Text of US HB 925 (2025)

I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 925 To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 4, 2025 Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. OWENS, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. STRONG, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. OGLES, Mr. ROY, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. NOR- MAN, Mr. GUEST, Mrs. HINSON, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, Mr. FRY, Mr. GILL of Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. PALMER, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BURLISON, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. CRANK, Mr. KENNEDY of Utah, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. ADERHOLT, and Mr. FLOOD) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Workforce, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently deter- mined 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 925 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle DEI Act 2 of 2025’’. 3 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 5 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 Executive orders and memoranda rescinded.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 organi- zations. Sec. 703. Health and Human Services. VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 925 IH Sec. 704. Repeal of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs of Department of Defense. Sec. 705. Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard. Sec. 706. Director of National Intelligence. TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; SEVERABILITY Sec. 801. Enforcement; private cause of action. Sec. 802. Severability. SEC. 3. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 1 PRACTICE DEFINED. 2 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et 3 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4 ‘‘TITLE XII—PROHIBITED DIVER- 5 SITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION 6 PRACTICE DEFINED 7 ‘‘SEC. 1201. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR INCLU- 8 SION PRACTICE. 9 ‘‘For purposes of references to this section, the term 10 ‘prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ 11 means— 12 ‘‘(1) discriminating for or against any person 13 on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi- 14 cal sex, or national origin; 15 ‘‘(2) requiring as a condition of employment, as 16 a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 17 condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 18 submitting written materials, that an employee un- 19 dergo training, education, or coursework, or other 20 pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, color, 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 925 IH ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 1 inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op- 2 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 3 or 4 ‘‘(3) requiring as a condition of employment, as 5 a condition for promotion or advancement, or as a 6 condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 7 submitting written materials, the signing of or as- 8 sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 9 or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 10 employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli- 11 gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 12 or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op- 13 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 14 TITLE I—FEDERAL OFFICES AND 15 PERSONNEL 16 SEC. 101. EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA RE- 17 SCINDED. 18 (a) RESCINDED EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMO- 19 RANDA.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an Execu- 21 tive order or memoranda described in paragraph (2), 22 the Executive order or memoranda— 23 (A) shall not have any legal effect; and 24 (B) is revoked in its entirety. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 925 IH (2) EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND MEMORANDA DE- 1 SCRIBED.—The Executive orders and memoranda 2 described in this paragraph are the following: 3 (A) Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 4 note; relating to advancing racial equity and 5 support for underserved communities through 6 the Federal Government). 7 (B) Executive Order 13988 (42 U.S.C. 8 2000e note; relating to preventing and com- 9 bating discrimination on the basis of gender 10 identity or sexual orientation). 11 (C) Executive Order 14020, (42 U.S.C. 12 2000e note; relating to the establishment of the 13 White House Gender Policy Council). 14 (D) Executive Order 14031 (42 U.S.C. 15 3501 note; relating to advancing equity, justice, 16 and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native 17 Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders). 18 (E) Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 19 2000e note; relating to diversity, equity, inclu- 20 sion, and accessibility in the Federal work- 21 force). 22 (F) Executive Order 14091 (5 U.S.C. 601 23 note; relating to further advancing racial equity 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 925 IH and support for underserved communities 1 through the Federal Government). 2 (G) The National Security Memorandum 3 on ‘‘Revitalizing America’s Foreign Policy and 4 National Security Workforce, Institutions, and 5 Partnerships (NSM–03)’’, dated February 4, 6 2021. 7 (H) The National Security Memorandum 8 on Advancing the ‘‘Human Rights of Lesbian, 9 Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 10 Intersex Persons Around the World (NSM– 11 04)’’, dated February 4, 2021. 12 (b) CARRYING OUT RESCINDED EXECUTIVE ORDERS 13 AND MEMORANDA.—The head of an executive agency, as 14 defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, may 15 not carry out an Executive order or memorandum de- 16 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 17 (c) PROGRAMS AND OFFICE.— 18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 19 the date of enactment of this Act, the head of a 20 Federal agency under which any program or office 21 carries out an Executive order or memorandum de- 22 scribed in subsection (a)(2) between the date of en- 23 actment of this Act and 90 days after the date of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 925 IH enactment of this Act shall close, terminate, and 1 wind up the program or office. 2 (2) NO REASSIGNMENT.—The head of a Fed- 3 eral agency that closes, terminates, and winds up a 4 program or office under paragraph (1)— 5 (A) shall undertake an appropriate reduc- 6 tion in force; and 7 (B) may not transfer, reassign, or redesig- 8 nate any employee or contractor with a position 9 or function that is eliminated by operation of 10 this subsection. 