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title: "42 U.S.C. § 4155"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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release_point: "119-100"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 4155 - Effective date of standards

## Text

Every building designed, constructed, or altered after the effective date of a standard issued under this chapter which is applicable to such building, shall be designed, constructed, or altered in accordance with such standard.

(Pub. L. 90–480, § 5, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719.)