[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 14, Volume 5] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 14CFR1251.501] [Page 233] TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SPACE ADMINISTRATION PART 1251_NONDISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF HANDICAP--Table of Contents Subpart 1251.5_Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sec. 1251.501 Purpose. Source: 53 FR 25882 and 25885, July 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted. The purpose of this regulation is to effectuate section 119 of the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978, which amended section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap in programs or activities conducted by Executive agencies or the United States Postal Service.