In committee
Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
This bill eliminates all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, positions, and training programs across federal agencies, requiring affected workers to be laid off without reassignment. It bans the use of federal money for DEI initiatives, affinity groups, and training on topics like systemic privilege or critical theory, extending these restrictions to federal contractors, grant recipients, and the Department of Education. The measure also shields federal employees from discipline if they refuse to take DEI training or sign DEI pledges, and it bars higher education accreditors from requiring DEI standards at colleges. Traditional Equal Employment Opportunity and disability-access offices are exempt from these bans.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach85provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
LGBTQ+ policy−65Race-conscious policy−85Religious exemptions−40Curriculum & control−45
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Federal employees and job applicantsProtects federal workers and applicants from adverse personnel actions, demotions, termination, or negative performance evaluations if they refuse to participate in diversity trainings or refuse to sign diversity-related statements (Sec. 106, 201).
- Compensated corporate board members of public companiesExtends federal employment anti-discrimination protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to compensated members of public company corporate boards (Sec. 702(b)).
- Private litigants enforcing the ActAuthorizes any person to file a federal civil lawsuit to enforce the Act and obtain injunctions, compensatory damages, attorney's fees, and statutory damages of at least $1,000 per violation per day (Sec. 501(d), 801).
Who it burdens
- Federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff and Chief Diversity OfficersRequires federal agencies and the Office of Personnel Management to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and councils, and subjects their staff to layoffs without the possibility of transfer or reassignment (Sec. 101, 102, 104, 105).
- Federal contractors and subcontractorsProhibits contractors from using federal funds to maintain diversity offices, employ Chief Diversity Officers, or conduct diversity training, and bars contract performance under working conditions subject to prohibited diversity practices (Sec. 301, 303).
- Federal grant and cooperative agreement recipientsBars recipients from using federal grant or cooperative agreement funding to operate diversity offices, employ Chief Diversity Officers, or conduct diversity and critical theory trainings (Sec. 401, 402).
- Higher education accrediting agenciesProhibits accrediting agencies from requiring or coercing colleges and universities to adopt diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, assess ideological commitments, or restrict religious missions and speech (Sec. 601).
- Nursing schools and nursing diversity grant programsRepeals the statutory authorization for the federal nursing workforce diversity grant program under the Public Health Service Act (Sec. 703).