Executive order · Signed July 21, 2014

Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity

Executive Order 14173, signed January 21, 2025, revoked this order.

President Barack Obama signed it on July 21, 2014. Published in the Federal Register on July 23, 2014, 79 FR 42971.

Executive Order 13672
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  1. Blake D. MooreRRepublicanUtah · House ·

    Congressman Blake Moore's Bill to Protect the Tax-Exempt Status of Religious Organizations Passes Committee

    “For example, a future administration could reinstate former President Obama’s E.O. 13672, which protected federal contractors from discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and attempted to strip a faith-based organization’s tax-exempt status or federal funding due to non-adherence to the executive order.”

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  2. Ron WydenDDemocratOregon · Senate ·

    During Pride Month, Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Apologizing for Government Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Civil Servants, Servicemembers

    “In 2014, Former President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13672, officially prohibiting the federal government and federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. During the Biden Administration, the Department of Defense announced that it would undertake a proactive review of the service records of individuals discharged due to their sexual orientation to assess whether”

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  3. Tim KaineDDemocratVirginia · Senate ·

    During Pride Month, Kaine & Baldwin Introduce Resolution Apologizing for Government Discrimination Against LGBT Civil Servants, Servicemembers

    “In 2014, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13672, officially prohibiting the federal government and federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. During the Biden Administration, the Department of Defense announced that it would undertake a proactive review of the service records of individuals discharged due to their sexual orientation to assess whether to”

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  4. Blake D. MooreRRepublicanUtah · House ·

    Congressman Blake Moore Introduces Bill to Protect the Tax-Exempt Status of Religious Organizations

    “For example, a future administration could reinstate former President Obama’s E.O. 13672, which prohibited federal contractors from discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), and attempt to strip a faith-based organization’s tax-exempt status or federal funding due to non-adherence to the executive order.”

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