44 CFR § 16.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s16.101"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 16.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "16.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "16"
part_name: "ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY"
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: "53 FR 25885, July 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "16"
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# 16.101 Purpose.

The purpose of this regulation is to effectuate 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.