Executive Order 12250

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Executive Order 12250 is a U.S. presidential directive that centralized and strengthened federal enforcement of civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance.

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Executive Order 12250 canonical 3
Executive Order No. 12250 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States executive order ⓘ
presidential directive ⓘ
aimsTo eliminate duplication and inconsistencies in federal civil rights enforcement ⓘ
ensure uniform interpretation of civil rights statutes related to federal financial assistance ⓘ
appliesTo federal agencies providing federal financial assistance ⓘ
federal executive departments ⓘ
assignsRoleTo Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
authorityGrantedTo Attorney General to coordinate implementation and enforcement of nondiscrimination provisions ⓘ
branch Executive Branch of the United States Government ⓘ
centralizes coordination of civil rights enforcement in federally assisted programs in the Department of Justice ⓘ
citation Executive Order No. 12250 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designates Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
effectiveDate 1980-11-02 ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
goal strengthen federal civil rights enforcement infrastructure ⓘ
historicalContext issued during the administration of President Jimmy Carter in 1980 ⓘ
jurisdiction programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ⓘ
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Title IX

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
other federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
policyArea civil rights ⓘ
federal financial assistance ⓘ
nondiscrimination law enforcement ⓘ
president Jimmy Carter ⓘ
prohibits discrimination on the basis of age ⓘ
discrimination on the basis of color ⓘ
discrimination on the basis of disability ⓘ
discrimination on the basis of national origin ⓘ
discrimination on the basis of race ⓘ
discrimination on the basis of sex ⓘ
purpose to centralize and strengthen federal enforcement of civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
relatedTo Title VI coordination regulations ⓘ
agency nondiscrimination regulations ⓘ
federal civil rights compliance reviews ⓘ
requires consistent and effective enforcement of nondiscrimination laws across federal agencies ⓘ
issuance of guidelines and standards for agency enforcement of civil rights laws ⓘ
review and approval by the Attorney General of agency regulations implementing nondiscrimination laws ⓘ
roleAssigned lead responsibility for coordinating enforcement of nondiscrimination provisions in federally assisted programs ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
signingDate 1980-11-02 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subject civil rights enforcement ⓘ
nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs ⓘ
title Executive Order 12250 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Executive Order 13166 → relatedTo → Executive Order 12250 ⓘ
Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → legalBasis → Executive Order 12250 ⓘ
subject linked to: FCS
Executive Order 12250 → title → Executive Order 12250 ⓘ
Executive Order 12250 → citation → Executive Order No. 12250 ⓘ
linked to: Executive Order 12250