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PUBLIC LAW 90-480-AUG. 12, 1968

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(1) to be constructed or altered by or on behalf of the United States; (2) to be leased in whole or in part by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act after construction or alteration in accordance with plans and specifioations of the United States; or (3) to be financed in whole or in part by a grant or a loan made by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act if such building or facility is subject to standards for design, construction, or alteration issued under authority of the law authorizing such grant or loan. SEC. 2. The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with Standards. the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings (other than residential s t r u c t u r e subject to this Act and buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this Act) as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. SEC. 3. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings which are residential structures subject to this Act as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. SEC. 4. The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this Act as may be necessary to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. SEC. 5. Every building designed, constructed, or altered after the Applicability. effective date of a standard issued under this Act which is applicable to such building, shall be designed, constructed, or altered in accordance with such standard. SEC. 6. The Administrator of General Services, with respect to standards issued under section 2 of this xVct, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, with respect to standards issued under section 3 of this Act, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to standards issued under section 4 of this Act, is authorized— (1) to modify or waive any such standard, on a case-by-case Waiver. basis, upon application made by the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States concerned, and upon a determination by the Administrator or Secretary, as the case may be, that such modification or waiver is clearly necessary, and Surveys and (2) to conduct such surveys and investigations as he deems vestigations. innecessary to insure compliance with such standards. Approved August 12, 1968.

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