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Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
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What the order contains
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- Sec. 1. Purpose
- Sec. 2. Policy
- Sec. 3. Terminating Illegal Discrimination in the Federal Government
- Sec. 4. Encouraging the Private Sector to End Illegal DEI Discrimination and Preferences
- Sec. 5. Other Actions
- Sec. 6. Severability
- Sec. 7. Scope
- Sec. 8. General Provisions
Section 1, quoted from the order
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Longstanding Federal civil-rights laws protect individual Americans from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. These civil-rights protections serve as a bedrock supporting equality of opportunity for all Americans. As President, I have a solemn duty to ensure that these laws are enforced for the benefit of all Americans. […]
Federal Register notes
Revokes: EO 11246, September 24, 1965; EO 12898, February 11, 1994; EO 13583, August 18, 2011; EO 13672, July 21, 2014; Memo. of October 5, 2016
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