---identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s4.501"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "10 CFR § 4.501 - Purpose."title_number: 10title_name: "Energy"section_number: "4.501"section_name: "Purpose."chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"part_number: "4"part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMISSION"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."regulatory_source: "29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "4"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t10/s4.501
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Authority
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 44 U.S... Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
# 4.501 Purpose.This part effectuates 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 disability in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.