Guidance Documents

Letter to all federal firearms licensees (FFLs) in response to questions from industry members regarding the legality of firearm sales and deliveries exterior to the brick-and-mortar structure at which the firearms business is licensed, in light of the March 13, 2020, declaration of a national emergency concerning the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and the Department of Homeland Security’s subsequent classification of firearms businesses as essential.

Questions and answer concerning obtaining a new DEA registration number for a temporary pharmacy that is replacing a damaged pharmacy due to civil unrest/looting at the same physical address.

Question and Answer concerning suspicious order reporting during the civil unrest and looting.

Question and answer concerning controlled substance prescription transfers during civil unrest.

Questions and answer concerning pharmacys destruction of damaged controlled substances due to the civil unrest.

Withdraws 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2016 guidance on how schools can comply with the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas and  Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.

This Fact Sheet was issued as a companion document to the EL Dear Colleague Letter and links to that Dear Colleague Letter. Consistent with the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and OMB’s 2011 final guidance on implementing this Act, this Fact Sheet provides a plain-language summary of the main obligations that are discussed in the EL Dear Colleague Letter, with supporting legal citations.

Summarizes federal statutory, regulatory and Supreme Court case law obligations of state and local education agencies with respect to student enrollment, including enrollment of immigrant and homeless students, to ensure equal access to public elementary and secondary schools pursuant to Title VI, Title IV, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).  

This Fact Sheet is intended for parents and uses plain language to summarize school enrollment information provided in the School Enrollment Dear Colleague Letter and Q&A, both of which provide the required legal citations.

This Fact Sheet is intended for parents and uses plain language to provide examples of conduct that could fall within the Section's jurisdiction to address harassment and other forms of discrimination in schools.

This is a joint statement of HUD and DOJ in a question and answer format explaining the Fair Housing Act's requirements that housing providers  grant reasonable accommodations necessary for persons with disabilities to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy their housing.    

This document provides an overview of the religious land use protections contained in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and provides answers to some common questions about the law.