Financial Assistance Regulations-Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policy Requirements
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- What it does
The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is amending its Financial Assistance Regulations to establish conflict of interest and conflict of commitment policies and requirements for non-Federal entities applying for or receiving financial assistance awards from the Department, and to implement and standardize certain disclosure requirements applicable to financial assistance applications and awards, including responsibilities, general rules, and procedures for non-Federal entities to identify, evaluate, resolve, and report conflicts of interest, conflicts of commitment, and organizational conflicts of interest, in financial assistance applications and awards.
The Energy Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 2 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 Energy Department has published 18 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 33 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 1991-AC18 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This rule is effective on August 17, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-14333 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Energy Department |
| Published | July 16, 2026 |
| Effective date | Aug. 17, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 1991-AC18 |
| Docket | DOE-HQ-2024-0029 |
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