Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§4152 Standards for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Buildings; Administrator of General Services
Title 42 › CHAPTER 51 — DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED › § 4152
Summary
The head of the General Services Administration must work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make design and construction rules so people with physical disabilities can enter and use certain federal nonresidential buildings. This does not apply to homes covered by this chapter or to Department of Defense or United States Postal Service facilities covered by this chapter.
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Title 42, §4152
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The Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings (other than residential structures subject to this chapter and buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense and of the United States Postal Service subject to this chapter) to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–541 substituted “shall prescribe” and “to insure whenever possible” for “is authorized to prescribe such” and “as may be necessary to insure”, respectively, and inserted in parenthetical text “and of the United States Postal Service” after “Department of Defense”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
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42 U.S.C. § 4152
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102