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PUBLIC LAW 90-284-APR. 11, 1968 I I

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tion shall iiiipair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained in section 803(b). -.[iijtjo od oi ]>'jbi: DlfSCKIMIXATlOX IX TilK rROVlsi^^yOW^^'fikOKEKAGE SERVICES

SEC. 806. After December 81, 1968, it shall be milawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers* organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, meml)ersliip, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, or national origin. '

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EXEMITION

SEC. 807. Nothing in this title shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to such persons, unless membership in such religion is restricted on account of race, color, or national origin. Nor shall anything in this title prohibit a private club not in fact open to the public, which as an incident to its primary purpose or purposes provides lodgings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose, from limiting the rental or occupancy of such lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members. "I ADMINISTRATION Authority and responsibility. Assistant Secretary.

Post, p. 606. 42 USC 3533. 42 USC 3535. Delegation of authority.

80 Stat. 415, 528.

SEC. 808. (a) The authority and responsibility for administering this Act shall be in the Secretary of Housing and L'rban Development. (b) The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be provided an additional Assistant Secretary. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (Public Law 89-174, 79 Stat. 667) is hereby amended by— (1) striking the word "four," in section 4(a) of said Act (79 Stat. 668; 5 U.S.C. 624b (a)) and substituting therefor "five,"; and (2) striking the word "six," in section 7 of said Act (79 Stat. 669; 5 U.S.C. 624(c)) and substituting therefor "seven." (c) The Secretary may delegate any of his functions, duties, and powers to employees of the Department of Housing and Turban Development or to boards of such employees, including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this title. The persons to whom such delegations are made with respect to hearing functions, duties, and powers shall be appointed and shall serve in the Department of Housing and Urban Development in compliance with sections 3105, 3344, 5362, and 7521 of title 5 of the United States Code. Insofar as possible, conciliation meetings shall be held in the cities or other localities where the discriminatory housing practices allegedly occurred. The Secretary shall by rule prescribe such rights of appeal from the decisions of his hearing examiners to other hearing examiners or to other officers in the Department, to boards of officers or to himself, as shall be appropriate^ and in accordance with law. "-' (d) All executive departments and agencies shall administer theiP programs and activities relating to housing and urban development

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