11 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 13 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 14 of Personnel Management shall— 15 (1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 16 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 17 of the Office such that all such material is in compli- 18 ance with and consistent with this Act and the 19 amendments made by this Act; 20 (2) revise so as to effectively rescind all regula- 21 tions, policies, procedures, manuals, circulars, 22 courses, training, and guidance of the Office that 23 were promulgated, adopted, or implemented to com- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 925 IH ply with the Executive orders and memoranda de- 1 scribed in section 101(a)(2); 2 (3) terminate, close, and wind up the Office of 3 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the 4 Office of Personnel Management (referred to in this 5 paragraph as ‘‘ODEIA’’) and undertake an appro- 6 priate reduction in force with respect to, and not 7 transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees or 8 contractors of ODEIA, the positions or functions of 9 whom are eliminated by operation of this Act or the 10 amendments made by this Act; and 11 (4) terminate, close, and wind up the Chief Di- 12 versity Officers Executive Council and undertake an 13 appropriate reduction in force with respect to, and 14 not transfer, reassign, or redesignate any, employees 15 or contractors of that Council, the positions or func- 16 tions of whom are eliminated by operation of this 17 Act or the amendments made by this Act. 18 (b) CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICERS EXECUTIVE COUN- 19 CIL CHARTER.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 20 Act, the charter of the Chief Diversity Officers Executive 21 Council is revoked. 22 (c) PROHIBITION ON RACISM IN GOVERNMENT.— 23 Section 1104 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 24 by adding at the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(d)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘prohibited diver- 1 sity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the meaning given 2 the term in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 3 ‘‘(2) Racist behavior and racist training in the Gov- 4 ernment are prohibited, including any of the following: 5 ‘‘(A) Discriminating for or against any person 6 on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, biologi- 7 cal sex, or national origin. 8 ‘‘(B) Training, education, coursework, or use of 9 other pedagogy, that asserts that a particular race, 10 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national 11 origin is inherently or systemically superior or infe- 12 rior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 13 unprivileged. 14 ‘‘(C) Maintaining an office, bureau, division, or 15 other organization to further promote or enforce a 16 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 17 ‘‘(D) Retaining or employing a consultant or 18 advisor to further promote or enforce a prohibited 19 diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 20 ‘‘(E) Maintaining a rule, a regulation, a policy, 21 guidance, a guideline, management control, a prac- 22 tice, a requirement, training, education, coursework, 23 or a similar device to further promote or enforce a 24 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(F) Requiring as a condition of employment, 1 as a condition for promotion or advancement, or as 2 a condition for speaking, making a presentation, or 3 submitting written materials, the signing of or as- 4 sent to a statement, code of conduct, work program, 5 or plan, or similar device that requires assent by the 6 employee that a particular race, color, ethnicity, reli- 7 gion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently 8 or systemically superior or inferior, oppressive or op- 9 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 10 ‘‘(3) The Office shall establish standards that shall— 11 ‘‘(A) apply to the activities of the Office or any 12 other agency under authority delegated under sub- 13 section (a); 14 ‘‘(B) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 15 in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 16 this subsection; 17 ‘‘(C) ensure compliance with this subsection; 18 ‘‘(D) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 19 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 20 ‘‘(E) be in accordance with the merit system 21 principles under section 2301. 22 ‘‘(4) The Office shall establish and maintain an over- 23 sight program to ensure that activities under any author- 24 ity delegated under subsection (a)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(A) prohibit racist behavior and racist training 1 in the Government, as described in paragraph (2) of 2 this subsection; 3 ‘‘(B) ensure compliance with this subsection; 4 ‘‘(C) ensure compliance with section 717 of the 5 Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16); and 6 ‘‘(D) are in accordance with the merit system 7 principles under section 2301.’’. 8 SEC. 103. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 9 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 10 of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 11 Budget shall— 12 (1) revise all regulations, policies, procedures, 13 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 14 of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure 15 those regulations, policies, procedures, manuals, cir- 16 culars, courses, training, and guidance are in compli- 17 ance and consistent with this Act and the amend- 18 ments made by this Act; 19 (2) rescind all regulations, policies, procedures, 20 manuals, circulars, courses, training, and guidance 21 of the Office of Management and Budget that were 22 promulgated, adopted, or implemented to comply 23 with the Executive orders and memoranda described 24 in section 101(a)(2); and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 925 IH (3) rescind the version of Circular A–4 of the 1 Office of Management and Budget adopted on No- 2 vember 9, 2023. 3 SEC. 104. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 4 (a) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this chapter, the term 5 ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3502 6 of title 44. 7 (b) STOPPING RACISM IN THE FEDERAL GOVERN- 8 MENT.— 9 (1) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds appro- 10 priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 11 used for the purpose of maintaining in any agency 12 an— 13 (A) office relating to diversity, equity, in- 14 clusion, or accessibility; or 15 (B) a substantially similar office. 