Continue ensuring that no Defense funding supports diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, Critical Race Theory, or abortion-related travel.

Tom Cole · Oklahoma · Republican

oversight impact 5.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

Continuing to ensure that no funding supports diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, Critical Race Theory, or abortion-related travel, consistent with Department of Defense policy.

The bill summary commits to barring Defense appropriations from supporting DEI, CRT, or abortion-related travel.

fy27-defense-subcommittee-bill-summary.pdf
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Evidence

The committee's homepage said on June 10, 2026 that it released the FY27 Defense bill, and on June 11, 2026 that the Defense Subcommittee approved the measure.

Recent official action shows Cole's committee still moving the defense appropriations bill, but the lookback window does not show final enactment or text-level proof that the DEI, CRT, or abortion-travel riders were locked in.

unresolved same_term A for effort

House Committee on Appropriations - Republicans
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AP reported that the House passed a defense bill that eliminated diversity-related programs.

This is a concrete defense-legislation action against DEI, but it concerns authorization legislation rather than final appropriations enactment, so it only partially supports the promise.

partial same_term A for effort

House passes defense bill to raise troop pay and overhaul weapons purchases
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Coverage of the House-passed FY2026 defense appropriations bill said it blocked funding for DEI initiatives and abortion travel.

This is the clearest matching evidence for the claim, but it is still only House passage, not final enacted law, so the promise looks partially delivered rather than fully completed.

partial same_term A for effort

House approves $832B defense funding bill with pay boost for troops
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Cole appears to have materially advanced the promised policy in the House appropriations process: reporting on the FY2026 defense appropriations bill says the House-passed measure blocked funding for DEI initiatives and abortion-related travel, and later committee action shows his committee continued moving similar defense funding language in FY2027. But the record provided does not show final enactment into law or conclusive proof that the restrictions were ultimately locked into enacted Defense funding. Because there was meaningful same-term legislative progress without final delivery, partial credit fits better than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 89%