22 CFR § 530.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s530.101"
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title: "22 CFR § 530.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "530.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA"
part_number: "530"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 794."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 22890, 22896, June 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 530.101 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 handicap in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.