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29 U.S.C. § 796 — Remedies and attorney fees

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29 U.S.C. § 796 — Remedies and attorney fees

**(a)** (1) The remedies, procedures, and rights set forth in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–16&num=0&edition=prelim)), including the application of sections 706(f) through 706(k) ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(f)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–5/f&num=0&edition=prelim) through (k)) (and the application of section 706(e)(3) ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(e)(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–5/e/3&num=0&edition=prelim)) to claims of discrimination in compensation), shall be available, with respect to any complaint under [section 791 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section791&num=0&edition=prelim), to any employee or applicant for employment aggrieved by the final disposition of such complaint, or by the failure to take final action on such complaint. In fashioning an equitable or affirmative action remedy under such section, a court may take into account the reasonableness of the cost of any necessary work place accommodation, and the availability of alternatives therefor or other appropriate relief in order to achieve an equitable and appropriate remedy. (2) The remedies, procedures, and rights set forth in title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000d](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000d&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) (and in subsection (e)(3) of section 706 of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–5&num=0&edition=prelim)), applied to claims of discrimination in compensation) shall be avail

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e–5 — Enforcement provisions

**(a) Power of Commission to prevent unlawful employment practices** The Commission is empowered, as hereinafter provided, to prevent any person from engaging in any unlawful employment practice as set forth in section 2000e–2 or 2000e–3 of this title. **(b) Charges by persons aggrieved or member of Commission of unlawful employment practices by employers, etc.; filing; allegations; notice to respondent; contents of notice; investigation by Commission; contents of charges; prohibition on disclosure of charges; determination of reasonable cause; conference, conciliation, and persuasion for elimination of unlawful practices; prohibition on disclosure of informal endeavors to end unlawful practices; use of evidence in subsequent proceedings; penalties for disclosure of information; time for determination of reasonable cause** Whenever a charge is filed by or on behalf of a person claiming to be aggrieved, or by a member of the Commission, alleging that an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs, has engaged in an unlawful employment practice, the Commission shall serve a notice of the charge (including the date, place and circumstances of the alleged unlawful employment practice) on such employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee (hereinafter referred to as the “respondent”) within ten days, and shall make an investigation thereof. Charges shall be in writing under oath or affirmation and shall contain such information and be in such form as the Commission requires. Charges shall not be made public by the Commission. If the Commission determines after such investigation that there is not r

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29 U.S.C. § 791 — Research and demonstration projects

**(a) Multiple and interrelated service needs of individuals with handicaps; report to Congress** The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants to, and to enter into contract with, public and nonprofit agencies and organizations for the purpose of research and demonstration projects specifically designed to address the multiple and interrelated service needs of individuals with handicaps, the elderly, and children, youths, adults, and families. A report evaluating each project funded under this section shall be submitted to appropriate committees of the Congress within four months after the date each such project is completed. **(b) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary. No funds other than those appropriated pursuant to this subsection can be used for the conduct of research specifically authorized by this section. **(c) Study on impact of vocational rehabilitation services; transmittal to Congress** Within one year after the date appropriations are made under subsection (b) for purposes of research and demonstration projects under subsection (a), the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a study concerning the impact of vocational rehabilitation services provided under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [[29 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] on recipients of disability payments under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 1381 et seq.]. The study shall examine the relationship between the vocational rehabilitation services provided unde

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29 U.S.C. § 794 — Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council

**(a) Establishment** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Advisory Council (referred to in this section as the “Council”) composed of not less than 12 members appointed by the Secretary. **(b) Duties** The Council shall advise the Director with respect to research priorities and the development and revision of the 5-year plan required by [section 762(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section762/h&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Qualifications** Members of the Council shall be generally representative of the community of disability, independent living, and rehabilitation professionals, the community of disability, independent living, and rehabilitation researchers, the directors of independent living centers and community rehabilitation programs, the business community (including a representative of the small business community) that has experience with the system of vocational rehabilitation services and independent living services carried out under this chapter and with hiring individuals with disabilities, the community of stakeholders involved in assistive technology, the community of covered school professionals, and the community of individuals with disabilities, and the individuals’ representatives. At least one-half of the members shall be individuals with disabilities or the individuals’ representatives. **(d) Terms of appointment** (1) **Length of term** — Each member of the Council shall serve for a term of up to 3 years, determined by the Secretary, except that— (A) a member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for whic

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42 U.S.C. § 2000d — Prohibition against exclusion from participation in, denial of benefits of, and discrimination under federally assisted programs on ground of race, color, or national origin

No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

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42 U.S.C. § 2000a — Prohibition against discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation

**(a) Equal access** All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. **(b) Establishments affecting interstate commerce or supported in their activities by State action as places of public accommodation; lodgings; facilities principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises; gasoline stations; places of exhibition or entertainment; other covered establishments** Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subchapter if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action: (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence; (2) any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; or any gasoline station; (3) any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment; and (4) any establishment (A)(i) which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this subsection, or (ii) within the premises of which is physically located any such cove

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e–16 — Employment by Federal Government

