14 CFR § 271.9 - Discrimination prohibited.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s271.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 271.9 - Discrimination prohibited."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "271.9"
section_name: "Discrimination prohibited."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "271"
part_name: "GUIDELINES FOR SUBSIDIZING AIR CARRIERS PROVIDING ESSENTIAL AIR TRANSPORTATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "271"
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# 271.9 Discrimination prohibited.
(a) All air carriers receiving subsidy under this part shall comply with the following:
(1) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975;
(2) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 49 CFR part 21; and
(3) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 49 CFR part 27, and part 382 of this chapter.
(b) Within 1 year after it first receives a subsidy under this part, the carrier shall evaluate its practices and procedures for accommodating the handicapped in accordance with § 382.23 of this chapter.
(c) All air carriers seeking a subsidy under this part shall include in their subsidy application the assurances required by 49 CFR parts 20, 21, 27 and 29, and § 382.21 of this chapter.
[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43525, Aug. 22, 1995]