16 (2) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds appro- 17 priated or otherwise made available by law shall be 18 used for the purposes of— 19 (A) maintaining in any agency the Chief 20 Diversity Officers Executive Council or a sub- 21 stantially similar council; 22 (B) maintaining or employing in any agen- 23 cy a chief diversity officer or a substantially 24 similar officer; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 925 IH (C) subject to paragraph (3), developing, 1 implementing, distributing, or publishing in any 2 agency— 3 (i) plans, strategic plans, reports, or 4 surveys relating to diversity, equity, inclu- 5 sion, and accessibility; 6 (ii) action plans, reports, or surveys 7 relating to equity or substantially similar 8 plans, reports, or surveys; 9 (D) developing, implementing, or maintain- 10 ing in any agency an employee resource group 11 or an affinity group based on race, color, eth- 12 nicity, religion, national origin, sexual orienta- 13 tion, or gender identity; 14 (E) developing, implementing, or maintain- 15 ing in any agency an agency equity team or a 16 substantially similar team; 17 (F) maintaining the White House Environ- 18 mental Justice Interagency Council or a sub- 19 stantially similar Council; 20 (G) maintaining the Equitable Data Work- 21 ing Group or substantially similar group; 22 (H) developing, implementing, distributing, 23 publishing, establishing, or purchasing in any 24 agency— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 925 IH (i) a training course relating to— 1 (I) diversity; 2 (II) equity; 3 (III) inclusion; 4 (IV) a critical theory relating to 5 race, gender, or otherwise; or 6 (V) intersectionality; or 7 (ii) a training course substantiality 8 similar to a training course described in 9 clause (i); 10 (I) developing, implementing, or maintain- 11 ing in any agency a diversity, equity, inclusion, 12 and accessibility data dashboard or a substan- 13 tially similar data dashboard; 14 (J) maintaining within the Office of Per- 15 sonnel Management a council relating to diver- 16 sity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility; or 17 (K) maintaining or employing in any agen- 18 cy a position relating to diversity, equity, inclu- 19 sion, or accessibility. 20 (3) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under para- 21 graph (2)(C) shall not apply to a plan, report, or 22 survey required by law. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 925 IH (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 1 section shall be construed to prevent the mainte- 2 nance and funding of— 3 (A) Equal Employment Opportunity offices 4 as historically organized and operated; or 5 (B) an office enforcing the Americans with 6 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 7 seq.) or similar programs or offices as histori- 8 cally organized and operated. 9 SEC. 105. DEI OFFICES CLOSED. 10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after date 11 of enactment of this Act, the head of any Federal agency 12 that has an office relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 13 or accessibility— 14 (1) shall— 15 (A) terminate, close, and wind up that of- 16 fice; and 17 (B) undertake an appropriate reduction in 18 force; and 19 (2) may not transfer, reassign, or redesignate 20 any employee or contractor with a position or func- 21 tion that is eliminated by operation of this sub- 22 section. 23 (b) APPLICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 24 construed to prevent the maintenance and funding of— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 925 IH (1) Equal Employment Opportunity offices as 1 historically organized and operated; or 2 (2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis- 3 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 4 similar programs or offices as historically organized 5 and operated. 6 SEC. 106. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2302(b) of title 5, United 8 States Code, is amended— 9 (1) in paragraph (13)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 10 the end; 11 (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 12 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol- 14 lowing: 15 ‘‘(15) take or fail to take, or threaten to take 16 or fail to take, any personnel action against any em- 17 ployee or applicant for employment because of the 18 failure of the employee or applicant to— 19 ‘‘(A) complete training with respect to di- 20 versity, equity, or inclusion, critical theory (re- 21 lating to race, gender, or otherwise), 22 intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender 23 identity, or any substantially similar theory or 24 policy; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(B) complete training that asserts or re- 1 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 2 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na- 3 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe- 4 rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv- 5 ileged or unprivileged; 6 ‘‘(C) sign or assent to (which may be by 7 executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 8 of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de- 9 vice with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu- 10 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or 11 otherwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation 12 or gender identity, or any substantially similar 13 theory or policy; 14 ‘‘(D) sign or assent to (which may be by 15 executing or acknowledging) a statement, code 16 of conduct, work program, plan, or similar de- 17 vice that asserts or requires assent by the em- 18 ployee or applicant that a particular race, color, 19 ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or- 20 igin is inherently or systemically superior or in- 21 ferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privileged or 22 unprivileged; 23 ‘‘(E) take any other action that would re- 24 quire the treatment of any individual advan- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 925 IH tageously or disadvantageously on the basis of 1 that individual’s race, color, ethnicity, religion, 2 biological sex, or national origin; or 3 ‘‘(F) limit, segregate, or classify employees 4 or applicants for employment in any way that 5 would deprive or tend to deprive any individual 6 of an employment opportunity, or otherwise ad- 7 versely affect the status of the individual as an 8 employee, because of the race, color, ethnicity, 9 religion, biological sex, or national origin of the 10 individual.’’. 11 (b) PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEMS.