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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Last progress June 4, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 4, 2025 by Jeff Merkley
Repeals five specified Executive Orders that target LGBTQI+ people, declares those orders to have no legal effect, and bars the use of any Federal funds to carry out or enforce them. The repeal applies to the particular orders listed in the text and prevents federal dollars from being spent to implement those orders. Affirms that this statute does not limit or take away any powers the Constitution gives to the President; it leaves presidential constitutional authority intact while removing the listed Executive Orders and blocking federal funding for their enforcement.
All Executive orders that target lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals described in subsection (b), and any related or successor Executive orders that similarly harm or limit the rights of LGBTQI+ individuals, shall have no force or effect.
No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out those Executive orders, pursuant to Article I of the Constitution, including the Spending Clause of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
Executive Order 14168 (90 Fed. Reg. 8615) — described as relating to the Federal interpretation of sex and said to: (A) mandate discrimination against transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming individuals in the United States; (B) could demolish protections for LGBTQI+ individuals in employment, education, housing, and health care; and (C) refuse appropriate Federal identity markers to transgender, nonbinary, and intersex individuals.
Executive Order 14183 (90 Fed. Reg. 8757) — described as relating to reinstating and expanding the military ban on transgender servicemembers.
Executive Order 14187 (90 Fed. Reg. 8771) — described as directing agencies to take action to prevent transgender health care from being provided to adolescents under the age of 19.
Primary effect: People in the LGBTQIA+ community are directly affected because the law removes (from the federal order list) directives identified as targeting them and blocks federal funding used to enforce those directives. For individuals and organizations, this means that federal agencies can no longer lawfully rely on the listed Executive Orders as a basis for actions, benefits, or restrictions tied to those orders.
Federal agencies and employees: Agencies must stop carrying out or enforcing the named Executive Orders and must not spend federal funds to implement them. Agency guidance, procedures, or contracts created to implement those orders will lose legal effect to the extent they depend on the repealed orders; agencies will need to review and likely revise administrative materials. The funding prohibition could halt or redirect any agency activities that relied on those orders.
Employers, contractors, and service providers: If any businesses or contractors were taking actions to comply with requirements in the repealed orders (for example, in hiring, benefits, or program participation), those requirements would no longer have legal force from the federal Executive Order source; practical effects depend on whether other laws or regulations still require similar conduct.
Legal and judicial system: The repeal could generate court cases about actions taken under the repealed orders before the repeal, including challenges about the continuing effects (if any) of past agency decisions. The Act’s preservation of presidential constitutional authority may also affect litigation over any subsequent presidential actions.
Political and social impact: The change is likely to generate public debate and political responses from stakeholders on both sides—civil-rights and LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, federal officials, and others—because it involves civil-rights–related directives and the use of federal funds.
Limits: The Act does not itself create or fund new programs, does not amend substantive civil-rights statutes, and does not change unrelated federal law. It only removes the named Executive Orders and prohibits federal money from enforcing them.
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Last progress June 4, 2025 (8 months ago)