{"description":"Documents matching 'Title VI disparate impact rescinding'","count":488,"total_pages":25,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=Title+VI+disparate+impact+rescinding&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Labor Title VI Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (\"Department\") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest.","document_number":"2026-13371","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13371/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-labor-title-vi-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13371.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13371.pdf?1782909915","publication_date":"2026-07-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary of Labor"}],"excerpts":"statutory concerns as to whether Title VI authorizes the disparate-impact provisions of the current regulations. As the Supreme Court has made clear, Title VI prohibits “only intentional discrimination” and “permits” facially neutral policies that result in disparate outcomes when there is no discriminatory intent. \n Sandoval, \n 532 U.S. at 280, 286 n.6. That is the “single, best meaning” of Title VI. \n Loper Bright, \n 603 U.S. at 400. \n Sandoval \n calls into serious doubt the legality of the Department's “disparate-impact regulations.” \n Sandoval, \n"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of the Department of Education Title VI Regulations To Align With the Statutory Text and Conform to Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education amends the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments bring the U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) regulations in line with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, implement changes that are consistent with Executive Order 14281, \"Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,\" reflect the Department's independent policy determinations, reduce confusion and uncertainty, lower compliance costs for recipients of Federal financial assistance, and serve the public interest. After reviewing the relevant issues, weighing the various factors, and analyzing the pertinent considerations, the Department concludes that these reasons, separately and cumulatively, support eliminating disparate-impact liability from the Department's Title VI regulations.","document_number":"2026-15019","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/24/2026-15019/rescinding-portions-of-the-department-of-education-title-vi-regulations-to-align-with-the-statutory","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-24/pdf/2026-15019.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15019.pdf?1784810714","publication_date":"2026-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"“initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI . . . for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability.” \n Id. \n All of these actions were to be undertaken consistent with applicable law. \n Id. \n \n \n The Justice Department recently revised its Title VI regulations, removing disparate-impact liability from their scope. \n See Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281, \n 90 FR"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of the Interior Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the conduct prohibited by the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-10258","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10258/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-the-interior-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10258.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10258.pdf?1779367509","publication_date":"2026-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"}],"excerpts":"modifications will be to make clear to Department Federal-funded recipients that the Department's Title VI regulations do not prohibit conduct or activities that have a disparate impact and prohibit only intentional discrimination, and the Department thus will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal-funding recipients. \n II. Discussion \n A. Statutory History of Title VI \n Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides: “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of AmeriCorps Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) proposes to amend its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate- impact liability. The proposed amendments would align the conduct prohibited by AmeriCorps' regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions would be consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14281 and conform to regulatory updates recently finalized by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).","document_number":"2026-14906","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/23/2026-14906/rescinding-portions-of-americorps-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the-statutory","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-23/pdf/2026-14906.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14906.pdf?1784724316","publication_date":"2026-07-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE","name":"Corporation for National and Community Service","id":91,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/corporation-for-national-and-community-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/91","parent_id":null,"slug":"corporation-for-national-and-community-service"}],"excerpts":"or agency with authority to prohibit unintentional disparate impact, and Congress has not amended Title VI to impose disparate-impact liability.\n \n AmeriCorps' Title VI implementing regulations are codified at 45 CFR part 1203 and currently include prohibitions on conduct that has an unintentional disparate impact, as discussed more fully below. \n B. Relevant Supreme Court Decisions \n \n The Supreme Court has held that Title VI does not prohibit facially neutral policies that result in disparate outcomes when there is no discriminatory intent. Rather"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Transportation's Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the U.S. Department of Transportation amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281. These revisions also align with changes made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to its Title VI Regulations at 28 CFR part 42, effective December 10, 2025.","document_number":"2026-11790","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11790/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-transportations-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11790.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11790.pdf?1781095526","publication_date":"2026-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"}],"excerpts":"Summary \n \n The Department is rescinding portions of its Title VI implementing regulations to align with the language that Congress enacted in Title VI prohibiting intentionally discriminatory conduct, pursuant to Title VI, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-1. \n See \n 42 U.S.C. 2000d. There are serious statutory and constitutional concerns with the legality of the Department's Title VI regulations, which go beyond intentional discrimination by prohibiting conduct that has an unintentional disparate impact. This rule accordingly rescinds those portions of the regulations"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Title VI Regulations To Align With the Statutory Text and Conform to Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to remove provisions that impose or exemplify liability based on disparate impact. These amendments align the Department's regulations with the best reading of Title VI's statutory text, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs and uncertainty for recipients, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-15000","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/24/2026-15000/rescinding-portions-of-the-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-title-vi-regulations-to-align","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-24/pdf/2026-15000.