—Section 12 4302 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 13 at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad- 15 versely evaluate an employee for the failure of the em- 16 ployee to— 17 ‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 18 equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 19 gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori- 20 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, eth- 24 nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 925 IH inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op- 1 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 2 ‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe- 3 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con- 4 duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re- 5 spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the- 6 ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 7 intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden- 8 tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 9 ‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe- 10 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con- 11 duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as- 12 serts or requires assent by the employee that a par- 13 ticular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 14 or national origin is inherently or systemically supe- 15 rior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or privi- 16 leged or unprivileged; 17 ‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 18 the treatment of any individual advantageously or 19 disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 20 race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na- 21 tional origin; or 22 ‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 23 applicants for employment in any way that would 24 deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 925 IH ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 1 the status of the individual as an employee, because 2 of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 3 or national origin of the individual.’’. 4 (c) SES PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL SYSTEMS.—Sec- 5 tion 4312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 6 adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(e) A performance appraisal system may not ad- 8 versely evaluate a senior executive for the failure of the 9 senior executive to— 10 ‘‘(1) complete training with respect to diversity, 11 equity, or inclusion, critical theory (relating to race, 12 gender, or otherwise), intersectionality, sexual ori- 13 entation or gender identity, or any substantially 14 similar theory or policy; 15 ‘‘(2) complete training that asserts or requires 16 trainees to assert that a particular race, color, eth- 17 nicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is 18 inherently or systemically superior or inferior, op- 19 pressive or oppressed, or privileged or unprivileged; 20 ‘‘(3) sign or assent to (which may be by exe- 21 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con- 22 duct, work program, plan, or similar device with re- 23 spect to diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical the- 24 ory (relating to race, gender, or otherwise), 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 925 IH intersectionality, sexual orientation or gender iden- 1 tity, or any substantially similar theory or policy; 2 ‘‘(4) sign or assent to (which may be by exe- 3 cuting or acknowledging) a statement, code of con- 4 duct, work program, plan, or similar device that as- 5 serts or requires assent by the senior executive that 6 a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological 7 sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically 8 superior or inferior, oppressive or oppressed, or priv- 9 ileged or unprivileged; 10 ‘‘(5) take any other action that would require 11 the treatment of any individual advantageously or 12 disadvantageously on the basis of that individual’s 13 race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na- 14 tional origin; or 15 ‘‘(6) limit, segregate, or classify employees or 16 applicants for employment in any way that would 17 deprive or tend to deprive any individual of an em- 18 ployment opportunity, or otherwise adversely affect 19 the status of the individual as an employee, because 20 of the race, color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, 21 or national origin of the individual.’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 925 IH TITLE II—FEDERAL TRAINING 1 SEC. 201. GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4103 of title 5, United 3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(d) No training program or plan may be developed, 6 implemented, distributed, published, established, or pur- 7 chased under this section— 8 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu- 9 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth- 10 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen- 11 der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 12 policy; or 13 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as- 14 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 15 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys- 16 temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op- 17 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged. 18 ‘‘(e) No employee may be required to complete train- 19 ing under a program or plan established under this sec- 20 tion— 21 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu- 22 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth- 23 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 925 IH der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 1 policy; or 2 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as- 3 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 4 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys- 5 temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op- 6 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 7 (b) REGULATIONS.—Section 4118 of title 5, United 8 States Code, is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘This section’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d), 11 this section’’; and 12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(d) The Office shall, in the regulations prescribed 14 under this section, provide that no training program or 15 plan may be developed, implemented, distributed, pub- 16 lished, established, or purchased— 17 ‘‘(1) with respect to diversity, equity, and inclu- 18 sion, critical theory (relating to race, gender, or oth- 19 erwise), intersectionality, sexual orientation or gen- 20 der identity, or any substantially similar theory or 21 policy; or 22 ‘‘(2) that asserts or requires the trainees to as- 23 sert that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, 24 biological sex, or national origin is inherently or sys- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 925 IH temically superior or inferior, oppressive or op- 1 pressed, or privileged or unprivileged.’’. 2 SEC. 202. USE OF FUNDS. 3 No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 4 by law shall be used for the purpose of developing, imple- 5 menting, distributing, publishing or purchasing in any 6 Federal agency a training course— 7 (1) relating to— 8 (A) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessi- 9 bility; 10 (B) a critical theory relating to race, gen- 11 der, or otherwise; or 12 (C) intersectionality, sexual orientation, or 13 gender identity; or 14 (2) that asserts or requires trainees to assert 15 that a particular race, color, ethnicity, religion, bio- 16 logical sex, or national origin is inherently or sys- 17 temically superior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, 18 privileged, or unprivileged. 