§421 — Title 3 The President | U.S. Code

§421 Rights and protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Title 3 › Chapter CHAPTER 5— - EXTENSION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXTENSION OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS › Part Part B— - Public Access Provisions Under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 › § 421

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Summary

Extend certain ADA protections for public services, programs, and places to the White House, its grounds and gardens, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the New Executive Office Buildings, and any other buildings that house employees of the Executive Office of the President. If someone is harmed, the remedies are the same as those available under ADA sections 203 or 308, except employment-discrimination claims must be handled under section 411 of this title. The President or the President’s designee must write rules to make this work. Those rules should match the executive branch’s ADA rules unless the President gives a written reason to change them. The President may also use rules from the Architectural Barriers Act (sections 1, 2, 3, or 6, approved August 12, 1968) or section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 instead of similar ADA rules if that is equally effective and helps make federal rules uniform. These parts take effect when the rules take effect or on October 1, 1998, whichever is earlier.

Title 3, §421

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(a)The rights and protections against discrimination in the provision of public services and accommodations established by section 201, 202, and 204, and section 302, 303, and 309, of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 shall apply, to the extent that public services, programs, or activities are provided, with respect to the White House and its appurtenant grounds and gardens, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the New Executive Office Buildings, and any other facility to the extent that offices are provided for employees of the Executive Office of the President.

(b)The remedy for a violation of subsection (a) shall be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 203 or 308 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as the case may be, except that, with respect to any claim of employment discrimination, the exclusive remedy shall be under section 411 of this title. A remedy under the preceding sentence shall be enforced in accordance with applicable provisions of such section 203 or 308, as the case may be.

(c)For purposes of the application under this section of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the term “public entity” as used in such Act, means, to the extent that public services, programs, or activities are provided, the White House and its appurtenant grounds and gardens, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the New Executive Office Buildings, and any other facility to the extent that offices are provided for employees of the Executive Office of the President.

(d)(1)The President, or the designee of the President, shall issue regulations to implement this section.

(2)The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the appropriate officer of an executive agency to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b)—

(A)except to the extent that the President or designee may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and

(B)except that the President or designee may, at the discretion of the President or designee, issue regulations to implement a provision of section 1, 2, 3, or 6 of the Act entitled “An Act to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped”, approved August 12, 1968 (commonly known as the “Architectural Barriers Act of 1968”) or section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that applies to agencies of the executive branch of the Federal Government in lieu of an analogous statutory provision referred to in subsection (a) or (b), if the issuance of such regulations—

(i)would be equally effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and

(ii)would promote uniformity in the application of Federal law to agencies of the executive branch of the Federal Government.

(e)Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall take effect on the earlier of—

(1)the effective date of regulations issued under subsection (d); or

(2)October 1, 1998.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), is Pub. L. 101–336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327, which is classified principally to chapter 126 (§ 12101 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Sections 201 to 204, 302, 303, 308, and 309 of the Act are classified to sections 12131 to 12134, 12182, 12183, 12188, and 12189, respectively, of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 12101 of Title 42 and Tables. section 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the Act of August 12, 1968, commonly known as the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(B), are classified to sections 4151 to 4153 and 4156, respectively, of Title 42. section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (d)(2)(B), is classified to section 791 of Title 29, Labor.

Amendments

1999—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 106–92 substituted “Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building” for “Old Executive Office Building”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Subsec. (d) of this section effective Oct. 26, 1996, see section 471(b) of this title.