Trump revoked the federal-contractor affirmative-action order dating to 1965

Date: 2025-01-21
Entry type: executive-order
Current status: Issuance documented; this entry does not assert present enforceability.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunitydocumented action or event
Donald J. Trumppresident responsible for the cited action

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
On 2025-01-21, Donald Trump revoked Executive Order 11246 and directed agencies to end federal contracting practices that the order characterized as race- and sex-based preferences.
- The White House: Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based OpportunityOperative text of the cited action