42 U.S.C. § 4154 — Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Defense
submitted 58 years ago by Pub. L. 90-480 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 55 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must set standards for designing, building, and altering Department of Defense buildings covered by this chapter. The standards must make them accessible to physically handicapped people whenever possible.
After consulting the Secretary* of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense must prescribe standards for designing, building*, and altering Department of Defense buildings, structures, and facilities subject to this chapter. Whenever possible, the standards must ensure that physically handicapped people can readily access and use them. This section does not define “physically handicapped” or “readily.”
The Secretary* of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this chapter to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 90–480, § 4, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(4), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2507; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
- 1968Enacted · Pub. L. 90-480 · 82 Stat. 719
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-541 · 90 Stat. 2507
- 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-88 · 93 Stat. 695
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