Rule2025-17426
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Sports Programs Arising Out of Federal Financial Assistance
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Published
September 10, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the Department") is withdrawing the May 16, 2025, direct final rule ("DFR") published at 90 FR 20786. DOE is exercising its discretion to withdraw and terminate this rulemaking. This withdrawal action does not preclude DOE from proposing regulatory changes in the future, including proposing a rule(s) that may be substantially identical or similar to those previously proposed.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 43540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17426]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 1042
[DOE-HQ-2025-0016]
RIN 1903-AA25
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Sports Programs Arising
Out of Federal Financial Assistance
AGENCY: Office of Civil Rights and EEO, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Direct final rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (``DOE'' or ``the Department'')
is withdrawing the May 16, 2025, direct final rule (``DFR'') published
at 90 FR 20786. DOE is exercising its discretion to withdraw and
terminate this rulemaking. This withdrawal action does not preclude DOE
from proposing regulatory changes in the future, including proposing a
rule(s) that may be substantially identical or similar to those
previously proposed.
DATES: As of September 10, 2025, the DFR published in the Federal
Register on May 16, 2025 at 90 FR 20786, and delayed at 90 FR 31141
(July 14, 2025) is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey Novak, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC-1, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586-5281 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a7e757f7d5f545f485b5679554f54495f567a524b145e555f145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3e353f3d1f141f081b1639150f14091f163a120b541e151f541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The May 16, 2025 DFR rescinded a provision
in 10 CFR 1042.450 that requires certain funding recipients that
sponsor sports teams for members of one sex to allow members of the
opposite sex to try out for them. The Department has decided to focus
its limited resources on advancing other priorities.
This withdrawal action does not preclude DOE from proposing
regulatory changes in the future, including proposing a rule(s) that
may be substantially identical or similar to those previously proposed.
Accordingly, DOE withdraws the May 16, 2025, DFR.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September
5, 2025, by Chris Wright, the Secretary of Energy. That document with
the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of
the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for publication, as an official document
of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way
alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-17426 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
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