Rescinding Portions of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281

What it does

This rule amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities' (the Foundation) regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the conduct prohibited by the Foundation's regulations with Title VI text, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions are consistent with Executive Order 14281.

The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities'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 1110

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

Compared with

The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 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 3135-AA37, 3136-AA48, 3137-AA30 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

These regulations are effective August 26, 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