Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
Orders the termination of all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, offices, and positions across the executive branch. Requires agencies to close DEI-related offices within 60 days and reassign or terminate staff. This is the companion to EO 14173 (ending DEI in the private sector through federal contracting).
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Declares DEI programs illegal and immoral discrimination that corrupted federal government; orders termination of all DEI and DEIA programs and offices.
Directs OMB, AG, and OPM to terminate all DEI programs and mandates, review federal employment practices, and ensure performance reviews reward merit not DEI factors; agencies must submit termination plans within 60 days.
Standard severability clause: if a court strikes any provision, the rest of the order stands.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.
Linked Court Cases (1)
EO 14151 directed agencies to terminate DEI programs; EPA used this and EO 14154 as basis for terminating the ECJ Block Grant Program. Court held the termination was arbitrary and capricious and unlawful.
Related Executive Orders
Same subject matter
Litigation Summary
Partly blocked in court; Supreme Court stayed the restraining order pending appeal.