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[CITE: 42USC12204]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 126--EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 12204. Regulations by Architectural and Transportation 
        Barriers Compliance Board
        

(a) Issuance of guidelines

    Not later than 9 months after July 26, 1990, the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board shall issue minimum guidelines 
that shall supplement the existing Minimum Guidelines and Requirements 
for Accessible Design for purposes of subchapters II and III of this 
chapter.

(b) Contents of guidelines

    The supplemental guidelines issued under subsection (a) of this 
section shall establish additional requirements, consistent with this 
chapter, to ensure that buildings, facilities, rail passenger cars, and 
vehicles are accessible, in terms of architecture and design, 
transportation, and communication, to individuals with disabilities.

(c) Qualified historic properties

                           (1) In general

        The supplemental guidelines issued under subsection (a) of this 
    section shall include procedures and requirements for alterations 
    that will threaten or destroy the historic significance of qualified 
    historic buildings and facilities as defined in 4.1.7(1)(a) of the 
    Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards.

         (2) Sites eligible for listing in National Register

        With respect to alterations of buildings or facilities that are 
    eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places 
    under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et 
    seq.), the guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall, at a 
    minimum, maintain the procedures and requirements established in 
    4.1.7(1) and (2) of the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards.

                           (3) Other sites

        With respect to alterations of buildings or facilities 
    designated as historic under State or local law, the guidelines 
    described in paragraph (1) shall establish procedures equivalent to 
    those established by 4.1.7(1)(b) and (c) of the Uniform Federal 
    Accessibility Standards, and shall require, at a minimum, compliance 
    with the requirements established in 4.1.7(2) of such standards.

(Pub. L. 101-336, title V, Sec. 504, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 370.)

                       References in Text

    The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(2), is Pub. L. 89-665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, as amended, 
which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 470 et seq.) of 
chapter 1A of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see section 470(a) of Title 16 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12134, 12149, 12150, 12163, 
12165, 12186 of this title; title 29 sections 791, 793, 794.
