Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance Rules
To implement the foreign policy objective of the United States not to support the promotion of discriminatory equity ideology overseas directly or indirectly, the U.S. Department of State (Department) is adding a new award term for grants, cooperative agreements, and voluntary contributions entitled "Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign Assistance." The award term imposes certain requirements relating to discriminatory equity ideology on foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), United States NGOs, international organizations, foreign governments, and parastatals. The award term is issued consistent with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) and other foreign assistance authorities such as the FREEDOM Support Act, the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and the SEED Act of 1989, which authorize the Department to provide foreign assistance on such terms and conditions as the President, and by delegation, the Secretary of State, may determine.
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“Foreign NGOs and International Organizations Under this rule, any foreign NGO or international organization (IO) that receives or implements a grant or cooperative agreement for foreign assistance will be required to agree that, during the period of the award, it will not, outside the United States, promote discriminatory equity ideology, engage in unlawful DEI-related discrimination, or provide…”
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