[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.70]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Delegations
 
Sec.  1.70  Delegations to the Director of the Departmental Office of Civil 
Rights.

    The Director of the Departmental Office of Civil Rights is delegated 
authority to conduct all stages of the formal internal discrimination 
complaint process (including the acceptance or rejection of complaints); 
to provide

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policy guidance to the operating administrations and Secretarial 
officers concerning the implementation and enforcement of all civil 
rights laws, regulations and executive orders for which the Department 
is responsible; to otherwise perform activities to ensure compliance 
with external civil rights programs; and to review and evaluate the 
operating administrations' enforcement of these authorities.
    These authorities include:
    (a) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
2000e et seq.
    (b) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.
    (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 
U.S.C. 794 and 794a.
    (d) Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 
U.S.C. 791.
    (e) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.
    (f) Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6101.
    (g) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-336, 
104 Stat. 327 (1990) (codified at 42 U.S.C. 12101-121213).
    (h) Equal Pay Act of 1963 (enacted as section 6(d) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 206(d)).
    (i) Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration 
Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 290dd(b).
    (j) 29 CFR Parts 1600 through 1691 (Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission Regulations).
    (k) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq. (fair housing provisions).
    (l) The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 40 
U.S.C. 476.
    (m) Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20 U.S.C. 
1681.
    (n) Executive Order No. 12898, Federal Actions To Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations. (In coordination with the Assistant Secretary for 
Transportation Policy.)
    (o) 49 U.S.C. 47113, 47107, and 47123 (formerly sections 505(f), 
511(a)(17), and 520 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, 
as amended).
    (p) 49 U.S.C. 41705 (formerly the Air Carrier Access Act of 1986, as 
amended).
    (q) The Federal-Aid Highway Act, as amended, 23 U.S.C. 140 and 324.
    (r) 49 U.S.C. 306.
    (s) 49 U.S.C. 5310, 5332 (formerly sections 16 and 19 of the Federal 
Transit Act, as amended).
    (t) The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, 
Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1919, section 1003.
    (u) The Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended, 23 U.S.C. 
402(b)(1)(D).

[Amdt. 265, 60 FR 2891, Jan. 12, 1995, as amended at 68 FR 34550, June 
10, 2003]