Data / Federal rules / 2025-11846
Rescission of Nondiscrimination and Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act
The Labor Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. It took effect on September 2, 2025. Comments closed on July 31, 2025.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is rescinding its regulations implementing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) containing the nondiscrimination and equal-opportunity provisions of WIA. In 2014, Congress passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which repealed WIA and required the Secretary of Labor to transition any authority under WIA to the system created by WIOA. Therefore, the Department is taking this action to remove regulations for a program that is no longer operative.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-11846
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule (DFR); request for comment
- Agency
- Labor Department
- Published
- July 1, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 2, 2025
- Comments due
- July 31, 2025
- Dates
- The final rule is effective September 2, 2025, unless significant adverse comments are received by July 31, 2025. Significant adverse comments are ones which oppose the rule and raise, alone or in combination, a serious enough issue related to each of the independent grounds for the rule that a substantive response is required. If significant adverse comments are received, notification will be published in the Federal Register before the effective date either withdrawing the rule or issuing a new final rule which responds to significant adverse comments.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1291-AA46
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 37
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Aged; Aliens; Civil rights; Equal educational opportunity; Equal employment opportunity; Grant programs-labor; Individuals with disabilities; Manpower training programs; Political affiliation discrimination; Religious discrimination; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sex discrimination
- Pages
- 3
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