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Defense Department, Army Department
Litigation; Amendment
Published August 8, 2025. Takes effect August 8, 2025. printed at 90 FR 38398. amending 32 CFR 516.
An order changed how the government uses the word sex. This updates a defense rule.
What the Rule Says It Does
In accordance with the Executive Order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," this amendment rule removes text in this CFR part that promotes or otherwise inculcates gender ideology. This change is purely administrative.
This is the rule's own summary, as the Federal Register prints it.
The Order It Names
The rule names this order itself. What it does about it is a reading, and none is recorded here.
How This Rule Is Quoted
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