19 TITLE III—FEDERAL 20 CONTRACTING 21 SEC. 301. REQUIRED CONTRACT TERMS. 22 (a) CONTRACTS EXCEEDING $10,000.—Section 6502 23 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 24 the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(5) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN- 1 CLUSION PRACTICE.—No part of the contract will be 2 performed, and no materials, supplies, articles, or 3 equipment will be manufactured or fabricated under 4 the contract, in plants, factories, buildings, or sur- 5 roundings, under working conditions or in a working 6 environment, provided by or under the control or su- 7 pervision of a contractor or any subcontractor who 8 is subject to, or required to comply with, a prohib- 9 ited diversity, equity or inclusion practice (as defined 10 in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 11 (b) CONTRACTS IN OTHER AMOUNTS.—Section 6703 12 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at 13 the end the following: 14 ‘‘(6) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, OR IN- 15 CLUSION PRACTICE.—The contract and bid specifica- 16 tion shall contain a provision specifying that no part 17 of the services covered by this chapter may be per- 18 formed in buildings or surroundings, under working 19 conditions or in a working environment, provided by 20 or under the control or supervision of a contractor 21 or any subcontractor who is subject to, or required 22 to comply with, a prohibited diversity, equity or in- 23 clusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of the 24 Civil Rights Act of 1964).’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 925 IH SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122 of title 40, United 2 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘§ 122. Prohibition on discrimination 4 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 5 ‘‘(1) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.—With re- 6 spect to a program or activity carried out or receiv- 7 ing Federal assistance under this subtitle, an indi- 8 vidual may not be, based on race, color, biological 9 sex, ethnicity, religion, or national origin— 10 ‘‘(A) excluded from participation; 11 ‘‘(B) denied benefits; or 12 ‘‘(C) otherwise discriminated against. 13 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND IN- 14 CLUSION PRACTICES.—With respect to a program or 15 activity carried out or receiving Federal assistance 16 under this subtitle, an individual may not be subject 17 to or required to comply with a prohibited diversity, 18 equity, and inclusion practice (as defined in section 19 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 20 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The heads of Federal agen- 22 cies shall enforce subsection (a) through rules, regu- 23 lations, policies, and other executive actions of the 24 agency that are similar to rules, regulations, policies, 25 and other executive actions established with respect 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 925 IH to racial and other discrimination under title VI of 1 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 2 seq.). 3 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any enforce- 4 ment under paragraph (1) shall not be construed to 5 bar an individual from pursuing any other legal rem- 6 edy available to the individual as a result of an ac- 7 tion constituting a violation of subsection (a).’’. 8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 9 for title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking 10 the item relating to section 122 and inserting the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘122. Prohibition on discrimination.’’. SEC. 303. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS. 13 (a) PROHIBITION.—No funds appropriated or other- 14 wise made available by Federal law may be used by a Fed- 15 eral contractor for purpose of— 16 (1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 17 equity, inclusion, or accessibility or a substantially 18 similar office; 19 (2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 20 officer or a substantially similar officer; 21 (3) developing, implementing, distributing, pub- 22 lishing or purchasing— 23 (A) a training course relating to— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 925 IH (i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac- 1 cessibility; 2 (ii) a critical theory relating to race, 3 gender, or otherwise; 4 (iii) intersectionality; or 5 (iv) sexual orientation or gender iden- 6 tity; or 7 (B) a training course that is substantially 8 similar to a training course described in sub- 9 paragraph (A); or 10 (C) a training course that asserts or re- 11 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 12 color, ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or na- 13 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe- 14 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged, 15 or unprivileged. 16 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 17 tion shall be construed to prevent— 18 (1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 19 Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga- 20 nized and operated; 21 (2) an office enforcing the Americans with Dis- 22 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) or 23 similar programs or offices as historically organized 24 and operated; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 925 IH (3) a Federal contractor from using non-Fed- 1 eral funds as the Federal contractor so determines. 2 TITLE IV—FEDERAL GRANTS 3 AND COOPERATIVE AGREE- 4 MENTS 5 SEC. 401. REQUIRED GRANT AGREEMENT TERMS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘§ 6310. Grants and grant agreements 10 ‘‘(a) GRANT AGREEMENT REQUIRED TERMS.—The 11 head of an executive agency may not provide a grant to 12 any recipient unless the head of the agency and the recipi- 13 ent enter into a grant agreement that contains a provision 14 specifying that no funds appropriated or otherwise made 15 available by Federal law shall be used by the grant recipi- 16 ent for purpose of— 17 ‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 18 equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 19 ‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 20 officer or a substantially similar officer; 21 ‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 22 publishing, or purchasing— 23 ‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac- 1 cessibility; 2 ‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 3 gender, or otherwise; 4 ‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 5 ‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 6 identity; 7 ‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 8 to the training courses described in subpara- 9 graph (A); or 10 ‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re- 11 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 12 color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na- 13 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe- 14 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 15 or unprivileged; or 16 ‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 17 or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 18 the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 19 ‘‘(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF- 20 FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre- 21 vent— 22 ‘‘(1) the maintenance and funding of an Equal 23 Employment Opportunity office, as historically orga- 24 nized and operated; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 1 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 2 or similar programs or offices as historically orga- 3 nized and operated; or 4 ‘‘(3) a recipient of a grant from an executive 5 agency from using non-Federal funds as the recipi- 6 ent so determines. 