14 CFR § 1251.501 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s1251.501"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 1251.501 - Purpose."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "1251.501"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1251"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF DISABILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 504 (29 U.S.C. 794)"
regulatory_source: "51 FR 26862, July 28, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1251"
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# 1251.501 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 disability in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.