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
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 17, 2026. Document 2026-12139. Updated Nov. 9, 2026.
- What it does
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.
The Agriculture Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Agriculture Department has published 6 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 0503-AA89 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective June 17, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
- Check it yourself
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-12139 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Agriculture Department |
| Published | June 17, 2026 |
| Effective date | June 17, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0503-AA89 |
| Docket | USDA-2026-0002 |
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