This part effectuates section 119 of the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (
42 U.S.C. 2201,
2273,
2282,
2021; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (
42 U.S.C. 5841,
5891;
29 U.S.C. 794;
42 U.S.C. 12101
source: 29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 4.501