Rehabilitation Act of 1973

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
disability rights law ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
U.S. 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
U.S. Department of Labor 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 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Americans with Disabilities Act → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Office for Civil Rights → enforces → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission → enforces → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (employment discrimination provisions) ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Civil Rights Act of 1991 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Coordination and Review Section → legalBasis → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → appliesLaw → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → influenced → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 → shortTitle → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Office for Civil Rights (DOJ) → enforces → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs) ⓘ
subject linked to: Office for Civil Rights
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974 → follows → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act → relatedTo → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
subject linked to: Title II
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 → alsoAmends → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
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Office for Civil Rights → legalMandate → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
subject linked to: OCR
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act → relatedTo → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Administration on Disabilities → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
California Department of Rehabilitation → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Office of Federal Operations → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Federal Coordination and Compliance Section → legalBasis → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
subject linked to: FCS
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
MBTA accessibility policies → basedOn → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
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LLFPA → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Public Law 111-2 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
United States federal education laws → includes → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
VEVRAA → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Public Law 93-112 → officialName → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Public Law 93-112 → shortName → Rehabilitation Act ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 → partOf → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 → follows → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 → strengthens → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 → partOf → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 → relatedTo → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Kiryas Joel Village Union Free School District → compliesWith → Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Lane v. Peña → legalSubject → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Lane v. Peña → statuteInterpreted → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 §504 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Lane v. Peña → statuteInterpreted → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 §505(a)(2) ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
United States disability rights law → includesStatute → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Office (USAG West Point) → appliesLaw → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
ADAAA → alsoAmends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Public Law 110-325 → amends → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
Public Law 110-325 → relatedTo → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
DOR → legalBasis → federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
OFO → legalBasis → Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (federal sector EEO provisions) ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission → legalBasis → federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
linked to: Rehabilitation Act of 1973