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Implementing Voluntary Agreements Under the Defense Production Act
The Energy Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 25, 2025. It took effect on September 24, 2025. Comments closed on September 24, 2025.
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What the agency says
This interim final rule codifies standards and procedures the Department of Energy will follow when developing and carrying out voluntary agreements and plans of action under the Defense Production Act. The Defense Production Act provides a defense from antitrust laws with respect to any action taken to develop or carry out any voluntary agreement or plan of action when certain criteria are met. The rule will apply the Defense Production Act's long-standing provisions and will be set out in a new and dedicated part in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16235
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Interim final rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Energy Department
- Published
- August 25, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 24, 2025
- Comments due
- September 24, 2025
- Dates
- This interim rule will be effective on and comments are due by September 24, 2025.
- Docket
- DOE-HQ-2025-0175
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1901-AB73
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 821
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Advisory committees; Antitrust; Classified information; Confidential business information; Emergency preparedness; Freedom of information; Industrial facilities; Nuclear energy; Nuclear materials; Nuclear power plants and reactors; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Security measures
- Pages
- 8
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