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-15000.pdf?1784810711","publication_date":"2026-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal funding recipients. Because there is no private right of action for disparate-impact claims under Title VI, and the Department has the discretion to determine how it enforces Title VI, these modifications will not adversely affect the rights of any third party and are justified by the Department's statutory, constitutional, administrability, and policy determinations. \n II. Discussion \n A. Statutory History of Title VI \n \n Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides: “No person in"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Commerce Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of Commerce (Department) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate provisions concerning disparate-impact liability and affirmative action. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-07477","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/16/2026-07477/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-commerce-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-16/pdf/2026-07477.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07477.pdf?1776257128","publication_date":"2026-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"independent of Executive Order 14281, the Order supports this action.\n \n This rule makes clear that (i) the Department's Title VI regulations do not prohibit conduct or activities that have a disparate impact and instead prohibit only intentional discrimination, and (ii) the Department thus will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal-funding recipients. \n II. Discussion \n A. Statutory History of Title VI \n \n Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides: “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of Justice amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the conduct prohibited by the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2025-22448","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22448/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-justice-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22448.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22448.pdf?1765287916","publication_date":"2025-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"modifications will be to make clear to Department Federal-funding recipients that the Department's Title VI regulations do not prohibit conduct or activities that have a disparate impact and prohibit only intentional discrimination, and the Department thus will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal-funding recipients. \n II. Discussion \n A. Statutory History of Title VI \n \n Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides: “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7 CFR part 15) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align USDA's regulations with the original public meaning of this statute, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-12139","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12139/rescinding-portions-of-us-department-of-agriculture-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12139.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12139.pdf?1781613909","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"unintentional disparate impact. And despite having ample opportunities, Congress has not amended Title VI to impose disparate-impact liability. USDA's Title VI implementing regulations are codified at 7 CFR part 15.\n \n B. Relevant Supreme Court Decisions \n \n The Supreme Court has held that Title VI does not prohibit facially neutral policies that result in disparate outcomes when there is no discriminatory intent. Rather, it prohibits only intentional discrimination. In 1978, the Supreme Court held that Congress intended Title VI to prohibit “only"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964","type":"Rule","abstract":"NASA is amending its regulation implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) for federally assisted programs to conform more closely to the statutory text and recent revisions by the Department of Justice (DOJ). This action removes provisions establishing disparate-impact liability. The rule also clarifies that Title VI reaches employment practices under this part only where employment is a primary objective of the Federal financial assistance or where intentional discrimination is shown. These changes align NASA's regulation with Title VI and promote consistency across Federal agencies.","document_number":"2026-13624","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13624/nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-of-nasa-effectuation-of-title-vi-of-the-civil","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13624.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13624.pdf?1782996326","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"illustrative applications of disparate-impact liability. \n There are serious statutory and constitutional concerns with NASA's Title VI disparate-impact regulations. NASA also has serious policy concerns with its current disparate-impact regulations because they create confusion, undermine public confidence in the nation's civil rights laws and the rule of law, and produce burdensome litigation and compliance costs. \n 1. Serious Legal Concerns \n \n There are serious statutory concerns as to whether Title VI authorizes the disparate-impact provisions of the"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the Department of Defense-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Amendment","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule amends DoD regulations to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align DoD's regulations with Title VI and current DoD policy, avoid constitutional concerns, and serve the public interest. By reducing regulatory burden, they also minimize compliance costs and ensure appropriate stewardship of taxpayer dollars. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281. Finally, this rule also makes minor technical updates to correct outdated provisions.","document_number":"2026-14983","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/24/2026-14983/nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-of-the-department-of-defense-effectuation-of-title","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-24/pdf/2026-14983.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14983.pdf?1784810710","publication_date":"2026-07-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"}],"excerpts":"other immutable characteristics. Disparate-impact liability casts doubt on the validity of such facially neutral policies for fear that they might lead to disparate outcomes without a showing of intentional discrimination, which contravenes DoD policy.