§1726 General Provisions

Summary

No one in the United States can be left out of, denied benefits from, or treated unfairly by any program or activity that gets money under this law because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. The Assistant Secretary must make and enforce rules to carry out that promise, following the procedures in 42 U.S.C. 2000d–1, and people can seek court review as allowed in 42 U.S.C. 2000d–2. The Assistant Secretary should run these programs in a technology-neutral way when possible. Starting in the first fiscal year money is provided and for each of the next 4 fiscal years, $1,000,000 a year is authorized for the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General to audit and oversee these funds, and that money remains available until spent.