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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part F · Chapter 130 — National Affordable Housing

§ 12832. Nondiscrimination

Statutory text

No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this subchapter. Any prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.] or with respect to an otherwise qualified handicapped individual as provided in section 794 of title 29 shall also apply to any such program or activity. The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108).

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.

  1. HOME Investment Partnerships Act

    Pub. L. 101–625 title II § 282 · 104 Stat. 4079

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 12832

    Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4125

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4125

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 282. NONDISCRIMINATION. No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Any prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 or with respect to an otherwise qualified handicapped individual as provided in section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall also apply to any such program or activity.

  2. Pub. L. 104–204 title II § 213 · 110 Stat. 2874

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 12832

    Pub. L. 104–204 inserted at end “The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108).”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–204 inserted at end “The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108).”

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 94–135, , 89 Stat. 728, which is classified generally to chapter 76 (§ 6101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6101 of this title and Tables.

The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, referred to in text, is act July 9, 1921, ch. 42, 42 Stat. 108, which was classified generally to sections 691 to 718 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–204 inserted at end “The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108).”

Credits

1990–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, , 104 Stat. 4125
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–204, title II, § 213, , 110 Stat. 2904.
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(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, , 104 Stat. 4125; Pub. L. 104–204, title II, § 213, , 110 Stat. 2904.)

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