Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations; Extension of Comment Period

Document 2025-16919 is a Proposed Rule published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on September 4, 2025, with an effective date of July 1, 2025. On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind the regulations for Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as amended. The comment period for the NPRM was scheduled to close on September 2, 2025. With this notice document, DOL is extending the comment period to September 17, 2025 Commenters who have already submitted public comments do not need to resubmit their comments. DOL will consider all comments received from the date of publication of the NPRM through the close of the extended comment period. Any previous denial of a request to extend the comment period remains denied to the extent the request asked for more than a 15-day extension. Commentors are encouraged to submit all comments by September 17, 2025, as no further extension will be granted. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/04/2025-16919/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations-extension-of-comment-period.

No. Document 2025-16919 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.