Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 58 — Full Employment and Balanced Growth
§ 3151. Nondiscrimination
Statutory text
Exclusion from participation or denial of benefits
No person in the United States shall on the ground of sex, age, race, color, religion, national origin or handicap be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded pursuant to the implementation of this chapter, including membership in any structure created by this chapter.
Noncompliance notification; remedies of Secretary of Labor
Whenever the Secretary of Labor determines that a recipient of funds made available pursuant to this chapter has failed to comply with subsection (a), or an applicable regulation, the Secretary shall notify the recipient of the noncompliance and shall request such recipient to secure compliance. If within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed sixty days, the recipient fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary of Labor may—
refer the matter to the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be instituted;
exercise the powers and functions provided by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) 1 or
take such other action as may be provided by law.
Civil action by Attorney General
When a matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (b), or whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a recipient is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court for any and all appropriate relief.
Enforcement analysis in Report of President
To assist and evaluate the enforcement of this section, and the broader equal employment opportunity policies of this chapter the Secretary of Labor shall include, in the annual report referred to in section 1022a(f)(2)(B) of this title, a detailed analysis of the extent to which the enforcement of this section achieves positive results in both the quantity and quality of jobs, and for employment opportunities generally.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–523 title IV § 401 · 92 Stat. 1887
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3151
Pub. L. 95–523, title IV, § 401, Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1907
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–523, title IV, § 401, Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1907Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 401. nondiscrimination (a) No person in the United States shall on the ground of 15 USC 3151. sex, age, race, color, religion, national origin or handicap be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded pursuant to the implementation of this Act, including membership in any structure created by this Act. (b) Whenever the Secretary of Labor determines that a recipient Noncompliance, notification. of funds made available pursuant to this Act has failed to comply with subsection (a), or an applicable regulation, the Secretary shall notify the recipient of the noncompliance and shall request such recipient to secure compliance. If within a reasonable period of time, Remedies. not to exceed sixty days, the recipient fails or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary of Labor may— (1) refer the matter to the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be instituted; (2) exercise the powers and functions provided by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) or (3) take such other action as may be provided by law. (c) When a matter is referred to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (b), or whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a recipient is engaged in a pattern or practice in violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court for any and all appropriate relief. (d) To assist and evaluate the enforcement of this section, and the broader equal employment opportunity policies of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall include, in the annual Employment and Training Post, p. 2012. Report of the President provided under section 705(a) of CETA, a detailed analysis of the extent to which the enforcement of this section achieves positive results in both the quantity and quality of jobs, and for employment opportunities generally.Pub. L. 105–277 div. A § 101(f)(tVIII)(s405)(d)(12)(B) · 112 Stat. 2681
Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 3151(d)
Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “include, in the annual report referred to in section 1022a(f)(2)(B) of this title,” for “include, in the annual Employment and Training Report of the President provided under section 705(a) of CETA,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “include, in the annual report referred to in section 1022a(f)(2)(B) of this title,” for “include, in the annual Employment and Training Report of the President provided under section 705(a) of CETA,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. For programs, projects or activities in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), see References in Text note set out under section 3102 of this title.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 88–352, , 78 Stat. 241. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2000d et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of Title 42 and Tables.
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “include, in the annual report referred to in section 1022a(f)(2)(B) of this title,” for “include, in the annual Employment and Training Report of the President provided under section 705(a) of CETA,”.
Credits
1978–1998 · 2 acts
- 1978Pub. L. 95–523, title IV, § 401, , 92 Stat. 1907
- 1998Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(12)(B)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–421.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 95–523, title IV, § 401, , 92 Stat. 1907; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(12)(B)], , 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–421.)