Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article VIII of the bill, Special Provisions Relating to All Regulatory Agencies (page VIII-57), by adding the following appropriately numbered section:

____.  Prohibition on Use of Appropriated Money for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices and Programs. Money appropriated by this Act may not be used on the design, implementation, or administration of a diversity, equity, and inclusion practice or program. For purposes of this section, a diversity, equity, and inclusion practice includes, but is not limited to, a rule, employment practice, communication, award of a contract, adoption or use of a curriculum, or other official action that promotes the differential treatment of individuals on the basis of race, color, or ethnicity.