28 CFR § 39.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s39.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 39.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "39.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 794."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 1065-84, 49 FR 35734, Sept. 11, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "39"
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# 39.101 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 U.S. Postal Service.