2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 51 - Design and Construction of Public Buildings to Accommodate Physically Handicapped (Sections 4151 - 4157)
Sec. 4153 - Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 51 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED Sec. 4153 - Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| Contains | section 4153 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-480, §3, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 94-541, title II, §201(3), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2507; Pub. L. 96-88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695. |
| Statutes at Large References | 82 Stat. 719 90 Stat. 2507 93 Stat. 695 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 90-480, Public Law 94-541, Public Law 96-88 |
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings which are residential structures subject to this chapter to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
(Pub. L. 90–480, §3, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 94–541, title II, §201(3), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2507; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
AMENDMENTS1976—Pub. L. 94–541 substituted "shall prescribe" and "to insure whenever possible" for "is authorized to prescribe such" and "as may be necessary to insure", respectively.
CHANGE OF NAME"Secretary of Health and Human Services" substituted in text for "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
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