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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§1863 Unlawful Employment Practices; Regulations

Title 43 › CHAPTER 36 — OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 1863

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies and departments that make or enforce rules under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act must take active steps to stop unlawful employment practices and make sure no one is excluded from an activity, sale, or job because of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex. They must write rules to do this, and those rules should be like the ones in title VI and title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 2000e et seq.].

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1863

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Each agency or department given responsibility for the promulgation or enforcement of regulations under this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.] shall take such affirmative action as deemed necessary to prohibit all unlawful employment practices and to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from receiving or participating in any activity, sale, or employment, conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The agency or department shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and any rules promulgated under this section, whether through agency and department provisions or rules, shall be similar to those established and in effect under title VI and title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 2000e et seq.].

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–372, Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 629, known as the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

Amendments

of 1978, which enacted this chapter, sections 1344 to 1356 of this title, and section 237 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, amended sections 1331 to 1334, 1337, 1340, and 1343 of this title, section 1456, 1456a, and 1464 of Title 16, Conservation, and section 6213 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 1348 and 1811 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1301 of this title and Tables. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241. Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are classified generally to subchapters V (§ 2000d et seq.) and VI (§ 2000e et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2000a of Title 42 and Tables.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1863

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102