Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023)

Document 2025-16207 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Defense in the Federal Register on August 25, 2025, with an effective date of August 25, 2025. DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which amend a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 that provides for the limitation of funds, authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for DoD, to be provided to an institution of higher education that hosts a Confucius Institute. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/25/2025-16207/defense-federal-acquisition-regulation-supplement-limitation-on-certain-institutes-of-higher.

No. Document 2025-16207 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.