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[CITE: 42USC3606]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 45--FAIR HOUSING
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 3606. Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services

    After December 31, 1968, it shall be unlawful to deny any person 
access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing 
service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, 
organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting 
dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of 
such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, 
religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(Pub. L. 90-284, title VIII, Sec. 806, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 84; Pub. 
L. 93-383, title VIII, Sec. 808(b)(3), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 729; Pub. 
L. 100-430, Sec. 6(b)(1), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1622.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-430 inserted ``handicap, familial status,'' after 
``sex,''.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-383 inserted ``, sex'' after ``religion''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-430 effective on 180th day beginning after 
Sept. 13, 1988, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100-430, set out as a note 
under section 3601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3602, 3617 of this title.