41 CFR § 51-10.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s51-10.101"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 51-10.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "51-10.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED"
part_number: "51-10"
part_name: "10—ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED"
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: "50 FR 22894, June 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 56 FR 48983, Sept. 26, 1991."
cfr_part: "51-10"
---


# 51-10.101 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.