The Act is designed to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. The Act also permits federally assisted programs or activities, and recipients of Federal funds, to continue to use certain age distinctions and factors other than age which meet the requirements of the Act and this part.
[46 FR 30811, June 11, 1981, as amended at 68 FR 51357, Aug. 26, 2003]
authority: TVA Act of 1933, 48 Stat. 58 (1933), as amended,
16 U.S.C. 831-831dd (1976), and sec. 304 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 89 Stat 729 (1975), as amended,
42 U.S.C. 6103 (1976)
source: 46 FR 30811, June 11, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 18 CFR 1309.2