# 2025-15652: DOL Sweeps Away Obsolete Grant Regs for Simpler Times

2025-15652, Obsolete Grant and Contract Regulations, is a Federal Register rule from Labor Department published 2025-08-18, effective 2025-09-02 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15652
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15652
- Title: Obsolete Grant and Contract Regulations
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Labor Department
- Citation: 90 FR 40044
- Published: 2025-08-18
- Effective: 2025-09-02
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: 1291-AA48
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

DOL Sweeps Away Obsolete Grant Regs for Simpler Times

## Summary

The Department of Labor is officially removing old grant and contract rules that got replaced back in 2014. This cleanup takes effect on September 2, 2025, making things simpler for anyone dealing with Labor grants and contracts. No extra costs or changes in how money flows—just a fresh, clearer rulebook!

## Abstract

The Department of Labor (Department) is confirming the effective date of September 2, 2025, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. This direct final rule removed obsolete grant and contract regulations in the Department of Labor's regulations. These grant and contract regulations were superseded by the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Guidance for Grants and Agreements, codified in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which the Department adopted and gave regulatory effect to in 2014. Accordingly, these regulations were no longer necessary, and the Department removed the regulations from the CFR since they are no longer operative.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

## Related documents

- [2026-20447](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20447): Transparency in Coverage, 2026-10-06
- [2026-18978](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-18978): Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability, 2026-09-16
- [2026-17622](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17622): Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Correction, 2026-08-28
- [2026-17114](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17114): Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations, 2026-08-21
- [2026-17115](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17115): Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended, 2026-08-21
- [2026-17116](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17116): Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended, 2026-08-21

## Sources
- [2025-15652 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15652/obsolete-grant-and-contract-regulations)
- [2025-15652 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-18/pdf/2025-15652.pdf)

## Related
- [Previous: 2025-15649, Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification; Correction](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15649)
- [Next: 2025-15657, Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15657)
- [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15652 (as of 2026-06-11).