6 SEC. 201. GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4103 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(d) No training program or plan may be developed, 

11 implemented, distributed, published, established, or pur12 chased under this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu14 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth15 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen16 der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 

17 policy; or 

18 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as19 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 

20 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys21 temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op22 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 

23 ‘‘(e) No employee may be required to complete train24 ing under a program or plan established under this sec25 tion— 


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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu2 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth3 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen4 der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 

5 policy; or 

6 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as7 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 

8 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys9 temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op10 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 

11 (b) REGULATIONS.—Section 4118 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘This section’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d), 

15 this section’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) The Office shall, in the regulations prescribed 

18 under this section, provide that no training program or 

19 plan may be developed, implemented, distributed, pub20 lished, established, or purchased— 

21 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu22 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth23 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen24 der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 

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1 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as2 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 

3 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys4 temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op5 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 

6 SEC. 202. USE OF FUNDS. 

7 No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

8 by law shall be used for the purpose of developing, imple9 menting, distributing, publishing or purchasing in any 

10 Federal agency a training course— 

11 (1) relating to— 

12 (A) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi13 bility; 

14 (B) a critical theory relating to race, gen15 der, or otherwise; or 

16 (C) intersectionality, sexual orientation, or 

17 gender identity; or 

18 (2) that asserts or requires trainees to assert 

19 that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, bio20 logical sex, or national origin is inherently or sys21 temically superior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, 

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1 TITLE III—FEDERAL 

2 CONTRACTING 

3 SEC. 301. REQUIRED CONTRACT TERMS. 

4 (a) CONTRACTS EXCEEDING $10,000.—Section 6502 

5 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN8 CLUSION PRACTICE.—No part of the contract will be 

9 performed, and no materials, supplies, articles, or 

10 equipment will be manufactured or fabricated under 

11 the contract, in plants, factories, buildings, or sur12 roundings, under working conditions or in a working 

13 environment, provided by or under the control or su14 pervision of a contractor or any subcontractor who 

15 is subject to, or required to comply with, a prohib16 ited diversity, equity or inclusion practice (as defined 

17 in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 

18 (b) CONTRACTS IN OTHER AMOUNTS.—Section 6703 

19 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN22 CLUSION PRACTICE.—The contract and bid specifica23 tion shall contain a provision specifying that no part 

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1 conditions or in a working environment, provided by 

2 or under the control or supervision of a contractor 

3 or any subcontractor who is subject to, or required 

4 to comply with, a prohibited diversity, equity or in5 clusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of the 

6 Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 

7 SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of title 40, United 

9 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘§ 122. Prohibition on discrimination 

11 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.—With re13 spect to a program or activity carried out or receiv14 ing Federal assistance under this subtitle, an indi15 vidual may not be, based on race, color, biological 

16 sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin— 

17 ‘‘(A) excluded from participation; 

18 ‘‘(B) denied benefits; or 

19 ‘‘(C) otherwise discriminated against. 

20 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND IN21 CLUSION PRACTICES.—With respect to a program or 

22 activity carried out or receiving Federal assistance 

23 under this subtitle, an individual may not be subject 

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1 equity, and inclusion practice (as defined in section 

2 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 

3 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The heads of Federal agen5 cies shall enforce subsection (a) through rules, regu6 lations, policies, and other executive actions of the 

7 agency that are similar to rules, regulations, policies, 

8 and other executive actions established with respect 

9 to racial and other discrimination under title VI of 

10 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 

11 seq.). 

12 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any enforce13 ment under paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 

14 bar an individual from pursuing any other legal rem15 edy available to the individual as a result of an ac16 tion constituting a violation of subsection (a).’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 for title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking 

19 the item relating to section 122 and inserting the fol20 lowing: 

‘‘122. Prohibition on discrimination.’’. 

21 SEC. 303. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 

22 (a) PROHIBITION.—No funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by Federal law may be used by a Fed24 eral contractor for purpose of— 


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1 (1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 

2 equity, inclusion, or accessibility or a substantially 

3 similar office; 

4 (2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 

5 officer or a substantially similar officer; 

6 (3) developing, implementing, distributing, pub7 lishing or purchasing— 

8 (A) a training course relating to— 

9 (i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac10 cessibility; 

11 (ii) a critical theory relating to race, 

12 gender, or otherwise; 

13 (iii) intersectionality; or 

14 (iv) sexual orientation or gender iden15 tity; or 

16 (B) a training course that is substantially 

17 similar to a training course described in sub18 paragraph (A); or 

19 (C) a training course that asserts or re20 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 

21 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na22 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe23 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged, 

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1 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to prevent— 

3 (1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 

4 Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga5 nized and operated; 

6 (2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis7 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 

8 similar programs or offices as historically organized 

9 and operated; or 

10 (3) a Federal contractor from using non-Fed11 eral funds as the Federal contractor so determines. 

