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Executive Order 14151 of January 20, 2025 

Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and 

Preferencing 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: 

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The Biden Administration forced illegal 

and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name ‘‘diversity, equity, 

and inclusion’’ (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, 

in areas ranging from airline safety to the military. This was a concerted 

effort stemming from President Biden’s first day in office, when he issued 

Executive Order 13985, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.’’ 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13985 and follow-on orders, nearly every Federal 

agency and entity submitted ‘‘Equity Action Plans’’ to detail the ways that 

they have furthered DEIs infiltration of the Federal Government. The public 

release of these plans demonstrated immense public waste and shameful 

discrimination. That ends today. Americans deserve a government committed 

to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to expending 

precious taxpayer resources only on making America great. 

Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination 

of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and ‘‘diversity, equity, 

inclusion, and accessibility’’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name 

they appear. To carry out this directive, the Director of OPM, with the 

assistance of the Attorney General as requested, shall review and revise, 

as appropriate, all existing Federal employment practices, union contracts, 

and training policies or programs to comply with this order. Federal employment practices, including Federal employee performance reviews, shall reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and shall 

not under any circumstances consider DEI or DEIA factors, goals, policies, 

mandates, or requirements. 

(b) Each agency, department, or commission head, in consultation with 

the Attorney General, the Director of OMB, and the Director of OPM, as 

appropriate, shall take the following actions within sixty days of this order: 

(i) terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, 

and ‘‘environmental justice’’ offices and positions (including but not limited to ‘‘Chief Diversity Officer’’ positions); all ‘‘equity action plans,’’ 

‘‘equity’’ actions, initiatives, or programs, ‘‘equity-related’’ grants or contracts; and all DEI or DEIA performance requirements for employees, contractors, or grantees. 

(ii) provide the Director of the OMB with a list of all: 

(A) agency or department DEI, DEIA, or ‘‘environmental justice’’ positions, committees, programs, services, activities, budgets, and expenditures 

in existence on November 4, 2024, and an assessment of whether these 

positions, committees, programs, services, activities, budgets, and expenditures have been misleadingly relabeled in an attempt to preserve their 

pre-November 4, 2024 function; 


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(B) Federal contractors who have provided DEI training or DEI training 

materials to agency or department employees; and 

(C) Federal grantees who received Federal funding to provide or advance 

DEI, DEIA, or ‘‘environmental justice’’ programs, services, or activities 

since January 20, 2021. 

(iii) direct the deputy agency or department head to: 

(A) assess the operational impact (e.g., the number of new DEI hires) 

and cost of the prior administration’s DEI, DEIA, and ‘‘environmental 

justice’’ programs and policies; and 

(B) recommend actions, such as Congressional notifications under 28 

U.S.C. 530D, to align agency or department programs, activities, policies, 

regulations, guidance, employment practices, enforcement activities, contracts (including set-asides), grants, consent orders, and litigating positions 

with the policy of equal dignity and respect identified in section 1 of 

this order. The agency or department head and the Director of OMB 

shall jointly ensure that the deputy agency or department head has the 

authority and resources needed to carry out this directive. 

(c) To inform and advise the President, so that he may formulate appropriate and effective civil-rights policies for the Executive Branch, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall convene a monthly meeting 

attended by the Director of OMB, the Director of OPM, and each deputy 

agency or department head to: 

(i) hear reports on the prevalence and the economic and social costs 

of DEI, DEIA, and ‘‘environmental justice’’ in agency or department programs, activities, policies, regulations, guidance, employment practices, 

enforcement activities, contracts (including set-asides), grants, consent orders, and litigating positions; 

(ii) discuss any barriers to measures to comply with this order; and 

(iii) monitor and track agency and department progress and identify potential areas for additional Presidential or legislative action to advance the 

policy of equal dignity and respect. 

Sec. 3. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application of 

any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the 

remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other 

persons or circumstances shall not be affected. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 20, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01953 

Filed 1–28–25; 8:45 am] 

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