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This bill would remove the Department of Defense’s Chief Diversity Officer position and block the Pentagon from creating a similar job in the future with federal money. In simple terms, it would end the current diversity leadership role at the Defense Department and prevent the department from using public funds to set up another position that serves the same or a very similar purpose.
- It repeals the part of federal law that created the Chief Diversity Officer position at the Department of Defense.
- It also repeals a related provision from the 2021 defense law that set up a Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion role.
- After this bill becomes law, no federal funds could be used to create a new Defense Department position that is the same as, or very similar to, either of those roles.
Official Summaries
Restoring Military Focus Act
This bill eliminates the position of Chief Diversity Officer within the Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion within the military departments. Additionally, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to establish similar positions to that of Chief Diversity Officer or Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion within DOD.
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, which directed the termination of all federal diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, offices, and positions, including Chief Diversity Officer positions. On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled Restoring America's Fighting Force, which specifically directed the abolishment of every diversity, equity and inclusion office within DOD and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the Coast Guard.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1095 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1095
To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Norman, Ms. Boebert,
and Mr. Ogles) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Military Focus Act''.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Repeal of Position.--Section 147 of title 10, United States
Code, is repealed.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 913 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
(Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3802) is repealed.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SIMILAR POSITIONS.
No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a
position within the Department of Defense that is the same as or
substantially similar to--
(1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as described
in section 147 of title 10, United States Code, as such section
was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and
Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3803), as such section
was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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