7 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO HBCUS.—Nothing in this sec- 8 tion shall be construed to prevent the maintenance and 9 funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities 10 (HBCUs).’’. 11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 12 for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code is amended 13 by adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘6310. Grants and grant agreements.’’. SEC. 402. REQUIRED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TERMS. 15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 31, United 16 States Code, as amended by section 401(a), is further 17 amended by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘§ 6311. Cooperative agreements 19 ‘‘(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT REQUIRED 20 TERMS.—The head of an executive agency may not enter 21 into a cooperative agreement with a party unless the coop- 22 erative agreement contains a provision specifying that no 23 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by Federal 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 925 IH law shall be used by any party to the cooperative agree- 1 ment for purpose of— 2 ‘‘(1) maintaining an office relating to diversity, 3 equity, inclusion, or accessibility; 4 ‘‘(2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity 5 officer or a substantially similar officer; 6 ‘‘(3) developing, implementing, distributing, 7 publishing, or purchasing— 8 ‘‘(A) a training course relating to— 9 ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, or ac- 10 cessibility; 11 ‘‘(ii) a critical theory relating to race, 12 gender, or otherwise; 13 ‘‘(iii) intersectionality; or 14 ‘‘(iv) sexual orientation or gender 15 identity; 16 ‘‘(B) a training course substantially similar 17 to the training courses described in subpara- 18 graph (A); or 19 ‘‘(C) a training course that asserts or re- 20 quires trainees to assert that a particular race, 21 color, religion, ethnicity, biological sex, or na- 22 tional origin is inherently or systemically supe- 23 rior, inferior, oppressive, oppressed, privileged 24 or unprivileged; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(4) engaging in a prohibited diversity, equity, 1 or inclusion practice (as defined in section 1201 of 2 the Civil Rights Act of 1964.). 3 ‘‘(b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY OF- 4 FICES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to— 5 ‘‘(1) prevent the maintenance and funding of an 6 Equal Employment Opportunity office, as histori- 7 cally organized and operated; 8 ‘‘(2) an office enforcing the Americans with 9 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 10 or similar programs or offices as historically orga- 11 nized and operated; or 12 ‘‘(3) prevent a party to a cooperative agreement 13 with an executive agency from using non-Federal 14 funds as the party so determines.’’. 15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 16 for chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 17 by section 401(b), is further amended by adding at the 18 end the following: 19 ‘‘6311. Cooperative agreements.’’. TITLE V—FEDERAL ADVISORY 20 COMMITTEES 21 SEC. 501. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 22 PRACTICES. 23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United 24 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 925 IH Committee Act’’), is amended by adding at the end the 1 following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 1015. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRAC- 3 TICES. 4 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLU- 5 SION PRACTICE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘pro- 6 hibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice’ has the 7 meaning that term has in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 8 Act of 1964. 9 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION.—The following may not author- 10 ize, permit, or implement a prohibited diversity, equity, 11 or inclusion practice with respect to any advisory com- 12 mittee established by the head of an agency: 13 ‘‘(1) The Administrator. 14 ‘‘(2) The agency head. 15 ‘‘(3) The chair of the advisory committee. 16 ‘‘(4) The advisory committee. 17 ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF COMMITTEE.— 18 ‘‘(1) FINDING BY ADMINISTRATOR.—With re- 19 spect to an advisory committee, if the Administrator 20 finds that the applicable agency head, chair of the 21 advisory committee, or the advisory committee au- 22 thorized, permitted, or implemented a prohibited di- 23 versity, equity, or inclusion practice, then the advi- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 925 IH sory committee shall terminate not later than 30 1 days after the Administrator makes such finding. 2 ‘‘(2) FINDING BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—With 3 respect to an advisory committee, if the Inspector 4 General for the agency that established the advisory 5 committee finds that the applicable agency head, 6 chair of the advisory committee, or the advisory 7 committee authorized, permitted, or implemented a 8 prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion practice, 9 then the advisory committee shall terminate not 10 later than 30 days after the Inspector General 11 makes such finding. 12 ‘‘(d) ACTION.— 13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person may bring an 14 action in any United States district court seeking a 15 determination that the Administrator, any agency 16 head, any chair of an advisory committee, or any ad- 17 visory committee authorized, permitted, or imple- 18 mented a prohibited diversity, equity, or inclusion 19 practice with respect to an advisory committee. 20 ‘‘(2) ORDER DIRECTING TERMINATION OF ADVI- 21 SORY COMMITTEE.—If after an evidentiary hearing, 22 a court determines that the defendant authorized, 23 permitted, or implemented a prohibited diversity, eq- 24 uity, or inclusion practice, the court shall issue an 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 925 IH order directing the Administrator to immediately 1 terminate that advisory committee. 