Forty-two agencies jointly propose government-wide "gender ideology" funding prohibition (Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance)
- Date
- Actor
- Office of Management and Budget with 42 federal agencies (including HHS, DoD, NSF, NASA)
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Type
- Proposed rule
Summary
A joint proposed rule (docket OMB-2026-0034), reported at roughly 400 pages, would codify the anti-trans executive orders into uniform grant regulation: recipients of federal financial assistance could not use funds to "fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate" "gender ideology," defined so broadly as to bar acknowledgment that gender identity differs from sex assigned at birth; grants would also pass political-appointee review for consistency with "agency priorities" and "the national interest." If finalized it would bind every federally funded hospital, university, school district, state agency, nonprofit, and shelter. (See also sections 9, 13.)
Status
Proposed; comment period closed July 13, 2026; final rule pending as of August 20, 2026.
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Cite this action
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance, 91 Fed. Reg. 32,198 (proposed May 29, 2026) (to be codified at 2 C.F.R. pts. 1, 25, 170, 175, 176, 180, 182, 183, 200, 300, 376, 382, 400, 417, 421, 600, 601, 700, 701, 780, 782, 801, 802, 901, 902, 910, 1000, 1104, 1120, 1122, 1125, 1126, 1200, 1201, 1326, 1327, 1329, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1500, 1532, 1536, 1600, 1800, 1880, 1882, 1900, 2000, 2001, 2200, 2205, 2245, 2300, 2336, 2339, 2400, 2424, 2429, 2500, 2520, 2600, 2700, 2701, 2800, 2867, 2900, 2998, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3185, 3186, 3187, 3254, 3255, 3256, 3369, 3373, 3374, 3474, 3485, 3513, 3603, 3700, 3701, 5800, 5801, 5900, 6000, 6100, 6200, 6300, 6400, 6500, 6600).
Short form: 91 Fed. Reg. at 32,198.