Rescinding Portions of Department of the Interior Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281

What it does

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.

The Interior Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

43 CFR 17

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Interior Department has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 4 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1093-AA30 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The rule is effective on May 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DOI-2026-0034 on Regulations.gov
• Title 43 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register