Directives and Regulations
USDA Civil Rights Directives
DR4120-001 (06/14/16) Annual Departmental Civil Rights Training
DR4230-002 (06/04/09) Special Emphasis Programs
DM4300-001 (07/20/01) EEO Complaint Processing Procedures
DM4300-002 (07/05/02) Reasonable Accommodation Procedures
DR4300-002 (10/18/84) Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Plan
DR4300-003 (10/17/19) Equal Opportunity Public Notification Policy
DR4300-004 (10/17/16) Civil Rights Impact Analysis
DR4300-007 (08/04/21) Processing Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Complaints of Discrimination
DR4300-008 (10/27/20) Reasonable Accommodations and Personal Assistance Services for Employees and Applicants with Disabilities
DR4300-010 (12/28/16) Civil Rights Accountability Policy and Procedures
DM4330-001 (10/18/01) Procedures for Processing Discrimination Complaints and Conducting Civil Rights Compliance Reviews in USDA Conducted Programs and Activities
DR4330-002 (07/27/21) Nondiscrimination in Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance From USDA
DR4330-003 (10/03/2022) Nondiscrimination in USDA-Conducted Programs and Activities
DR4330-006 (08/26/2022) Civil Rights Compliance Review
DR4360-001 (01/14/98) Communicating With Under-served Communities
DR4360-002 (08/08/01) Coordination of Requests for USDA Support for Outreach Related Activities
DR4710-001 (10/11/11) Collection of race, ethnicity, and gender data for civil rights compliance and other purposes in regard to participation in the programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Risk Management Agency, the Rural Business Service, the Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Utilities Service
Regulations
Statutory Authority for the Position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Section 10704 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Public Law 107-171, authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the new position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
USDA Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination in Programs Receiving Federal Financial Assistance from USDA
7 CFR Part 15a - Education Programs or Activities Receiving or Benefiting From Federal Financial Assistance
7 CFR Part 15b - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
7 CFR 15c - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance From the United States Department of Agriculture, published on January 1, 2016
USDA Regulations Prohibiting Discrimination in USDA Programs
7 CFR Part 15d - Nondiscrimination in Programs or Activities Conducted By The United States Department of Agriculture
7 CFR Part 15e - Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the United States Department
of Agriculture
7 CFR Part 15f - Adjudications Under Section 741
