22 CFR § 141.1 - Purpose.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s141.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 141.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "141.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL RIGHTS"
part_number: "141"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE—EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 602, 78 Stat. 252, sec. 4, 63 Stat. 111, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 2000d-1, 22 U.S.C. 2658."
regulatory_source: "30 FR 314, Jan. 9, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "141"
---


# 141.1 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to effectuate the provisions of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (hereafter referred to as the “Act”) to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department of State.