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Final ruleTook effect July 16, 2026

FEP Agency Designation Procedures: Revising Location of FEP Agency Lists

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 16, 2026. Document 2026-14303. Updated Nov. 8, 2026.

What it does

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is revising its procedural regulations regarding fair employment practice agencies (FEP agencies or FEPAs). The lists of FEPAs in the regulations will be removed, and the agency will instead publish the lists of current FEPAs on its public website.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

29 CFR 1601

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

Compared with

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published 2 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 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 3046-AB41 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective as of July 16, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-14303
ActionFinal rule.
AgenciesEqual Employment Opportunity Commission
PublishedJuly 16, 2026
Effective dateJuly 16, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)3046-AB41

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