Federal statutes and regulations on nondiscrimination.

(a) Each recipient and subrecipient, as applicable, shall comply with the relevant nondiscrimination statutes and public policy requirements including, but not limited to, the following: Subject Statute Discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d through 2000d-4). Discrimination on the basis of sex Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683). Discrimination on the basis of disability Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794). Discrimination on the basis of age The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101-6107). (b) Regulations under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Institute applies the regulations in 45 CFR part 1170, issued by the National Endowment for the Humanities and relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in federally assisted programs and activities, in determining the compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as it applies to recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Institute. These regulations apply to each program or activity that receives such assistance. In applying these regulations, references to the Endowment or the agency shall be deemed to be references to the Institute and references to the Chairman shall be deemed to be references to the Director. [79 FR 76088, Dec. 19, 2014, as amended at 84 FR 22944, May 21, 2019]