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S. 2091Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Restoring Lethality Act

Sponsored by Tommy TubervilleSen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Introduced June 17, 2025

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The Restoring Lethality Act seeks to remove all statutory provisions that address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the Department of Defense. It does this by repealing the Chief Diversity Officer position, stripping DEI language from the Secretary of Defense’s duties, and eliminating DEI requirements for selection boards, leadership programs, strategic plans, and related training. The changes affect how the DoD measures, reports, and implements DEI policies, effectively ending those statutory mandates.

Key Provisions

  • Repeals the law that creates a Chief Diversity Officer for the Department of Defense.
  • Deletes DEI language and requirements from the Secretary of Defense’s duties and from various sections of Title 10 that address measuring DEI efforts, reporting by gender/race/ethnicity, and related guidance.
  • Eliminates DEI requirements for promotion and other selection boards by striking language that mandates diverse composition of board members.
  • Repeals statutes that require a strategic plan for diversity and inclusion, senior advisors for diversity and inclusion, and other DEI‑focused programs within the military departments and Coast Guard.
  • Removes the requirement to identify gender or personal pronouns in official correspondence.
  • Amends human‑relations training to focus on “honor, excellence, courage, and commitment” instead of DEI content.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 17, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 17, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 17, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2091

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 17, 2025

Mr. Tuberville introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To eliminate statutory provisions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Defense.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Restoring Lethality Act.

2.

Elimination of statutory provisions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Defense

(a)

Duties of Secretary of Defense

Section 113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

by striking paragraph (2); and

(B)

by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;

(2)

in subsection (g)(1)(B)—

(A)

by striking clause (vii); and

(B)

by redesignating clauses (viii), (ix), and (x) as clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix), respectively;

(3)

in subsection (l)—

(A)

in paragraph (1), by striking to measure— and all that follows through (C) the efforts and inserting to measure the efforts; and

(B)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

by striking shall— and all that follows through (A) ensure that and inserting shall ensure that;

(ii)

by striking the semicolon after extent practicable and inserting a period; and

(iii)

by striking subparagraphs (B) through (F); and

(4)

in subsection (m)—

(A)

by striking , disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, each place it appears;

(B)

in paragraph (1), by striking disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity,; and

(C)

in paragraph (9), by striking , gender, race, and ethnicity.

(b)

Chief diversity officer of the department of defense

Section 147 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

(c)

Diversity in selection boards

(1)

Promotion selection boards

Title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(A)

in section 573(b), by striking The members of a selection and all that follows through extent practicable.;

(B)

in section 612(a)(1), by striking The members of a selection and all that follows through extent practicable.; and

(C)

in section 14102(b), by striking The members of a selection and all that follows through extent practicable..

(2)

Other selection boards

Section 503(c) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 573 note) is repealed.

(d)

Diversity in military leadership

Section 656 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

(e)

Identification of gender or personal pronouns in official correspondence

Section 986 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

(f)

Human relations training

Section 2001(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking include and all that follows through the period and inserting shall include honor, excellence, courage, and commitment..

(g)

Strategic plan for diversity and inclusion

Section 529 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 656 note) is repealed.

(h)

Senior advisors for diversity and inclusion for the military departments and coast guard

Section 913(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 147 note) is repealed.

(i)

Conforming amendment

Section 118(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking to carry out— and all that follows through (2) guidance and inserting to carry out guidance.