Treasury Department
By this rule, the Department of the Treasury ("Department") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in the Executive order, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury 31 CFR Part 22 RIN 1505-AC91 AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: By this rule, the Department of the Treasury (“Department”) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in the Executive order, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy. DATES: This rule is effective on August 3, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Lancaster, Acting Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of the Treasury, (202) 622-1079 (voice), by mail to Tina Lancaster, Acting Director, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, 1500 Pennsylvania ( printed page 48767) Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, by email at OCRE.comments@treasury.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Purpose of the Regulatory Action The Department is rescinding portions of its regulations promulgated under Title VI, 42 U.S.C. 2000d-1 , to more closely align them to the language that Congress enacted, which prohibits intentionally discriminatory conduct, see 42 U.S.C. 2000d . This rule rescinds those portions of the regulations that prohibit cond…
Citation: 91 FR 48766
