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Therefore, the Department is taking this action to remove regulations for a program that is no longer operative.","action":"Direct final rule (DFR); request for comment.","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"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2025/07/01/2025-11846.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":37,"title":29}],"citation":"90 FR 27999","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2025-07-31","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The final rule is effective September 2, 2025, unless significant adverse comments are received by July 31, 2025. Significant adverse comments are ones which oppose the rule and raise, alone or in combination, a serious enough issue related to each of the independent grounds for the rule that a substantive response is required. If significant adverse comments are received, notification will be published in the Federal Register before the effective date either withdrawing the rule or issuing a new final rule which responds to significant adverse comments.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"DOL Response to Comment Period Extension Request_ 2025-11845  (to correspond with WIOA).","document_id":"DOL-2025-0004-0008"}],"agency_name":"DOL","documents":[{"comment_count":7,"comment_start_date":"2025-07-01","updated_at":"2025-08-01T00:07:21.655-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOL-2025-0004-0001","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"DOL-2025-0004-0001","comment_end_date":"2025-08-01","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":1,"id":"DOL-2025-0004","title":"Rescission of Nondiscrimination and  Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the  Workforce Investment Act"}],"document_number":"2025-11846","effective_on":"2025-09-02","end_page":28001,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2025/07/01/2025-11846.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-11846/rescission-of-nondiscrimination-and-equal-opportunity-provisions-of-the-workforce-investment-act","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2025-11846?publication_date=2025-07-01","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2025-07-01/2025-11846/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":769,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 18:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-11846.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11846.pdf?1751287519","publication_date":"2025-07-01","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2025/07/01/2025-11846.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1291-AA46":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["1291-AA46"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"DOL Response to Comment Period Extension Request_ 2025-11845  (to correspond with WIOA).","document_id":"DOL-2025-0004-0008"}],"comments_count":7,"agency_id":"DOL","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=DOL-2025-0004","supporting_documents_count":1,"docket_id":"DOL-2025-0004","document_id":"DOL-2025-0004-0001","regulation_id_number":"1291-AA46","title":"Rescission of Nondiscrimination and  Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the  Workforce Investment Act","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2025-08-01T04:07:20Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":27999,"subtype":null,"title":"Rescission of Nondiscrimination and Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act","toc_doc":"Rescission of Nondiscrimination and Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act","toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Aged","Aliens","Civil rights","Equal educational opportunity","Equal employment opportunity","Grant programs-labor","Individuals with disabilities","Manpower training programs","Religious discrimination","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Sex discrimination"],"type":"Rule","volume":90}