2 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AWARDS.—In an action 3 brought under this subsection in which the plaintiff 4 prevails, the court may award— 5 ‘‘(A) a Writ of Mandamus or other equi- 6 table or declaratory relief; 7 ‘‘(B) a minimum of $1,000 per violation 8 per day; 9 ‘‘(C) reasonable attorney’s fees and litiga- 10 tion costs; 11 ‘‘(D) compensatory damages; and 12 ‘‘(E) all other appropriate relief.’’. 13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 14 for chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 15 by inserting after the item relating to section 1014 the 16 following: 17 ‘‘1015. Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.’’. SEC. 502. ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBILITIES. 18 (a) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1006 19 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 20 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the word 21 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 22 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(E) whether the committee is in compli- 1 ance with the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 2 (b) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS.— 3 Section 1006 of title 5, United States Code, is further 4 amended by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(f) GUIDELINES AND MANAGEMENT CONTROLS RE- 6 LATED TO THE END RACISM IN FEDERAL ADVISORY 7 COMMITTEES ACT.—The Administrator shall— 8 ‘‘(1) prescribe administrative guidelines and 9 management controls applicable to advisory commit- 10 tees to enforce the requirements of the Dismantle 11 DEI Act of 2025; and 12 ‘‘(2) ensure that the Committee Management 13 Secretariat complies with and enforces the require- 14 ments of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 15 (c) REVISED RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUID- 16 ANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact- 17 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all 18 rules, regulations, policies, guidance, guidelines, manage- 19 ment controls, governing documents, practices, require- 20 ments, training, education, coursework, or similar devices 21 are revised to the extent that they are inconsistent with 22 this Act. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 925 IH SEC. 503. AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES. 1 (a) AGENCY HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection 2 (a) of section 1007 of title 5, United States Code, is 3 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each agency 4 head shall establish uniform administrative guidelines and 5 management controls to ensure compliance with the Dis- 6 mantle DEI Act of 2025.’’. 7 (b) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 1007 of 8 title 5, United States Code, is amended— 9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 10 end; 11 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 12 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(4) ensure compliance with the Dismantle DEI 15 Act of 2025.’’. 16 TITLE VI—EDUCATION 17 SEC. 601. STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF ACCRED- 18 ITING AGENCIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 19 Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 20 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended— 21 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 22 end; 23 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(10) confirms that the standards for accredita- 1 tion of the agency or association do not— 2 ‘‘(A) require, encourage, or coerce any in- 3 stitution of higher education to engage in pro- 4 hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practices 5 (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 6 Act of 1964); 7 ‘‘(B) assess the commitment of an institu- 8 tion of higher education to any ideology, belief, 9 or viewpoint; 10 ‘‘(C) prohibit or discourage an institution 11 of higher education from engaging in activity 12 protected by the Constitution, including having 13 a religious mission, operating as a religious in- 14 stitution, or being controlled by or associated 15 with a religious organization; or 16 ‘‘(D) discriminate against an institution of 17 higher education for engaging in religious 18 speech, religious practice, or religious exer- 19 cise.’’. 20 SEC. 602. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS BY THE SECRETARY 21 OF EDUCATION. 22 Section 8527 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) is amended by add- 24 ing at the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 1 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds pro- 2 vided to the Secretary of Education under this Act 3 may be used by the Secretary, including through a 4 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to— 5 ‘‘(A) maintain an Office of Diversity, Eq- 6 uity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, an Office of 7 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, an Office of 8 Diversity and Inclusion, a Diversity Office or a 9 substantially similar office; 10 ‘‘(B) maintain or employ a Chief Diversity 11 Officer or substantially similar officer; 12 ‘‘(C) develop, implement, distribute, pub- 13 lish, or purchase a training course or substan- 14 tially similar course relating to any of the fol- 15 lowing— 16 ‘‘(i) diversity, equity, inclusion, and 17 accessibility (DEIA); 18 ‘‘(ii) diversity, equity, and inclusion; 19 ‘‘(iii) diversity and inclusion; 20 ‘‘(iv) diversity; 21 ‘‘(v) critical theory (race, gender, or 22 otherwise); 23 ‘‘(vi) intersectionality; or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 925 IH ‘‘(vii) sexual orientation or gender 1 identity; or 2 ‘‘(D) develop, implement, distribute, pub- 3 lish, or purchase a training course or substan- 4 tially similar course that asserts or requires 5 trainees to assert that a particular race, color 6 ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national or- 7 igin is inherently or systemically superior, infe- 8 rior, oppressive or oppressed, privileged or 9 unprivileged. 10 ‘‘(2) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 11 this section shall be construed to— 12 ‘‘(A) prohibit the maintenance and funding 13 of Equal Employment Opportunity offices or of- 14 ficers, as historically organized and operated; 15 ‘‘(B) prohibit the maintenance and funding 16 of offices enforcing the Americans with Disabil- 17 ities Act of 1990 or similar programs or offices, 18 as historically organized and operated; or 19 ‘‘(C) impact the use of non-Federal funds 20 by a contractor of the Department of Education 21 or by a grant recipient of funds from the Sec- 22 retary of Education.’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 925 IH TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 1 SEC. 701. FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, FEDERAL HOME 2 LOAN BANKS, AND FEDERAL HOUSING FI- 3 NANCE AGENCY. 