12 TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS 

13 AND COOPERATIVE AGREE14 MENTS 

15 SEC. 401. REQUIRED GRANT AGREEMENT TERMS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘§ 6310. Grants and grant agreements 

20 ‘‘(a) GRANT AGREEMENT REQUIRED TERMS.—The 

21 head of an executive agency may not provide a grant to 

22 any recipient unless the head of the agency and the recipi23 ent enter into a grant agreement that contains a provision 

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1 available by Federal law shall be used by the grant recipi2 ent for purpose of— 

3 ‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 

4 equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 

5 ‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 

6 officer or a substantially similar officer; 

7 ‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 

8 publishing, or purchasing— 

9 ‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 

10 ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac11 cessibility; 

12 ‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 

13 gender, or otherwise; 

14 ‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 

15 ‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 

16 identity; 

17 ‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 

18 to the training courses described in subpara19 graph (A); or 

20 ‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re21 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 

22 color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na23 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe24 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 

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1 ‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 

2 or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 

3 the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 

4 ‘‘(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF5 FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre6 vent— 

7 ‘‘(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 

8 Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga9 nized and operated; 

10 ‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 

11 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 

12 or similar programs or offices as historically orga13 nized and operated; or 

14 ‘‘(3) a recipient of a grant from an executive 

15 agency from using non-Federal funds as the recipi16 ent so determines.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code is amended 

19 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘6310. Grants and grant agreements.’’. 

20 SEC. 402. REQUIRED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TERMS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 

22 States Code, as amended by section 401(a), is further 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 6311. Cooperative agreements 

2 ‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT REQUIRED

3 TERMS.—The head of an executive agency may not enter 

4 into a cooperative agreement with a party unless the coop5 erative agreement contains a provision specifying that no 

6 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by Federal 

7 law shall be used by any party to the cooperative agree8 ment for purpose of— 

9 ‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 

10 equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 

11 ‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 

12 officer or a substantially similar officer; 

13 ‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 

14 publishing, or purchasing— 

15 ‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 

16 ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac17 cessibility; 

18 ‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 

19 gender, or otherwise; 

20 ‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 

21 ‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 

22 identity; 

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1 ‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re2 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 

3 color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na4 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe5 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 

6 or unprivileged; or 

7 ‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 

8 or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 

9 the Civil Rights Act of 1964.). 

10 ‘‘(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF11 FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 

12 ‘‘(1) prevent the maintenance and funding of an 

13 Equal Employment Opportunity office, as histori14 cally organized and operated; 

15 ‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 

16 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 

17 or similar programs or offices as historically orga18 nized and operated; or 

19 ‘‘(3) prevent a party to a cooperative agreement 

20 with an executive agency from using non-Federal 

21 funds as the party so determines.’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

23 for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 

24 by section 401(b), is further amended by adding at the 

25 end the following: 

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1 TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY 

2 COMMITTEES 

3 SEC. 501. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 

4 PRACTICES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 

6 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 

7 Committee Act’’), is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1015. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRAC10 TICES. 

11 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLU12 SION PRACTICE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘pro13 hibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the 

14 meaning that term has in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 

15 Act of 1964. 

16 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—The following may not author17 ize, permit, or implement a prohibited diversity, equity, 

18 or inclusion practice with respect to any advisory com19 mittee established by the head of an agency: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Administrator. 

21 ‘‘(2) The agency head. 

22 ‘‘(3) The chair of the advisory committee. 

23 ‘‘(4) The advisory committee. 

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1 ‘‘(1) FINDING BY ADMINISTRATOR.—With re2 spect to an advisory committee, if the Administrator 

3 finds that the applicable agency head, chair of the 

4 advisory committee, or the advisory committee au5 thorized, permitted, or implemented a prohibited di6 versity, equity, or inclusion practice, then the advi7 sory committee shall terminate not later than 30 

8 days after the Administrator makes such finding. 

9 ‘‘(2) FINDING BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—With 

10 respect to an advisory committee, if the Inspector 

11 General for the agency that established the advisory 

12 committee finds that the applicable agency head, 

13 chair of the advisory committee, or the advisory 

14 committee authorized, permitted, or implemented a 

15 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, 

16 then the advisory committee shall terminate not 

17 later than 30 days after the Inspector General 

18 makes such finding. 

19 ‘‘(d) ACTION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person may bring an 

21 action in any United States district court seeking a 

22 determination that the Administrator, any agency 

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1 mented a prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion 

2 practice with respect to an advisory committee. 

