Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Eric Schmitt
Introduced
Summary
Dismantling federal DEI practices is the bill's core aim. It would bar a wide range of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, trainings, contracts, and funding and it would rescind several specified Executive Orders and national security memoranda.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Federal DEI authorities and guidance removed
If enacted, the bill would revoke listed Executive Orders and two national security memoranda on DEI upon enactment. OMB would have to rescind Circular A-4 (Nov. 9, 2023) and related guidance within 180 days. The bill would repeal many statutory DEI offices and authorities across agencies and regulators. Advisory committees found to have implemented a prohibited practice would have to end within 30 days of the finding.
Contractors and colleges: DEI funding ban
If enacted, federal funds could not be used to keep DEI offices, chief diversity officers, or DEI training. The bill defines what counts as a prohibited DEI practice and applies that test to grants and contracts. Grants, cooperative agreements, and school funds (including ESEA money) would need terms forbidding those DEI practices. EEO and ADA offices and reports required by law would be preserved. Recipients and contractors could still use non‑Federal funds.
New private lawsuits and $1,000 daily damages
If enacted, any person could sue in U.S. district court for a violation of the Act. Courts could order equitable relief and award attorney's fees and compensatory damages. The statute sets minimum damages of $1,000 per violation per day. This would create notable monetary exposure for agencies, contractors, or committees found to violate the rules.
Federal employees: diversity office closures
If enacted, agencies would have to close DEI offices within 90 days and wind up programs. OPM would have to rescind DEI guidance and close its ODEIA within 180 days. The bill would ban required DEI trainings that assert a trait is superior or inferior. Federal employees would be protected from discipline or worse performance ratings for refusing such trainings or assent.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Eric Schmitt
MO • R
Cosponsors
Tom Cotton
AR • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
James Lankford
OK • R
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Steve Daines
MT • R
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Tommy Tuberville
AL • R
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Marsha Blackburn
TN • R
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Roger Marshall
KS • R
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Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
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Bill Cassidy
LA • R
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James Risch
ID • R
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Kevin Cramer
ND • R
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Jim Banks
IN • R
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Tim Sheehy
MT • R
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
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Rick Scott
FL • R
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Mike Lee
UT • R
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Mike Crapo
ID • R
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Ron Johnson
WI • R
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Josh Hawley
MO • R
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Ted Budd
NC • R
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Roll Call Votes
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