The revoked order targeted by Trump, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order No. 11246, represented a watershed moment in civil rights enforcement when originally signed. President Barack Obama expanded the order in 2014 to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will revoke nearly 80 executive actions of the previous administration, with the Republican adding he also will implement an immediate regulation freeze and a hiring freeze.