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type: "LegalText"
title: "42 U.S.C. § 4154"
description: "Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Defense"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "51"
chapter_name: "DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED"
section: "4154"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4154"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 4154 - Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Defense
## Text
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall prescribe standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings, structures, and facilities of the Department of Defense subject to this chapter to insure whenever possible that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings.
(Pub. L. 90480, § 4, Aug. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 94541, title II, § 201(4), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2507; Pub. L. 9688, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94541 substituted “shall prescribe” and “to insure whenever possible” for “is authorized to prescribe such” and “as may be necessary to insure”, respectively.
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. 9688, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.