[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1190.1]

[Page 304]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
 CHAPTER XI--ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
 
PART 1190--MINIMUM GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 1190.1  Purpose.


    The purpose of this part is to implement section 502(b)(7) of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792(b)(7)), as amended, which 
requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board 
to establish minimum guidelines and requirements for standards issued 
under the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et seq.), 
as amended. This part and the standards to be based on it are intended 
to ensure that certain buildings and facilities financed with Federal 
funds are designed, constructed, or altered so as to be readily 
accessible to, and usable by, physically handicapped persons.