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31 U.S.C. § 6711 — Prohibited discrimination
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**(a) General Prohibition.—** No person in the United States shall be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, a program or activity of a unit of general local government because of race, color, national origin, or sex if the government receives a payment under this chapter.
**(b) Additional Prohibitions.—** The following prohibitions and exemptions also apply to a program or activity of a unit of general local government if the government receives a payment under this chapter:
(1) A prohibition against discrimination because of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
(2) A prohibition against discrimination against an otherwise qualified handicapped individual under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(3) A prohibition against discrimination because of religion, or an exemption from that prohibition, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (popularly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1968).
**(c) Limitations on Applicability of Prohibitions.—** Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the government shows, by clear and convincing evidence, that a payment received under this chapter is not used to pay for any part of the program or activity with respect to which the allegation of discrimination is made.
**(d) Investigation Agreements.—** The Secretary shall try to make agreements with heads of agencies of the United States Government and State agencies to investigate noncompliance with this section. An agreement shall—
(1) describe the cooperative efforts to be taken (including sharing civil rights enforcement personnel and resources) to obtain compliance with this section; and
(2) provide for notifying immediately the Secretary of actions brought by the
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**(a) General Prohibition.—** No person in the United States shall be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, a program or activity of a unit of general local government because of race, color, national origin, or sex if the government receives a payment under this chapter.
**(b) Additional Prohibitions.—** The following prohibitions and exemptions also apply to a program or activity of a unit of general local government if the government receives a payment under this chapter:
(1) A prohibition against discrimination because of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
(2) A prohibition against discrimination against an otherwise qualified handicapped individual under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(3) A prohibition against discrimination because of religion, or an exemption from that prohibition, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (popularly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1968).
**(c) Limitations on Applicability of Prohibitions.—** Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if the government shows, by clear and convincing evidence, that a payment received under this chapter is not used to pay for any part of the program or activity with respect to which the allegation of discrimination is made.
**(d) Investigation Agreements.—** The Secretary shall try to make agreements with heads of agencies of the United States Government and State agencies to investigate noncompliance with this section. An agreement shall—
(1) describe the cooperative efforts to be taken (including sharing civil rights enforcement personnel and resources) to obtain compliance with this section; and
(2) provide for notifying immediately the Secretary of actions brought by the United States Government or State agencies against a unit of general local government alleging a violation of a civil rights law or a regulation prescribed under a civil rights law.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance.
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**(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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**(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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It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 6712
chapter, the 10-day period under subsection
(b)(1) may be changed to the extent necessary to
comply with applicable State or local law.
(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31001(a), Sept.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1873.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 6710, Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1020, related to separate law enforcement officer
allocations for Louisiana, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
99–272, title XIV, § 14001(a)(1), (e), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat.
327, 329, eff. Oct. 18, 1986.
§ 6711. Prohibited discrimination
(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—No person in the
United States shall be excluded from partici-
pating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject
to discrimination under, a program or activity
of a unit of general local government because of
race, color, national origin, or sex if the govern-
ment receives a payment under this chapter.
(b) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS.—The following
prohibitions and exemptions also apply to a pro-
gram or activity of a unit of general local gov-
ernment if the government receives a payment
under this chapter:
(1) A prohibition against discrimination be-
cause of age under the Age Discrimination Act
of 1975.
(2) A prohibition against discrimination
against an otherwise qualified handicapped in-
dividual under section 504 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973.
(3) A prohibition against discrimination be-
cause of religion, or an exemption from that
prohibition, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
or title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (popu-
larly known as the Civil Rights Act of 1968).
(c) LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABILITY OF PROHIBI-
TIONS.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply if
the government shows, by clear and convincing
evidence, that a payment
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