42 USC § 12832 - Nondiscrimination

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title: "42 USC § 12832 - Nondiscrimination"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12832"
section_name: "Nondiscrimination"
chapter_number: 130
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "General Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4125; Pub. L. 104–204, title II, § 213, Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2904.)"
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# § 12832. Nondiscrimination

42 U.S.C. 6101section 794 of title 2942 Stat. 108

No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this subchapter. Any prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [ et seq.] or with respect to an otherwise qualified handicapped individual as provided in  shall also apply to any such program or activity. The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 ().

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 282, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4125; Pub. L. 104–204, title II, § 213, Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2904.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, referred to in text, is title III of , , , which is classified generally to chapter 76 (§ 6101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, referred to in text, is , , which was classified generally to sections 691 to 718 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.

### Amendments

1996— inserted at end “The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this subchapter on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 ().”