Dismantle DEI Act of 2025

Purpose & Problem

Is the problem real and worth federal action?

This bill aims to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the federal government. It targets what the bill calls prohibited practices, such as race-based hiring decisions and mandatory DEI training for federal workers.

Scope & Related Provisions

Does it stay focused, or carry unrelated add-ons?

The bill covers federal offices, workers, contractors, grants, schools, and financial regulators. It also repeals specific laws affecting the Defense Department, Coast Guard, and housing finance agencies, all tied to the same DEI focus.

Who Is Affected

Who benefits, and who bears the cost?

Federal employees, contractors, grant recipients, colleges, and financial firms all face new rules or lose current programs. Agencies must close DEI offices and cut related staff through a formal reduction in force.

Cost & Funding

Is it affordable and responsibly funded?

The bill does not authorize or appropriate new spending. It cuts existing DEI office budgets and staffing, shifting costs onto agencies to close offices, revise rules, and manage workforce reductions within existing resources.

Risks & Implementation

What could go wrong in practice?

Agencies must close offices, revise all related rules, and reduce staff within 90 to 180 days. Meeting those tight deadlines across many large agencies at the same time could strain normal operations.

TITLE I--FEDERAL OFFICES AND PERSONNEL

This title cancels several executive orders and memoranda related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the federal government, and requires all DEI offices across federal agencies to be closed within 90 days. It bans the use of federal funds for DEI offices, training, and positions, and prohibits federal employees from being penalized for refusing to complete DEI training or sign DEI statements. It also updates federal personnel laws so that performance reviews cannot score employees negatively for declining to participate in DEI-related activities.

TITLE II--FEDERAL TRAINING

This title bans federal agencies from creating, buying, or requiring training programs that cover diversity, equity, and inclusion, critical theory, intersectionality, or sexual orientation and gender identity. It also prohibits any training that teaches employees to view a particular race, religion, sex, or national origin as superior, inferior, or oppressive. No federal funds may be spent on any such training programs.

TITLE III--FEDERAL CONTRACTING

This title adds new required language to federal contracts, stating that contractors and subcontractors cannot follow DEI practices as defined elsewhere in the bill. It also bans discrimination in federally assisted programs based on race, sex, religion, and other characteristics, while prohibiting DEI practices in those same programs. Federal funds may not be used by contractors to run DEI offices, employ chief diversity officers, or pay for DEI-related training programs.

TITLE IV--FEDERAL GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

This title requires that any organization receiving a federal grant or entering a cooperative agreement with a federal agency must agree not to use those federal funds for DEI offices, chief diversity officers, or certain diversity-related training programs. Federal agencies cannot award grants or cooperative agreements unless recipients sign this pledge. Existing Equal Employment Opportunity offices and offices enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act are not affected, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities can still receive federal funding.

TITLE V--FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

This title bans DEI practices in all federal advisory committees, which are groups that give advice to government agencies. If an administrator or inspector general finds a violation, the committee must be shut down within 30 days. Any person can also sue in federal court over a violation and may receive at least $1,000 per violation per day, attorney fees, and other damages if they win.

TITLE VI--EDUCATION

This title changes two education laws. It requires college accrediting agencies to confirm their standards do not push schools to follow DEI practices, judge schools based on ideology, or penalize schools for religious activities. It also bans the Department of Education from using federal funds to run DEI offices, employ diversity officers, or purchase training courses on topics like DEI, critical theory, or gender identity.

TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS

This title removes DEI-related offices, programs, and requirements across several federal agencies and sectors. It repeals diversity offices at financial regulators, eliminates the Pentagon's Chief Diversity Officer and related programs, and removes DEI mandates from the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, and intelligence agencies. It also bans financial regulators and securities associations from requiring DEI practices and extends civil rights employment protections to paid corporate board members.

TITLE VIII--ENFORCEMENT; SEVERABILITY

This title lets any person who believes the law was violated sue in federal court. If they win, the court can order the violation stopped, award at least $1,000 per violation per day, pay the winner's legal fees, and provide other damages. It also states that if one part of the law is struck down by a court, the rest of the law stays in effect.