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 PUBLIC LAW 94-135—NOV. 28, 1975

89 STAT. 731

STUDY OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE

SEC. 307. (a) The Commission on Civil Eights shall (1) undertake 42 USC 6106. a study of unreasonable discrimination based on age in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance; and (2) identify with particularity any such federally assisted program or activity in which there is found evidence of persons who are otherwise qualified being, on the basis of age, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under such program or activity. (b) As part of the study required by this section, the Commission Hearings. shall conduct public hearings to elicit the views of interested parties, including Federal departments and agencies, on issues relating to age discrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance, and particularly with respect to the reasonableness of distinguishing, on the basis of age, among potential participants in, or beneficiaries of, specific federally assisted programs, (c) The Commission is authorized to obtain, through grant or contract, analyses, research and studies by independent experts of issues relating to age discrimination and to publish the results thereof. For purposes of the study required by this section, the Commission may accept and utilize the services of voluntary or uncompensated personnel, without regard to the provisions of section 105(b) of the Civil Eights Act of 1957 (42 U.S.C. 1975d (b)). (d) Not later than eighteen months after the date of the enact- Report to ment of this Act, the Commission shall transmit a report of its President and findings and its recommendations for statutory changes (if any) and Congress. administrative action, including suggested general regulations, to the Congress and to the President and shall provide a copy of its report to the head of each Federal department and agency with respect to which the Commission makes findings or recommendations. (e) Not later than forty-five working days after receiving a copy Reports to of the report required by subsection (d), each Federal department or President and agency with respect to which the Commission makes findings or rec- congressional ommendations shall submit its comments and recommendations regard- committees. ing such report to the President and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. (f) The head of each Federal department or agency shall cooperate in all respects with the Commission with respect to the study required by subsection (a), and shall provide to the Commission such data, reports, and documents in connection with the subject matter of such study as the Commission may request. (g) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be Appropriation authorization. necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 308. For purposes of this title— 42 USC 6107, (1) the term "Commission" means the Commission on Civil Eights; (2) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and

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