41 CFR § 101-8.709 - Special benefits for children and the elderly.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s101-8.709"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 101-8.709 - Special benefits for children and the elderly."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "101-8.709"
section_name: "Special benefits for children and the elderly."
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "101-8"
part_name: "8—NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 25337, June 11, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "101-8"
---


# 101-8.709 Special benefits for children and the elderly.

If a recipient's program or activity provides special benefits to the elderly or to children, such use of age distinctions is presumed to be necessary to the normal operation of the program or activity, notwithstanding the provisions of § 101-8.705.