Executive Order 14151

Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

Signed January 20, 2025, printed at 90 FR 8339. 2 sections of substance, 1,019 words.

In plain English

This order shuts down diversity programs across the government. It calls them a form of bias that the law does not allow.

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Sec. 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

In plain English

This is about DEI programs. It says the last administration spread them across agencies. It says they were unfair and wasteful.

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

In plain English

This tells budget and staffing offices to end those programs. They must review hiring rules and training. Reviews must reward work, not DEI.

Sec. 3. Severability

Every order carries this. It is not what the order does.

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.

In plain English

This is the standard severability clause. If a court strikes down part of the order, the rest still stands.

Sec. 4. General Provisions

Every order carries this. It is not what the order does.

(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. [[Page 8341]] (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. <GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT> (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-01953 Filed 1-28-25; 8:45 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P </pre></body>

In plain English

This is the closing clause that nearly every order carries. It says the order does not change what the law already allows. It also says no one can sue to enforce it.

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