Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the National Science Foundation

What it does

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is revising its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). NSF is taking this action to align the conduct prohibited by NSF's regulations with Title VI's text, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, serve the public interest, ensure consistency with the final rule recently issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and implement the direction outlined in Executive Order (E.O.) 14281.

The National Science Foundation's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 611

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

Compared with

The National Science Foundation has published 1 final rule in 2026 so far, compared with 0 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 3145-AA74 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The Rule is effective on August 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

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