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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development

§ 3123. Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited in federally assisted programs

Statutory text

No person in the United States 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 financial assistance under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 [42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.].

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. Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments of 1971

    Pub. L. 92–65 title I § 112 · 85 Stat. 166

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3123

    (Pub. L. 92–65, title I, § 112, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 92–65, title I, § 112, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 168.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 112. No person in the United States 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 financial assistance under the Public Works and Economic 79 Stat. 552. 42 USC 3121 note. Development Act of 1965.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 89–136, , 79 Stat. 552, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 3121 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3121 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 92–65, title I, § 112, , 85 Stat. 168.)

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