Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 76 — Age Discrimination in Federally Assisted Programs
§ 6101. Statement of purpose
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance.
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.
Age Discrimination Act of 1975
Pub. L. 94–135 title III § 302 · 89 Stat. 713
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6101
Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 302, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 728
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 302, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 728Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 302. statement of purpose It is the purpose of this title to prohibit unreasonable discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.).Comprehensive Older Americans Act Amendments of 1978
Pub. L. 95–478 title IV § 401(a) · 92 Stat. 1513
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 6101
Pub. L. 95–478 struck out “unreasonable” before “discrimination”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–478 struck out “unreasonable” before “discrimination”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 302 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 is 42 USC 6101. amended by striking out “unreasonable”.Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–272 title XIV § 14001(b)(4) · 100 Stat. 82
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 6101
Pub. L. 99–272 struck out “, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)” after “Federal financial assistance”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–272 struck out “, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)” after “Federal financial assistance”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) Section 302 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101) is amended by striking out “, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221 et seq,)”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–272 effective Oct. 18, 1986, see section 14001(e) of Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 329.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1978–1986 · 2 rounds
1986
Pub. L. 99–272 struck out “, including programs or activities receiving funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.)” after “Federal financial assistance”.
1978
Pub. L. 95–478 struck out “unreasonable” before “discrimination”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1986 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–272 effective , see section 14001(e) of Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, , 100 Stat. 329.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–478 effective at the close of , see section 504 of Pub. L. 95–478, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Short Title
Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 301, , 89 Stat. 728, provided that: “The provisions of this title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Age Discrimination Act of 1975’.”
Credits
1975–1986 · 3 acts
- 1975Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 302, , 89 Stat. 728
- 1978Pub. L. 95–478, title IV, § 401(a), , 92 Stat. 1555
- 1986Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(b)(4), , 100 Stat. 329.
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(Pub. L. 94–135, title III, § 302, , 89 Stat. 728; Pub. L. 95–478, title IV, § 401(a), , 92 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 14001(b)(4), , 100 Stat. 329.)