119-hr800

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 800 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 800

 To enact into law the executive order relating to ending diversity, 
equity, and inclusion programs in the Federal Government, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 28, 2025

 Mr. Mills introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 A BILL

 To enact into law the executive order relating to ending diversity, 
equity, and inclusion programs in the Federal Government, and for other 
 purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``DEI to DIE Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN FEDERAL 
 GOVERNMENT.

    (a) 

=== Findings ===
-Congress finds the following:

    (1) The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral 
 discrimination programs, going by the name ``diversity, equity, 
 and inclusion'' (in this Act referred to as ``DEI''), into 
 virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas 
 ranging from airline safety to the military.

    (2) 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''.

    (3) 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.

    (4) The public release of these plans demonstrated immense 
 public waste and shameful discrimination.

    (5) 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.

    (b) Elimination.--

    (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
 and Budget (in this Act referred to as ``OMB''), assisted by 
 the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of 
 Personnel Management (in this Act referred to as ``OPM''), 
 shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory 
 programs, including illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion 
 (in this Act referred to as ``DEI'') and diversity, equity, 
 inclusion, and accessibility (in this Act referred to as 
 ``DEIA'') mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and 
 activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they 
 appear.

    (2) Application.--To carry out paragraph

    (1) , 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 Act. 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.
            (c) Required Actions.--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 not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act:

    (1) Terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all 
 DEI, DEIA, and ``environmental justice'' offices and positions 
 (including ``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.

    (2) 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;
        (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.

    (3) Direct the deputy agency or department head to--
        (A) assess the operational impact (including 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 

section 530D of title 28, United 
 States Code, 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 subsection

    (a) of this Act. 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 
 Act.
            (d) Meetings.--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--

    (1) 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;

    (2) discuss any barriers to measures to comply with this 
 Act; and

    (3) 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.

    (e) Severability.--If any provision of this Act, or the application 
of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, 
the remainder of this Act and the application of its provisions to any 
other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
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