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<dc:title>118 S3252 IS: Abolish Government DEI Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 3252</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20231108">November 8, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S420">Mr. Schmitt</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To terminate the authorities of certain entities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Abolish Government DEI Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id0ac3a58bbf164a649330b57b232801d1"><enum>2.</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id754ae37f8f704c2789a19af7fd8f0cbc"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered agency</term> means an agency, the head of which is within the President's cabinet.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c644056d8db4503b4aa6fce3aa5de47"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office abolishments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the authorities of the following entities of the Federal Government shall terminate:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc48559becc444f038c6932e3144b7ce5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the Department of State.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ae6007a4a8a4b66973bb5fb509b39d2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights of the Department of the Interior.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99242769c811472eb0042de77b046ae3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the Department of the Treasury.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442ea714747440de9762135d1a54608d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity of the Department of the Treasury.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f16996436f14d8c99d6165a72172823"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Office of Civil Rights of the United States Agency for International Development.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81c8be2603a948dab64930922e6f2063"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8eeda55d0b544962a1bd45ecfaf76724"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Chief Diversity Officers Executive Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1482a69fe4ca4b0ab50868b479a1f4e6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the Office of Personnel Management.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12b34dc900ff443db8656a07d747fc0b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7055e4e0dd6b4b4396fa7cc844927722"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfabb1ee807fa45b9b0f7e74f6195f891"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb54befb7032413bb8599968290d77fb"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf872fadd8070463c8753e3eea2139a94"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Office of Civil Rights Diversity and Inclusion of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26d30ab1e1b34ced9d91d93b801c790f"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the Department of Agriculture.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8b2c730872648d78e40a9cdf8a0ce44"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The Diversity and Inclusion Office of the United States Air Force Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2423bc3354ad46aa87ac85de8429782d"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The Office of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the Department of the Treasury.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id92df14b8016a4d11a97bc71937562714"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion of the National Institutes of Health.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb0f70659789149dabf95686c317c1039"><enum>(18)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights of the Small Business Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idabc8298c60c84ad4ad2d7ed339fb10a4"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The Privacy and Diversity Office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4e21b0b18f64acaa64dbcff3eaf221f"><enum>(20)</enum><text>The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Commerce.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8de7d0da84744c1db05361e023bb74a0"><enum>(21)</enum><text>The Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8689afa5619b4ec5ac101af9091dc7e1"><enum>(22)</enum><text>The Office for Civil Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78ba5620458e49449e4ca7bcab0a5c3d"><enum>(23)</enum><text> The Office of Energy Justice and Equity of the Department of Energy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc7df3b7e3b064662af0a25b324b7e468"><enum>(24)</enum><text>The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Office of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58db1f2802d24dfa892bc2f079e1b8b6"><enum>(25)</enum><text>The Office of Racial Equity of the Office of the City Administrator for the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7f49681ae09423d95b56189f2fc6ec8"><enum>(26)</enum><text>The Office of Equity and Civil Rights of the National Science Foundation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8603708805d4474e9fc0dcd69f4a0c8e"><enum>(27)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity and Inclusive Workforce Management of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e53930e5d3d45f8a963b077836347c4"><enum>(28)</enum><text>The Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the National Security Agency and the Central Security Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id858efcdadc204519b04ce73e060fb187"><enum>(29)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity and Civil Rights of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id472c2cc060524bcea2d32ac417ae5801"><enum>(30)</enum><text>The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity of the Securities and Exchange Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f091c22efdc45c7b8b9dc9481730fb9"><enum>(31)</enum><text>The Intelligence Community Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Office of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc0e6adbdb384b6ba34e752ef2f8bb35"><enum>(32)</enum><text>The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda25d50951b94e3cbff0cc08d2b8cd80"><enum>(33)</enum><text>The Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Office of the Defense Logistics Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7881e87c7d54c60acd2b98c0d02e84b"><enum>(34)</enum><text>The Army Equity and Inclusion Agency of the United States Army.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idad3dd335aca54fea878d4b1ea3490480"><enum>(35)</enum><text>The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion of the Bureau of the Census.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4789571541c4437796b0c234ec3f363d"><enum>(36)</enum><text>The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9afb26bfddf422cb0924d9960f9986b"><enum>(37)</enum><text>The Affirmative Employment and Diversity Management Program of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce78abe57a664da89487228558ceb795"><enum>(38)</enum><text>The Office of Diversity Inclusion and Equal Opportunity of the United States Military Academy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3bc44c7758534e84a4eceb572a3753bd" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(39)</enum><text>The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion of the Internal Revenue Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9448cad04ac94ad1b07cca287d0514b8"><enum>(40)</enum><text>The Office of Health Equity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60cdb68403254e5c895e204c56c45cd2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5de5b550b3d4d0e9238b7ce5fc4d06e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cabinet level agencies</header><text>The head of a covered agency may not carry out any plan relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideecf541e02d746fb939eddfce133bf46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>USAID</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development may not carry out the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy of the United States Agency for International Development.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

