HB3765, the Focusing Academies on Leadership and Cultivating Officers for National Security Act or “FALCONS Act,” would prohibit the use of federal funds to establish curricula or provide training or education based on critical race theory or diversity, equity, and inclusion at the five federal service academies: the U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, Coast Guard Academy, and Merchant Marine Academy. The bill is framed as a restriction on academy instruction and programming, rather than a broader government-wide ban, and it applies specifically to federally funded educational content at those institutions.
In practical terms, the bill would require the service academies to avoid funding any curriculum, training, or educational materials that are characterized as rooted in CRT or DEI. It would affect academy administrators, faculty, and program designers by limiting what can be taught or supported with federal dollars, and it could influence how the academies structure leadership, ethics, history, and personnel-development instruction. Because the bill targets federal service academies, its legal effect would be confined to those institutions and the statutes and appropriations governing their operations.
The bill would add a new federal funding restriction applicable to the five service academies, barring the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for curricula or training based on critical race theory or diversity, equity, and inclusion. It would not directly amend academy admission rules or military personnel law, but it would constrain academy educational programming and likely require compliance review of courses, seminars, and related training materials. The measure could also affect contractors, instructors, and academy offices that develop or approve educational content.
No committee transcript or recorded vote is available in the provided materials, so there is no direct evidence of debate or bipartisan support in the record here. Based on the bill text and caption, the measure appears to reflect a generally skeptical or oppositional stance toward CRT and DEI programming at federal service academies. The introduction and referral history indicate the bill is still at an early stage of consideration.
The central point of contention is whether federal service academies should be allowed to include CRT- or DEI-related instruction in their curricula and training. Supporters are likely to argue that the academies should focus on leadership, military readiness, and national security rather than ideological instruction, while opponents would likely contend that DEI-related education can be relevant to leadership, equal opportunity, and understanding diverse service members and populations. Because the bill uses broad terms such as “based on” CRT or DEI, another likely dispute is how expansively those concepts would be interpreted and enforced.