Eliminate funding for partners that promote DEI practices

What has happened

1. Jan 27, 2026 Done

   Both halves of the ask - defunding and debarment - are now standing award terms. State's Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance rule (2 CFR, effective 2026-02-26) conditions foreign assistance on the recipient not promoting discriminatory equity ideology, requires the term to be flowed down to sub-recipients, obliges recipients to open their books on reasonable cause, requires termination on violation unless corrective action is warranted, and provides for suspension of payments and "[s]uspension or debarment" plus refund of amounts spent in violation.

   • State Department final rule: Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance Rules

     Primary Executive branch Jan 27, 2026

2. Jan 20, 2025 Attempted

   Executive Order 14151 required termination of all equity-related grants and contracts and of DEI performance requirements for grantees; Executive Order 14173 required a certification in every grant award that the recipient does not operate DEI programs violating Federal anti-discrimination law.

   • Executive Order 14151 - Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing

     Primary Executive branch Jan 20, 2025

   • Executive Order 14173 - Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity

     Primary Executive branch Jan 21, 2025