42 USC § 4154a - Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service
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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4154a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4154a - Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4154a"
section_name: "Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2508; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)"
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# § 4154a. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of its buildings to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2508; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.