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 12 2 STA T .35 5 8PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 325 — S E PT. 25 , 2008 tha tth eind i v id u a lw a s su bj e c tt o disc r i m ination because o f the individual ’ s lac k of disabilit y.‘ ‘ ( h )REASON A BL E AC CO M MO D A TI ONS AND M ODI F ICATIONS. — A covered entity under title I, a p ublic entity under title II, and any person who owns, leases (or leases to), or operates a place of public accommodation under title III, need not provide a reason - able accommodation or a reasonable modification to policies, prac- tices, or procedures to an individual who meets the definition of disability in section 3 ( 1 ) solely under subpara g raph ( C ) of such section.’’ ( 2 ) by redesignating section 506 through 51 4 as sections 50 7 through 515, respectively, and adding after section 505 the following

‘ SEC.506 . RUL E OF CO N S T RUCT I ON RE GA R D ING REGULATOR Y AUT H ORITY. ‘‘ T he authority to issue regulations granted to the Eq ual Employment O pportunity Commission, the Attorney G eneral, and the S ecretary of Transportation under this Act includes the authority to issue regulations implementing the definitions of dis- ability in section 3 (including rules of construction) and the defini- tions in section 4, consistent with the A D A Amendments Act of 200 8 .’’; and (3) in section 511 (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) (42 U .S.C. 12211), in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘511(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘512(b)(3)’’. (b) The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Ameri- cans with Disabilities Act of 1 9 90 is amended by redesignating the items relating to sections 506 through 514 as the items relating to sections 507 through 515, respectively, and by inserting after the item relating to section 505 the following new item: ‘ ‘ Sec.506 . Rul e of co nstr uct i on re ga r d ing regulator y aut h ority. ’ ’. SEC. 7 . CONFOR M ING AMENDMENTS. Section 7 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705) is amended— (1) in paragraph (9)( B ), by striking ‘‘a physical’’ and all that follows through ‘‘major life activities’’, and inserting ‘‘the meaning given it in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)’’; and (2) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking ‘‘any person who’’ and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting ‘‘any person who has a disability as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102).’’. 42USC1 221 0. 42 USC 1220 5a . 42 USC 1220 6– 12211 2 9 USC 7 06; 42 USC 12212, 1221 3.

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