Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 51 — Design and Construction of Public Buildings to Accommodate Physically Handicapped
§ 4154a. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service
Statutory text
The United States Postal Service, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of its buildings to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
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.
Pub. L. 90–480 § 4a · 82 Stat. 718
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4154a
Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2508
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2508
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Credits
1976–1979 · 2 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), , 90 Stat. 2508
- 1979amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.
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(Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), , 90 Stat. 2508; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.)