Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
Revokes Numerous Prior Executive Orders and Federal Memoranda
What it does
Agencies must immediately stop federal implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and review prior actions to rescind listed orders and memoranda.
Real-world impact
- Ends implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal agencies.
- Rescinds many prior executive orders and presidential memoranda nationwide.
- Requires policy reviews with recommendations to the President within 45 days.
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Summary
This executive order revokes a long list of prior executive orders and presidential memoranda from the previous administration. It directs agency heads to end what it calls "unlawful and radical" diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in federal government operations.
The Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council must review actions tied to the revoked orders and propose rescissions or replacement actions to increase American prosperity. The National Security Advisor must review national security memoranda from January 20, 2021 through January 20, 2025 and recommend rescissions within 45 days.
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