# 2025-00202: State Department Withdraws Anti-Discrimination Rules for Foreign Aid

2025-00202, Department of State Acquisition Regulation: Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance; Withdrawal of Two NPRMs, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-08, effective 2025-01-08 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00202
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00202
- Title: Department of State Acquisition Regulation: Nondiscrimination in Foreign Assistance; Withdrawal of Two NPRMs
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-08
- Effective: 2025-01-08
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

State Department Withdraws Anti-Discrimination Rules for Foreign Aid

## Summary

The Department of State is pulling back two proposed rules that would have stopped discrimination in contracts and grants funded by U.S. foreign aid. This means contractors and grant recipients won’t face new nondiscrimination requirements for now. The withdrawal is official as of January 8, 2025, so anyone involved in these contracts or grants should stay tuned for future updates.

## Abstract

The Department of State (the Department) hereby withdraws two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that proposed specific contract and grant terms that would have prohibited the discriminatory use of Department foreign assistance funds on specified grounds.

## Effects PRIA read

- Withdrawal stops new grant/contract rules: benefit, medium. If you are a contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, or subrecipient funded by Department of State foreign assistance, you will not be required to follow the two proposed nondiscrimination contract or grant terms for now. The Department of State withdrew the two notices of proposed rulemaking e…
- Faith-based hiring and waiver issues delayed: benefit, low. The Department withdrew the proposed rules after commenters raised concerns that faith-based organizations could be barred from hiring people of a particular religion and questioned how waivers would be handled. Because the rules were withdrawn as of January 8, 2025, those proposed changes and any…

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## Sources
- [2025-00202 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2025-00202/department-of-state-acquisition-regulation-nondiscrimination-in-foreign-assistance-withdrawal-of-two)
- [2025-00202 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2025-00202.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00202 (as of 2026-06-11).