3 ‘‘(2) ORDER DIRECTING TERMINATION OF ADVI4 SORY COMMITTEE.—If after an evidentiary hearing, 

5 a court determines that the defendant authorized, 

6 permitted, or implemented a prohibited diversity, eq7 uity, or inclusion practice, the court shall issue an 

8 order directing the Administrator to immediately 

9 terminate that advisory committee. 

10 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AWARDS.—In an action 

11 brought under this subsection in which the plaintiff 

12 prevails, the court may award— 

13 ‘‘(A) a Writ of Mandamus or other equi14 table or declaratory relief; 

15 ‘‘(B) a minimum of $1,000 per violation 

16 per day; 

17 ‘‘(C) reasonable attorney’s fees and litiga18 tion costs; 

19 ‘‘(D) compensatory damages; and 

20 ‘‘(E) all other appropriate relief.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

22 for chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

23 by inserting after the item relating to section 1014 the 

24 following: 

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1 SEC. 502. ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES. 

2 (a) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1006 

3 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the word 

5 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

7 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(E) whether the committee is in compli10 ance with the Dismantle DEI Act of 2024.’’. 

11 (b) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS.— 

12 Section 1006 of title 5, United States Code, is further 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(f) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS RE15 LATED TO THE END RACISM IN FEDERAL ADVISORY

16 COMMITTEES ACT.—The Administrator shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) prescribe administrative guidelines and 

18 management controls applicable to advisory commit19 tees to enforce the requirements of the Dismantle 

20 DEI Act of 2024; and 

21 ‘‘(2) ensure that the Committee Management 

22 Secretariat complies with and enforces the require23 ments of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2024.’’. 

24 (c) REVISED RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUID25 ANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact26 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all 


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1 rules, regulations, policies, guidance, guidelines, manage2 ment controls, governing documents, practices, require3 ments, training, education, coursework, or similar devices 

4 are revised to the extent that they are inconsistent with 

5 this Act. 

6 SEC. 503. AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES. 

7 (a) AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection 

8 (a) of section 1007 of title 5, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each agency 

10 head shall establish uniform administrative guidelines and 

11 management controls to ensure compliance with the Dis12 mantle DEI Act of 2024.’’. 

13 (b) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 1007 of 

14 title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(4) ensure compliance with the Dismantle DEI 

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1 TITLE VI—EDUCATION 

2 SEC. 601. STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF ACCRED3 ITING AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 

4 Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(10) confirms that the standards for accredita12 tion of the agency or association do not— 

13 ‘‘(A) require, encourage, or coerce any in14 stitution of higher education to engage in pro15 hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices 

16 (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 

17 Act of 1964); 

18 ‘‘(B) assess the commitment of an institu19 tion of higher education to any ideology, belief, 

20 or viewpoint; 

21 ‘‘(C) prohibit or discourage an institution 

22 of higher education from engaging in activity 

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1 stitution, or being controlled by or associated 

2 with a religious organization; or 

3 ‘‘(D) discriminate against an institution of 

4 higher education for engaging in religious 

5 speech, religious practice, or religious exer6 cise.’’. 

7 SEC. 602. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY 

8 OF EDUCATION. 

9 Section 8527 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu10 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) is amended by add11 ing at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds pro14 vided to the Secretary of Education under this Act 

15 may be used by the Secretary, including through a 

16 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to— 

17 ‘‘(A) maintain an Office of Diversity, Eq18 uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, an Office of 

19 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, an Office of 

20 Diversity and Inclusion, a Diversity Office or a 

21 substantially similar office; 

22 ‘‘(B) maintain or employ a Chief Diversity 

23 Officer or substantially similar officer; 

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1 tially similar course relating to any of the fol2 lowing— 

3 ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, and 

4 accessibility (DEIA); 

5 ‘‘(ii) diversity, equity, and inclusion; 

6 ‘‘(iii) diversity and inclusion; 

7 ‘‘(iv) diversity; 

8 ‘‘(v) critical theory (race, gender, or 

9 otherwise); 

10 ‘‘(vi) intersectionality; or 

11 ‘‘(vii) sexual orientation or gender 

12 identity; or 

13 ‘‘(D) develop, implement, distribute, pub14 lish, or purchase a training course or substan15 tially similar course that asserts or requires 

16 trainees to assert that a particular race, color 

17 ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or18 igin is inherently or systemically superior, infe19 rior, oppressive or oppressed, privileged or 

20 unprivileged. 

21 ‘‘(2) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

22 this section shall be construed to— 

23 ‘‘(A) prohibit the maintenance and funding 

24 of Equal Employment Opportunity offices or of25 ficers, as historically organized and operated; 


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1 ‘‘(B) prohibit the maintenance and funding 

2 of offices enforcing the Americans with Disabil3 ities Act of 1990 or similar programs or offices, 

4 as historically organized and operated; or 

5 ‘‘(C) impact the use of non-Federal funds 

6 by a contractor of the Department of Education 

7 or by a grant recipient of funds from the Sec8 retary of Education.’’. 

