Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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United States federal statute civil rights law disability rights law

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 canonical	19
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973	12
Rehabilitation Act	1
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (employment discrimination provisions)	1
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended	1
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T414473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Context triple: [Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, legalAuthority, Rehabilitation Act of 1973]

A. Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
B. Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate and address systemic civil rights violations in state or local institutions such as prisons, jails, and mental health facilities.
C. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and expanded federal enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination protections, particularly by enhancing the powers and coverage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
D. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
E. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Target entity description: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.

A. Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
B. Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate and address systemic civil rights violations in state or local institutions such as prisons, jails, and mental health facilities.
C. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and expanded federal enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination protections, particularly by enhancing the powers and coverage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
D. Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
E. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ disability rights law ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Department of Education ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Education U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ linked to: United States Department of Labor
amendedBy	Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 ⓘ Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 ⓘ Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 ⓘ Technology-related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act amendments ⓘ Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 ⓘ linked to: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions) Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ⓘ
appliesTo	activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ federal contractors and subcontractors (under certain sections) ⓘ federal executive agencies ⓘ programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
citation	29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
defines	qualified individual with a disability (for covered programs and employment) ⓘ
enactedBy	93rd United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ⓘ U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights ⓘ linked to: Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ⓘ linked to: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
historicalSignificance	first major U.S. federal civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities ⓘ
influenced	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ⓘ linked to: Americans with Disabilities Act
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
keyConcept	accessible electronic and information technology ⓘ effective communication with individuals with disabilities ⓘ program accessibility ⓘ reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe handicaps, and for other purposes ⓘ linked to: Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974
prohibits	discrimination on the basis of disability ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 93-112 ⓘ
purpose	to prohibit disability discrimination in federal employment ⓘ to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities ⓘ
regulates	accessibility of electronic and information technology used by the federal government (Section 508) ⓘ employment practices of federal agencies (Section 501) ⓘ employment practices of federal contractors and subcontractors (Section 503) ⓘ nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs and activities (Section 504) ⓘ
relatedTo	Independent Living Services for individuals with disabilities ⓘ Vocational Rehabilitation Program ⓘ linked to: Vocational Rehabilitation Services
section	Section 501 ⓘ Section 503 ⓘ Section 504 ⓘ Section 508 ⓘ
shortTitle	Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
signedBy	Richard Nixon ⓘ
signingDate	1973-09-26 ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs → legalAuthority → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Americans with Disabilities Act → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ

Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