Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 8339-8341]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2025-01953]

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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

5 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.

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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.

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:

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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d 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.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 20, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-01953

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