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Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act
Sponsored By: Representative Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
Introduced
Summary
Blocks federal funding for DEI training in federal hiring and employment. It forbids requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion training for appointment or continued employment in the federal civil service and restricts agencies from creating, buying, or distributing DEI-related courses.
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- Federal employees: Cannot be required to take DEI or critical-theory-related training to get or keep a federal job.
- Agencies and managers: May not use federal funds to develop, implement, plan, purchase, or distribute training about DEI, critical race or gender theory, intersectionality, sexual orientation, gender identity, or claims that systemic racism is embedded in laws and institutions.
- Training vendors and contractors: Federal purchases or contracts for DEI-related courses would be barred, narrowing the market for those services.
- Workplace protection: Common, customary hiring and employment practices that prevent sexual harassment remain allowed.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Limits diversity training for federal employees
If enacted, the bill would bar federal agencies from using Federal funds to create, buy, plan, or give certain trainings to federal employees. Covered topics would include diversity, equity, and inclusion as the bill defines it, critical race and gender theory, intersectionality, and sexual orientation and gender identity. It would also bar using Federal funds to require DEI training or to make such training a condition of civil service appointment or continued employment. The bill would define DEI to include claims that a group is inherently superior or that systemic racism is embedded in laws and systems. It would not apply to normal hiring or workplace practices used to prevent sexual harassment. These rules would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
LA • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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