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 104 STAT. 328 PUBLIC LAW 101-336 —JULY 26, 1990 Sec. 244. Regulations. Sec. 245. Interim accessibility requirements. Sec. 246. Effective date. TITLE III—PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES OPERATED BY PRIVATE ENTITIES Sec. 301. Definitions. Sec. 302. Prohibition of discrimination by public accommodations. Sec. 303. New construction and alterations in public accommodations and commercial facilities. Sec. 304. Prohibition of discrimination in specified public transportation services provided by private entities. Sec. 305. Study. Sec. 306. Regulations. Sec. 307. Exemptions for private clubs and religious organizations. Sec. 308. Enforcement. Sec. 309. Examinations and courses. Sec. 310. Effective date. TITLE IV—TELECOMMUNICATIONS Sec. 401. Telecommunications relay services for hearing-impaired and speech-im- paired individuals. Sec. 402. Closed-captioning of public service announcements. TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 501. Construction. Sec. 502. State immunity. Sec. 503. Prohibition against retaliation and coercion. Sec. 504. Regulations by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Sec. 505. Attorney's fees. Sec. 506. Technical assistance. Sec. 507. Federal wilderness areas. Sec. 508. T ransvestites. Sec. 509. Coverage of Congress and the agencies of the legislative branch. Sec. 510. Illegal use of drugs. Sec. 511. Definitions. Sec. 512. Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act. Sec. 513. Alternative means of dispute resolution. Sec. 514. Severability. 42 USC 12101. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older; (2) historically, society has tended to isolate and segregate individuals with disabilities, and, despite some improvements, such forms of discrimination against individuals with disabilities continue to be a serious and pervasive social problem; (3) discrimination against individuals with disabilities persists in such critical areas as employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting, and access to public services; (4) unlike individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or age, individuals who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability have often had no legal recourse to redress such discrimination; (5) individuals with disabilities continually encounter various forms of discrimination, including outright intentional exclusion, the discriminatory effects of architectural, transportation, and communication barriers, overprotective rules and policies,

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