[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 6, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 6CFR15.1]

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                       TITLE 6--HOMELAND SECURITY
 
   CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
 
PART 15_ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY 
 
Sec.  15.1  Purpose.

    The purpose of this part is to effectuate section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (``Section 504''), as amended by section 119 
of the Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental 
Disabilities Amendments of 1978, which prohibits discrimination on

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the basis of disability in programs or activities conducted by Executive 
agencies. The provisions established by this part shall be effective for 
all components of the Department, including all Department components 
that are transferred to the Department, except to the extent that a 
Department component already has existing section 504 regulations.