**(a) Discriminatory practices prohibited; employees or applicants for employment subject to coverage** All personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment (except with regard to aliens employed outside the limits of the United States) in military departments as defined in [section 102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section102&num=0&edition=prelim), in executive agencies as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim) (including employees and applicants for employment who are paid from nonappropriated funds), in the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission, in those units of the Government of the District of Columbia having positions in the competitive service, and in those units of the judicial branch of the Federal Government having positions in the competitive service, in the Smithsonian Institution, and in the Government Publishing Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Library of Congress shall be made free from any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. **(b) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; enforcement powers; issuance of rules, regulations, etc.; annual review and approval of national and regional equal employment opportunity plans; review and evaluation of equal employment opportunity programs and publication of progress reports; consultations with interested parties; compliance with rules, regulations, etc.; contents of national and regional equal employment opportunity plans; authority of Librarian of Congress** Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall have authori

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38 U.S.C. § 3104 — Scope of services and assistance

**(a)** Services and assistance which the Secretary may provide under this chapter, pursuant to regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, include the following: (1) Evaluation, including periodic reevaluations as appropriate with respect to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program, of the potential for rehabilitation of a veteran, including diagnostic and related services (A) to determine whether the veteran has an employment handicap or a serious employment handicap and whether a vocational goal is reasonably feasible for such veteran, and (B) to provide a basis for planning a suitable vocational rehabilitation program or a program of services and assistance to improve the vocational rehabilitation potential or independent living status of such veteran, as appropriate. (2) Educational, vocational, psychological, employment, and personal adjustment counseling. (3) An allowance and other appropriate assistance, as authorized by [section 3108 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3108&num=0&edition=prelim). (4) A work-study allowance as authorized by [section 3485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3485&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) Placement services to effect suitable placement in employment, and postplacement services to attempt to insure satisfactory adjustment in employment. (6) Personal adjustment and work adjustment training. (7) (A) Vocational and other training services and assistance, including individualized tutorial assistance, tuition, fees, books, supplies, handling charges, licensing fees, and equipment and other training materials determined by the Secretary to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the rehabilitation pr

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42 U.S.C. § 1320b–20 — Work incentives outreach program

**(a) Establishment** (1) **In general** — The Commissioner, in consultation with the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel established under section 101(f) of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, shall establish a community-based work incentives planning and assistance program for the purpose of disseminating accurate information to disabled beneficiaries on work incentives programs and issues related to such programs. (2) **Grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and outreach** — Under the program established under this section, the Commissioner shall— (A) establish a competitive program of grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to provide benefits planning and assistance, including information on the availability of protection and advocacy services, to disabled beneficiaries, including individuals participating in the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program established under [section 1320b–19 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1320b-19&num=0&edition=prelim), the program established under [section 1382h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1382h&num=0&edition=prelim), and other programs that are designed to encourage disabled beneficiaries to work; (B) conduct directly, or through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts, ongoing outreach efforts to disabled beneficiaries (and to the families of such beneficiaries) who are potentially eligible to participate in Federal or State work incentive programs that are designed to assist disabled beneficiaries to work, including— (i) preparing and disseminating information explaining such programs; and (ii) working in cooperation with other Feder

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42 U.S.C. § 3515e — Transfer of functions regarding independent living to Department of Health and Human Services, and savings provisions

**(a) Definitions** For purposes of this section, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context— (1) the term “Administration for Community Living” means the Administration for Community Living of the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the term “Federal agency” has the meaning given to the term “agency” by [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) the term “function” means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program; and (4) the term “Rehabilitation Services Administration” means the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the Department of Education. **(b) Transfer of functions** There are transferred to the Administration for Community Living, all functions which the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration exercised before the effective date of this section (including all related functions of any officer or employee of that Administration) under chapter 1 of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ([29 U.S.C. 796](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section796&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(c) Personnel determinations by the Office of Management and Budget** The Office of Management and Budget shall— (1) ensure that this section does not result in any net increase in full-time equivalent employees at any Federal agency impacted by this section; and (2) not later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, certify compliance with this subsection to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor

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29 U.S.C. § 796 — Purpose

Page 319 TITLE 29—LABOR § 796a as having been added by Pub. L. 105–220, title IV, § 410, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1217, without reference to those intervening amendments because of the extensive revi- sion of title VII by Pub. L. 105–220. PART A—INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES SUBPART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS § 796. Purpose The purpose of this part is to promote a phi- losophy of independent living, including a phi- losophy of consumer control, peer support, self- help, self-determination, equal access, and indi- vidual and system advocacy, in order to maxi- mize the leadership, empowerment, independ- ence, and productivity of individuals with dis- abilities, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the main- stream of American society, by— (1) providing financial assistance to States for providing, expanding, and improving the provision of independent living services; (2) providing financial assistance to develop and support statewide networks of centers for independent living; and (3) providing financial assistance to States for improving working relationships among State independent living rehabilitation serv- ice programs, centers for independent living, Statewide Independent Living Councils estab- lished under section 796d of this title, State vocational rehabilitation programs receiving assistance under subchapter I, State programs of supported employment services receiving assistance under subchapter VI, client assist- ance programs receiving assistance under sec- tion 732 of this title, programs funded under other subchapters of this chapter, programs funded under other Federal law, and programs funded through non-Federal sources, with the goal of improving the independence of individ- uals with di

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