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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2025
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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Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Restoring Military Focus Act would eliminate the Department of Defense’s Chief Diversity Officer position by repealing its statutory provision. It would also repeal a related provision and prohibit committing or spending federal money to establish positions that are the same as, or substantially similar to, the Chief Diversity Officer or Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion.
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Military Focus Act.
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Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense (a) Repeal of position Section 147 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.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M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3802) is repealed.
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.
Section 2(a) would repeal section 147 of title 10 of the United States Code, identified by the bill as the provision for the Department of Defense’s Chief Diversity Officer position.
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.
Section 2(b) would also repeal all of section 913 of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization law. The bill describes this as a related repeal; the repealed section’s full contents are not supplied.
(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.
Section 3 would prohibit committing federal funds or spending them to establish a Department of Defense position that is the same as, or substantially similar to, either named position. This restriction would cover both the Chief Diversity Officer and the Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion.
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.
To identify the positions covered by the funding restriction, the proposal would use their statutory descriptions as they existed before enactment.
(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.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated July 23, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Armed Services on February 6, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-07-23T19:11:23Z. 2025-02-06: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 2025-02-06: Introduced in House
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