5 CFR § 723.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s723.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 723.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "723.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "723"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 794."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 25880, 25885, July 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "723"
---


# 723.101 Purpose.

The purpose of this regulation is to effectuate section 119 of the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.