Title 23 — Highways
Chapter 3 — General Provisions
§ 324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex
Statutory text
No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this title or carried on under this title. This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this remedy is not exclusive and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to a discriminatee.
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.
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973
Pub. L. 93–87 title I § 162(a) · 87 Stat. 250
Enacted · 23 U.S.C. § 324
(Added Pub. L. 93–87, title I, § 162(a), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 280.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 93–87, title I, § 162(a), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 280.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex “No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this title or carried on under this title. This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with, respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI 78 Stat. 252. 42 USC 2000d. of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this remedy is not exclusive and will not prejudice or cut. off any other legal remedies available to a discriminatee.”
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, 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 2000d of Title 42 and Tables.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 93–87, title I, § 162(a), , 87 Stat. 280.)