Conforming elimination of certain offices and commissions in District of Columbia government; prohibition on funding
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(a) Elimination of certain offices and commissions The following offices and commissions in the Government of the District of Columbia are hereby abolished: (1) The Mayor’s Office of Racial Equity. (2) The Council Office of Racial Equity. (3) The Council Commission on Racial Equity, Social Justice, and Economic Inclusion. (4) The Commission on Reparations. (5) The Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs. (6) The Commission on Latino Community Development. (7) The Mayor’s Office on Caribbean Community Affairs. (8) The Mayor’s Office on African-American Affairs. (9) The Commission on African-American Affairs. (10) The Mayor’s Office on African Affairs. (11) The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. (12) The Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. (13) The Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development. (14) The Mayor’s Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Affairs. (15) The Commission for Women. (16) The Commission on Health Equity. (b) Prohibition on establishing substantially similar offices or commissions The Government of the District of Columbia may not establish a substantially similar successor office or commission to those referenced in subsection (a). (c) Prohibition of funding diversity, equity, and inclusion agencies None of the funds available for obligation or expenditure by the District of Columbia government under any authority may be used for the purpose of maintaining in any agency an— (1) office relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility or any substantially similar office; (2) maintaining or employing a chief diversity officer or a substantially similar officer; (3) developing, implementing, distributing, or publishing— (A) plans, strategic plans, reports, or surveys relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; or (B) action plans, reports, or surveys relating to equity or substantially similar plans, reports, or surveys; (4) developing, implementing, or maintaining in any agency an employee resource group or an affinity group based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity; or (5) developing, implementing, or maintaining an equity team or a substantially similar team.