Executive Order 14281: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy

What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Revoking Certain Presidential Actions
• Sec. 4. Enforcement Discretion to Ensure Lawful Governance
• Sec. 5. Existing Regulations
• Sec. 6. Review of Current Matters
• Sec. 7. Future Agency Action
• Sec. 8. Severability
• Sec. 9. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law. This principle guarantees equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes. It promises that people are treated as individuals, not components of a particular race or group. It encourages meritocracy and a colorblind society, not race- or sex-based favoritism. Adherence to this principle is essential to creating opportunity, encouraging achievement, and sustaining the American Dream. But a pernicious movement endangers this foundational principle, seeking to transform America's promise of equal opportunity into a divisive pursuit of results preordained by irrelevant immutable characteristics, regardless of individual strengths, effort, or achievement. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 12250, November 2, 1980