44 CFR § 7.910 - What is the purpose of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s7.910"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 7.910 - What is the purpose of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?"
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "7.910"
section_name: "What is the purpose of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS (FEMA REG. 5)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "30 FR 321, Jan. 9, 1965, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 44575, July 1, 1980."
cfr_part: "7"
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# 7.910 What is the purpose of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975?
The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (the “Act”), as amended, is designed to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. The Act also permits federally-assisted programs or activities, and recipients of Federal funds, to continue to use certain age distinctions and factors other than age which meet the requirements of the Act and this regulation.
[55 FR 23078, June 6, 1990, as amended at 68 FR 51380, Aug. 26, 2003]