Quick Hits

• The U.S. House of Representatives is considering H.R. 989, legislation that would codify the provisions of recently revoked Executive Order 11246.
• H.R. 989 has been referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Representatives Shontel Brown (D-OH) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced H.R. 989, “To codify Executive Order 11246 titled ‘Equal Employment Opportunity,’” which, as of February 18, 2025, had forty-seven cosponsors (all Democrats) representing twenty-five states and the District of Columbia. After being introduced in the House, the bill was immediately referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R. 989 appears to be a direct response to Executive Order 14173 (“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”), which on January 21, 2025, revoked Executive Order 11246, an order that had been in place, and amended, since issued in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson.