Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act

What it does

The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is adopting the interim final rule published on August 25, 2025, as final, without change. This final rule establishes the procedures for developing and carrying out voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act provides a defense from antitrust laws with respect to any action taken to develop or carry out any voluntary agreement or plan of action when certain criteria are met.

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

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

10 CFR 821

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

2 earlier Federal Register documents under regulation identifier 1901-AB73 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Oct. 15, 2025 Notice of public meeting. Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act
• Aug. 25, 2025 Interim final rule; request for comments. Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective on July 17, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DOE-HQ-2025-0175 on Regulations.gov
• Title 10 on eCFR

The record as published

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