Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 80 — Public Works Employment
§ 6709. Sex discrimination; prohibition; enforcement
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 project receiving Federal grant assistance under this chapter, including any supplemental grant made under this chapter. 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 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.]. 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.
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–369 title I § 110 · 90 Stat. 999
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6709
(Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 110, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1002.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–369, title I, § 110, July 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1002.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 110. 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 project receiving Federal grant assistance under this Act, including any supplemental grant made under this Act, This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with respect to racial and other 42 USC 2000d. 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 discriminates.
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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 this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of this title and Tables.