\n \n In sum, this rule clarifies that Title VI does not prohibit conduct or activities that unintentionally lead to disparate impacts. Rather, as implemented by DoD, Title VI only prohibits intentional discrimination, and DoD will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal-funding"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of State Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of State (\"Department\") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to align its regulations with Title VI and, relatedly, to conform to Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-13860","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13860/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-state-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13860.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13860.pdf?1783514712","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"makes clear that the Department's Title VI regulations do not prohibit conduct that has a disparate impact, and the Department thus will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability against its Federal-funding recipients. \n II. Discussion \n A. Statutory History of Title VI \n Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, prohibits intentional discrimination on the “ground of race, color, or national origin” in all programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. 42 U.S.C. 2000d. Title VI also directs Federal departments"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of DHS Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, DHS amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) consistent with a recent rule issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Like the DOJ rule, this rule aligns the DHS regulations more closely with Title VI's original public meaning, avoids constitutional concerns, reduces compliance costs, and serves the public interest.","document_number":"2026-12399","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/22/2026-12399/rescinding-portions-of-dhs-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the-statutory-text-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-22/pdf/2026-12399.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12399.pdf?1781786715","publication_date":"2026-06-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY","name":"Federal Emergency Management Agency","id":166,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-emergency-management-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/166","parent_id":227,"slug":"federal-emergency-management-agency"}],"excerpts":"Remove all disparate-impact language from DHS and FEMA Title VI regulations; \n • Delete the affirmative-action provisions; and \n • Ensure that DHS and FEMA regulations align with DOJ regulations, the statutory text of Title VI, Supreme Court precedent, and Executive Order 14281. \n The practical effect of these changes is to make clear that DHS's Title VI regulations do not prohibit conduct or activities that have an unintentional disparate impact and prohibit only intentional discrimination, and that DHS will not pursue Title VI disparate-impact liability"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments would align VA's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, serve the public interest, and implement changes directed in Executive Order (E.O.) 14281. This is a deregulatory action in furtherance of E.O. 14219, which requires that Federal regulations reflect the best reading of the underlying statutory authority.","document_number":"2026-12924","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12924/nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12924.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12924.pdf?1782391515","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"they include disparate-impact liability, and also directed the Attorney General to, among other things, initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability. \n Id. \n \n \n On December 10, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) amended its Title VI regulations to eliminate disparate-impact liability. \n See \n 90 FR 57141. VA is similarly proposing to amend its Title VI regulations. This proposed rule makes clear that VA's Title VI regulations"},{"title":"Rescission of Affirmative Outreach Requirements for Recipients of WIOA Title I Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (Department) rescinds the regulatory affirmative outreach requirements on recipients of financial assistance under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and makes conforming edits.","document_number":"2026-12645","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/23/2026-12645/rescission-of-affirmative-outreach-requirements-for-recipients-of-wioa-title-i-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-23/pdf/2026-12645.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12645.pdf?1782132321","publication_date":"2026-06-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary of Labor"}],"excerpts":"under Title I of WIOA. \n \n Subsection (a)(1) of Section 188 provides that, for the purpose of applying prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, or race, color, or national origin, WIOA-funded programs are to be treated as programs receiving Federal financial assistance under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 \n et seq. \n ), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) (Section 504), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 \n et seq. \n ) (Title IX), and Title VI of"},{"title":"Rescission of Guidelines on Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as Amended","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (\"EEOC\" or \"Commission\") is rescinding its regulations regarding Affirmative Action Appropriate Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Guidelines\"), and removing it from the Code of Federal Regulations. The Commission is rescinding the Guidelines and removing them from the Code of Federal Regulations because the Guidelines are inconsistent with the statutory language and were not supported by Supreme Court precedent when issued; they are obsolete; they only apply to affirmative action to benefit women or minorities; and they do not take into account multiple relevant Supreme Court cases and numerous developments in the lower courts, over the past four decades since their issuance in 1979.","document_number":"2026-13637","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/06/2026-13637/rescission-of-guidelines-on-affirmative-action-appropriate-under-title-vii-of-the-civil-rights-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-06/pdf/2026-13637.