Rescinding Portions of Department of the Treasury Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement an Executive Order

Document 2026-15720 is a Final Rule published by the Department of the Treasury in the Federal Register on August 3, 2026, with an effective date of August 3, 2026. 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. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/03/2026-15720/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-the-treasury-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with.

No. Document 2026-15720 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.