9 TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 

10 SEC. 701. FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, FEDERAL HOME 

11 LOAN BANKS, AND FEDERAL HOUSING FI12 NANCE AGENCY. 

13 Section 1319A of the Federal Housing Enterprises 

14 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

15 4520) is repealed. 

16 SEC. 702. CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION; CORPORATE 

17 BOARDS; SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZA18 TIONS. 

19 (a) REPEAL OF OFFICES OF MINORITY AND WOMEN

20 INCLUSION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd22 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

23 Act (12 U.S.C. 5452) is hereby repealed. 

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1 (A) Section 1016(c) of the Consumer Fi2 nancial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 

3 5496(c)) is amended— 

4 (i) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; 

7 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

8 (iii) by striking paragraph (9). 

9 (B) The table of contents for the Dodd10 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Pro11 tection Act is amended by striking the item re12 lating to section 342. 

13 (b) BOARDS OF PUBLIC COMPANIES SUBJECT TO

14 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.—Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act 

15 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) is amended by adding at the 

16 end of subsection (f) the following: ‘‘The term ‘employee’ 

17 includes any person who serves on a board of directors 

18 of an issuer that has a registration statement in effect 

19 as to a security under the Securities Act of 1933 and is 

20 compensated by the issuer.’’. 

21 (c) PROHIBITION ON RACISM.—The Gramm-Leach22 Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.) is amended by insert23 ing after section 503 (15 U.S.C. 6803) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 503A. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU2 SION PRACTICES. 

3 ‘‘No Federal functional regulator shall engage in a 

4 prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice (as de5 fined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) or 

6 require (whether by regulation, enforcement action, guid7 ance, examination or otherwise) that any person regulated 

8 by the Federal functional regulator engage in a prohibited 

9 diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 

10 (d) NATIONAL SECURITIES ASSOCIATIONS.—Section 

11 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

12 78o–3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(o) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU14 SION PRACTICES.—No national securities association shall 

15 engage in a prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion 

16 practice (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 

17 Act of 1964) or require (whether by rule, enforcement ac18 tion, guidance, examination, or otherwise) that any mem19 ber of the national securities association engage in a pro20 hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 

21 (e) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD

22 MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 104(d)(2)(G) of the 

23 Community Development Banking and Financial Institu24 tions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(d)(2)(G)) is amended, 

25 in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and racial, 

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1 SEC. 703. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 

2 Section 821 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 296m) is repealed. 

4 SEC. 704. REPEAL OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 

5 PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

6 (a) REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON DI7 VERSITY AND INCLUSION.—Section 113 of title 10, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

12 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 

13 (2) in subsection (g)(1)(B)— 

14 (A) by striking clause (vii); and 

15 (B) by redesignating clauses (viii), (ix), 

16 and (x) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respec17 tively; and 

18 (3) by striking subsections (l) and (m) and by 

19 redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections 

20 (l) and (m), respectively. 

21 (b) REPEAL OF CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 147 of title 10, 

23 United States Code, is repealed. 

24 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec25 tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 


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1 amended by striking the item relating to section 

2 147. 

3 (c) REPEAL OF PROGRAM ON DIVERSITY IN MILI4 TARY LEADERSHIP.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 656 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, is repealed. 

7 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec8 tions at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is 

9 amended by striking the item relating to section 

10 656. 

11 SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND 

12 COAST GUARD. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 845(c) 

14 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 415(c)) 

15 is repealed. 

16 (b) COAST GUARD.—Section 1903(d)(2) of title 14, 

17 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, including 

18 diversity, inclusion, and issues regarding women specifi19 cally’’. 

20 SEC. 706. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 

21 Section 5704 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat22 thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334b) 

24 is repealed. 


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1 TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; 

2 SEVERABILITY 

3 SEC. 801. ENFORCEMENT; PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 

4 (a) ENFORCEMENT.—Any person alleging a violation 

5 of this Act may bring a civil action in any United States 

6 District Court. 

7 (b) RELIEF.—In a civil action brought under sub8 section (a) in which the plaintiff prevails, the court may 

9 award— 

10 (1) a Writ of Mandamus or other equitable or 

11 declaratory relief; 

12 (2) a minimum of $1,000 per violation per day; 

13 (3) reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation 

14 costs; 

15 (4) compensatory damages; and 

16 (5) all other appropriate relief. 

17 SEC. 802. SEVERABILITY. 

18 If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 

19 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend20 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti21 tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 

22 by this Act, and the application of such provision or 

23 amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af24 fected thereby. 

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