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[CITE: 42USC6106]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
      CHAPTER 76--AGE DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 6106. Study of discrimination based on age


(a) Study by Commission on Civil Rights

    The Commission on Civil Rights shall (1) undertake a study of 
unreasonable discrimination based on age in programs and activities 
receiving Federal financial assistance; and (2) identify with 
particularity any such federally assisted program or activity in which 
there is found evidence of persons who are otherwise qualified being, on 
the basis of age, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits 
of, or subjected to discrimination under such program or activity.

(b) Public hearings

    As part of the study required by this section, the Commission shall 
conduct public hearings to elicit the views of interested parties, 
including Federal departments and agencies, on issues relating to age 
discrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal financial 
assistance, and particularly with respect to the reasonableness of 
distinguishing, on the basis of age, among potential participants in, or 
beneficiaries of, specific federally assisted programs.

(c) Publication of results of analyses, research and studies by 
        independent experts; services of voluntary or uncompensated 
        personnel

    The Commission is authorized to obtain, through grant or contract, 
analyses, research and studies by independent experts of issues relating 
to age discrimination and to publish the results thereof. For purposes 
of the study required by this section, the Commission may accept and 
utilize the services of voluntary or uncompensated personnel, without 
regard to the provisions of section 105(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 
1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975d(b)).

(d) Report to President and Congress; copies to affected Federal 
        departments and agencies; information and technical assistance

    Not later than two years after November 28, 1975, the Commission 
shall transmit a report of its findings and its recommendations for 
statutory changes (if any) and administrative action, including 
suggested general regulations, to the Congress and to the President and 
shall provide a copy of its report to the head of each Federal 
department and agency with respect to which the Commission makes 
findings or recommendations. The Commission is authorized to provide, 
upon request, information and technical assistance regarding its 
findings and recommendations to Congress, to the President, and to the 
heads of Federal departments and agencies for a ninety-day period 
following the transmittal of its report.

(e) Comments and recommendations of Federal departments and agencies; 
        submission to President and Congressional committees

    Not later than forty-five working days after receiving a copy of the 
report required by subsection (d) of this section, each Federal 
department or agency with respect to which the Commission makes findings 
or recommendations shall submit its comments and recommendations 
regarding such report to the President and to the Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives.

(f) Cooperation of Federal departments and agencies with Commission

    The head of each Federal department or agency shall cooperate in all 
respects with the Commission with respect to the study required by 
subsection (a) of this section, and shall provide to the Commission such 
data, reports, and documents in connection with the subject matter of 
such study as the Commission may request.

(g) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Pub. L. 94-135, title III, Sec. 307, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 731; S. 
Res. 4, Feb. 4, 1977; Pub. L. 95-65, Sec. 1, July 11, 1977, 91 Stat. 
269; S. Res. 30, Mar. 7, 1979.)

                       References in Text

    Section 105(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, referred to in 
subsec. (c), is section 105(b) of Pub. L. 85-315, pt. I, Sept. 9, 1957, 
71 Stat. 636, which was classified to section 1975d(b) of this title and 
was omitted from the Code. For further details, see Codification note 
set out preceding section 1975 of this title. Similar provisions are 
contained in section 4(c) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983, 
Pub. L. 98-183, Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1304, as amended, which is 
classified to section 1975b(c) of this title.


                               Amendments

    1977--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-65 substituted ``two years'' for 
``eighteen months'' and authorized the Commission to provide information 
and technical assistance regarding its findings and recommendations to 
Congress, the President, and heads of Federal departments and agencies 
for a ninety-day period following the transmittal of its report.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
Jan. 7, 1997.
    Committee on Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources of Senate effective Mar. 7, 1979, by Senate 
Resolution No. 30, 96th Congress. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of 
Senate adopted Nov. 14, 1979.
    Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of Senate abolished and 
replaced by Committee on Human Resources of Senate, effective Feb. 11, 
1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of Senate, as amended by Senate 
Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the ``Committee System 
Reorganization Amendments of 1977''), approved Feb. 4, 1977.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6103 of this title.
