Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service
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/us/usc/t42/s4154a
Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH51
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The United States Postal Service, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of its buildings to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
(Pub. L. 90–480, § 4a, as added Pub. L. 94–541, title II, § 201(5), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2508; amended Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
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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