[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR56.7]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 56--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF HANDICAP IN PROGRAMS AND 
ACTIVITIES ASSISTED OR CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 56.7  Programs and activities subject to this part.

    (a) This part applies to all DoD Components and recipients of 
Federal financial assistance disbursed by a DoD Component insofar as the 
programs and activities of the DoD Components and recipients affect 
handicapped persons in the United States. Existing programs and 
activities that are assisted or conducted by a DoD Component and that 
are subject to this part but do not appear in paragraph (b) or (c) of 
this section, are covered even though not listed. DoD Components must 
report new programs and activities that are subject to this part to the 
ASD (MRA&L), or designee, within 15 calendar days of their creation or 
funding.
    (b) Federal financial assistance programs subject to this part 
include: (1) title 32, United States Code, sections 101-716 (1976 and 
supp. III 1979): the Army and Air National Guard.
    (2) Title 40, U.S. Code, sections 483, 484, and 512 (1976); title 
49, U.S. Code, sections 1101 and 1107 (1976); and title 10, U.S. Code, 
sections 2541, 2544, 2571, 2576, 2662, 7308, 7541, 7542, 7545, 7546, and 
7547 (1976 and supp. IV 1980): Various programs involving the loan or 
other disposition of surplus, obsolete, or unclaimed property.
    (3) Title 10 U.S. Code, sections 4307-4311 (1976), and the annual 
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of Defense Appropriations Act: National Program for the Promotion of 
Rifle Practice.
    (4) Secretary of the Navy Instruction 5720.19E, ``Navy Science 
Cruiser Program,'' February 24, 1977.
    (5) Title 10 U.S. Code, section 9441 (1976 and supp. IV 1980): Civil 
Air Patrol.
    (6) Title 41 U.S. Code, sections 501-509 (supp. III 1979): Federal 
grants and cooperative agreements.
    (7) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 426 (1976 and supp. III 1979): Army 
Corps of Engineers participation in cooperative investigations and 
studies concerning the erosion of shores of coastal and lake waters.
    (8) Title 33 U.S. Code, sections 426e-426h (1976): Army Corps of 
Engineers assistance in the construction of works for the restoration 
and protection of shores.
    (9) Title 16 U.S. Code, section 460d (1976): Construction and 
operation of public park and recreational facilities in water resource 
development projects under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Army.
    (10) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 701c-3 (1976): Payment to States of 
lease receipts from lands acquired by the United States for flood 
control, navigation, and allied purposes.
    (11) Title 33 U.S. Code, sections 558c and 702d-1 (1976); title 10, 
U.S. Code, sections 2668 and 2669 (1976); title 43, U.S. Code, section 
961 (1976); and title 40, U.S. Code, section 319 (1976): Grants of 
easements without consideration, or at a nominal or reduced 
consideration, on land under the control of the Department of the Army 
at water resource development projects.
    (12) Title 33 U.S. Code, sections 540 and 577 (1976): Army Corps of 
Engineers assistance in the construction of small boat harbor projects.
    (13) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 701s (1976): Emergency bank 
protection works constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers for 
protection of highways, bridge approaches, and public works.
    (14) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 633 (1976): Army Corps of Engineers 
contracts for the protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or 
replacement of structures and facilities.
    (15) Title 50 U.S. Code, section 453 (1976): Defense Logistics 
Agency loans of industrial equipment to educational institutions (Tools 
for Schools).
    (16) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 610 (1976): Provision of 
specialized services or technical information by the Army Corps of 
Engineers to State and local governments for the control of aquatic 
plant growths in rivers, harbors, and allied waters.
    (17) Title 42 U.S. Code, section 1962d-16 (1976): Provision of 
specialized services by the Army Corps of Engineers to any State for the 
preparation of comprehensive plans for drainage basins located within 
the boundaries of said State.
    (18) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 603a (1976): Provision of 
specialized services by the Army Corps of Engineers to improve channels 
for navigation.
    (19) Title 33 U.S. Code, section 701g (1976): Provision of 
specialized services by the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce flood 
damage.
    (20) Title 24 U.S. Code, sections 44c and 47 (1976): United States 
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.
    (21) Title 10 U.S. Code, chapter 55, as implemented by DoD 6010.8-R, 
``Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services 
(CHAMPUS),'' January 10, 1977.
    (c) All programs and activities conducted by the Department of 
Defense that affect handicapped persons in the United States are subject 
to this part. They include:
    (1) Promulgation of rules and regulations for public comment in a 
manner that grants handicapped persons a reasonable opportunity for such 
comment (such as by making cassette recordings of proposed rules).
    (2) Public meetings, conferences, or seminars sponsored or conducted 
by a DoD Component but held in nongovernmental buildings.
    (3) Public meetings, conferences, or seminars sponsored or conducted 
by a DoD Component or by a non-DoD organization but held in a DoD 
building.
    (4) Open houses, memorial services, tours, or other ceremonies held 
on or in DoD property.
    (5) Military museums.
    (6) Historic vessels.

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    (7) Historic buildings and properties maintained by a DoD Component 
and properties designated as historic under a statute of the appropriate 
State or local governmental body.
    (8) Schools operated by the Department of Defense within the United 
States pursuant to section 6 of Public Law 81-874, title 20, U.S. Code, 
section 241 (1976).