4 Section 1319A of the Federal Housing Enterprises 5 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 6 4520) is repealed. 7 SEC. 702. CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATION; CORPORATE 8 BOARDS; SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZA- 9 TIONS. 10 (a) REPEAL OF OFFICES OF MINORITY AND WOMEN 11 INCLUSION.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd- 13 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 14 Act (12 U.S.C. 5452) is hereby repealed. 15 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- 16 MENTS.— 17 (A) Section 1016(c) of the Consumer Fi- 18 nancial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 19 5496(c)) is amended— 20 (i) in paragraph (7), by adding ‘‘and’’ 21 at the end; 22 (ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; 23 and’’ and inserting a period; and 24 (iii) by striking paragraph (9). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 925 IH (B) The table of contents for the Dodd- 1 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Pro- 2 tection Act is amended by striking the item re- 3 lating to section 342. 4 (b) BOARDS OF PUBLIC COMPANIES SUBJECT TO 5 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.—Section 701 of the Civil Rights Act 6 of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) is amended by adding at the 7 end of subsection (f) the following: ‘‘The term ‘employee’ 8 includes any person who serves on a board of directors 9 of an issuer that has a registration statement in effect 10 as to a security under the Securities Act of 1933 and is 11 compensated by the issuer.’’. 12 (c) PROHIBITION ON RACISM.—The Gramm-Leach- 13 Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.) is amended by insert- 14 ing after section 503 (15 U.S.C. 6803) the following: 15 ‘‘SEC. 503A. PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU- 16 SION PRACTICES. 17 ‘‘No Federal functional regulator shall engage in a 18 prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice (as de- 19 fined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) or 20 require (whether by regulation, enforcement action, guid- 21 ance, examination or otherwise) that any person regulated 22 by the Federal functional regulator engage in a prohibited 23 diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 925 IH (d) NATIONAL SECURITIES ASSOCIATIONS.—Section 1 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 2 78o–3) is amended by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(o) PROHIBITED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLU- 4 SION PRACTICES.—No national securities association shall 5 engage in a prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion 6 practice (as defined in section 1201 of the Civil Rights 7 Act of 1964) or require (whether by rule, enforcement ac- 8 tion, guidance, examination, or otherwise) that any mem- 9 ber of the national securities association engage in a pro- 10 hibited diversity, equity, and inclusion practice.’’. 11 (e) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD 12 MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Section 104(d)(2)(G) of the 13 Community Development Banking and Financial Institu- 14 tions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703(d)(2)(G)) is amended, 15 in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and racial, 16 ethnic, and gender diversity’’. 17 SEC. 703. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 18 Section 821 of the Public Health Service Act (42 19 U.S.C. 296m) is repealed. 20 SEC. 704. REPEAL OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION 21 PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 22 (a) REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON DI- 23 VERSITY AND INCLUSION.—Section 113 of title 10, United 24 States Code, is amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 925 IH (1) in subsection (c)— 1 (A) by striking paragraph (2); and 2 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 3 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 4 (2) in subsection (g)(1)(B)— 5 (A) by striking clause (vii); and 6 (B) by redesignating clauses (viii), (ix), 7 and (x) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respec- 8 tively; and 9 (3) by striking subsections (l) and (m) and by 10 redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections 11 (l) and (m), respectively. 12 (b) REPEAL OF CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 147 of title 10, 14 United States Code, is repealed. 15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- 16 tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 17 amended by striking the item relating to section 18 147. 19 (c) REPEAL OF PROGRAM ON DIVERSITY IN MILI- 20 TARY LEADERSHIP.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 656 of title 10, 22 United States Code, is repealed. 23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- 24 tions at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 925 IH amended by striking the item relating to section 1 656. 2 SEC. 705. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND 3 COAST GUARD. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 845(c) 5 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 415(c)) 6 is repealed. 7 (b) COAST GUARD.—Section 1903(d)(2) of title 14, 8 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, including 9 diversity, inclusion, and issues regarding women specifi- 10 cally’’. 11 SEC. 706. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 12 Section 5704 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Mat- 13 thew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for 14 Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334b) 15 is repealed. 16 TITLE VIII—ENFORCEMENT; 17 SEVERABILITY 18 SEC. 801. ENFORCEMENT; PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. 19 (a) ENFORCEMENT.—Any person alleging a violation 20 of this Act may bring a civil action in any United States 21 District Court. 22 (b) RELIEF.—In a civil action brought under sub- 23 section (a) in which the plaintiff prevails, the court may 24 award— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 925 IH (1) a Writ of Mandamus or other equitable or 1 declaratory relief; 2 (2) a minimum of $1,000 per violation per day; 3 (3) reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation 4 costs; 5 (4) compensatory damages; and 6 (5) all other appropriate relief. 7 SEC. 802. SEVERABILITY. 8 If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 9 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend- 10 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti- 11 tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 12 by this Act, and the application of such provision or 13 amendment to any person or circumstance shall not be af- 14 fected thereby. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:27 May 05, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H925.IH H925 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS