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Agriculture Department, Office of the Secretary, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service
Removal of Unconstitutional Preferences Based on Race and Sex in Response to Court Ruling
Published July 10, 2025. Takes effect July 10, 2025. printed at 90 FR 30555. amending 7 CFR 1410, 7 CFR 1465, 7 CFR 1467, 7 CFR 1468.
The farm agency will stop using race and sex as a basis for some choices.
What the Rule Says It Does
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has independently determined that it will no longer employ the race- and sex-based "socially disadvantaged" designation to provide increased benefits based on race and sex in the programs at issue in this regulation. The USDA has faced a long history of litigation stemming from allegations of discrimination in the administration of its farm loan and benefit programs. However, over the past several decades, USDA has undertaken substantial efforts to redress past injustices, culminating in comprehensive settlements, institutional reforms, and compensatory frameworks. These actions collectively support the conclusion that past discrimination has been sufficiently addressed and that further race- and sex-based remedies are no longer necessary or legally justified under current circumstances.
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The Orders It Names
- Executive Order 14148: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
- Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
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- The rule itself
Agriculture Department, Office of the Secretary, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service, “Removal of Unconstitutional Preferences Based on Race and Sex in Response to Court Ruling,” 90 FR 30555 (July 10, 2025). Effective July 10, 2025.
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“Removal of Unconstitutional Preferences Based on Race and Sex in Response to Court Ruling,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-12877/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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