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13637.pdf?1782996327","publication_date":"2026-07-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION","name":"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission","id":147,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/equal-employment-opportunity-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/147","parent_id":null,"slug":"equal-employment-opportunity-commission"}],"excerpts":"higher-scoring candidates were White. Even if the city rejected the results to avoid disparate impact liability, the Court explained, its decision was nevertheless based on race. In an amicus brief filed by the United States, and joined by the then-Commission, the government argued that an employer's refusal to certify test results does not violate Title VII's disparate treatment provision when based on a reasonable belief that the test violates Title VII's disparate impact provision, and for support, the government pointed to 29 CFR 1608.4(b)(1) and (3)"},{"title":"Rescinding Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education rescinds the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap in Vocational Education Programs (Guidelines). The Guidelines, first published in the Federal Register in 1979 and added to the Title VI regulations of the Department's predecessor, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), apply to recipients of Federal financial assistance, including State education agencies, that offer or administer vocational education or training programs. Following the establishment of the Department and HEW's successor, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Guidelines were transferred to both agencies and have remained substantively unchanged since they were first issued in 1979. The Department has determined that the Guidelines are no longer necessary due to significant changes in governing jurisprudence on what constitutes actionable discrimination and in the vocational education landscape in the intervening half-century. The Department further finds the Guidelines to be burdensome (because they create proactive compliance requirements that do not apply to other programs that receive Federal financial assistance from the Department) and unnecessary (given the Department's existing regulations promulgated under various civil rights statutes). After considering the regulatory burden that the compliance monitoring and reporting structure outlined in section II.B. of the Guidelines imposes on State education agencies, local education agencies, and institutions of higher education, and the staffing resources that the Department expends on oversight of this compliance structure, the Department has concluded that the costs of this compliance structure no longer justify its benefits. Accordingly, the Department rescinds the Guidelines. This action does not affect the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance to comply with Federal civil rights laws because the regulations articulating those substantive obligations remain unchanged.","document_number":"2026-14892","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/23/2026-14892/rescinding-guidelines-for-eliminating-discrimination-and-denial-of-services-on-the-basis-of-race","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-23/pdf/2026-14892.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14892.pdf?1784724314","publication_date":"2026-07-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"Department of Justice's (DOJ) disparate-impact regulations. 532 U.S. at 285-87. Although the Court had previously found a private cause of action to enforce Title VI's bar on intentional discrimination, \n id. \n at 279-80, that holding did not permit private suit to enforce regulations that “forbid conduct that [Title VI] permits.” \n Id. \n at 285. While \n Sandoval \n “assume[d],” without deciding, that DOJ's regulations were valid, it explained that they are in “considerable tension” with the Supreme Court's Title VI precedents and the text of the"},{"title":"Rescinding Regulations Related to Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs or Activities (General Provisions)","type":"Rule","abstract":"This direct final rule rescinds certain unnecessary regulatory provisions related to nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs or activities.","document_number":"2025-08593","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08593/rescinding-regulations-related-to-nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-or-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-16/pdf/2025-08593.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08593.pdf?1747056613","publication_date":"2025-05-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"of the objectives of title VI or this subpart.” \n \n DOE has determined that the “effect” language of 10 CFR 1040.13(c) and (d) raises serious constitutional difficulties and is not based on the best reading of title VI. In fact, unlike the results-oriented terms in other statutes, the express statutory language of title VI only prohibits intentional discrimination.\n 15 \n \n It contains no such clause prohibiting “effects” (commonly known as disparate impact). Rather, the words “have the effect of” were embedded in the title VI regulations by the Department"},{"title":"Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders; Rescission","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau or CFPB) is issuing a final rule to rescind its rule requiring certain types of nonbank covered persons subject to certain final public orders obtained or issued by a government agency in connection with the offering or provision of a consumer financial product or service to report the existence of the orders and related information to a Bureau registry.","document_number":"2025-19689","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/29/2025-19689/registry-of-nonbank-covered-persons-subject-to-certain-agency-and-court-orders-rescission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-29/pdf/2025-19689.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19689.pdf?1761655507","publication_date":"2025-10-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"registered entities, the name and title of the attesting executive, on the Bureau's internet website. Rescinding this provision should not impose any costs on entities, including small entities. Therefore, the provision of this final rule rescinding the Publication Provision will impose no significant burden on small entities. \n For the reasons described above, the Bureau believes that no provision of the final rule will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Moreover, the impact of each provision is sufficiently"},{"title":"The Trade-Through Rule and Locked and Crossed Markets Provisions of Regulation NMS","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\" or \"SEC\") is proposing amendments to Regulation NMS (\"Regulation NMS\") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\"). The proposed amendments would rescind the trade-through rule for NMS stocks, the provision regarding locking and crossing quotations for NMS stocks, and certain defined terms. The proposed amendments would also make conforming changes to other related provisions.","document_number":"2026-12163","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12163/the-trade-through-rule-and-locked-and-crossed-markets-provisions-of-regulation-nms","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12163.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12163.pdf?1781613912","publication_date":"2026-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"expects that in today's markets the negative impact on investor execution quality from removing these rules would be minimal.\n 282 \n \n For these reasons, which are discussed further below,\n 283 \n \n the Commission is proposing to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e).\n \n \n \n 282 \n \n See infra \n section VI.C.1.b, discussing these minimal impacts.\n \n \n \n \n 283 \n \n See infra \n sections VI.B.2., VI.B.3., and VI.B.4., discussing current costs of these rules, and section VI.C.1.b., discussing the impact of rescinding Rule 611 on execution quality.\n \n \n B. Economic"}]}