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[CITE: 42USC4152]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
 CHAPTER 51--DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE 
                         PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
 
Sec. 4152. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of 
        buildings; Administrator of General Services
        
    The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe standards for 
the design, construction, and alteration of buildings (other than 
residential structures subject to this chapter and buildings, 
structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense and of the 
United States Postal Service subject to this chapter) to insure whenever 
possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, 
and use of, such buildings.

(Pub. L. 90-480, Sec. 2, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 94-541, 
title II, Sec. 201(2), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2507; Pub. L. 96-88, 
title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-541 substituted ``shall prescribe'' and ``to insure 
whenever possible'' for ``is authorized to prescribe such'' and ``as may 
be necessary to insure'', respectively, and inserted in parenthetical 
text ``and of the United States Postal Service'' after ``Department of 
Defense''.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted in text for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4156 of this title; title 3 
section 421.
