Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 10.11.1998

Nondiscrimination in USDA Conducted Programs and Activities

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA or the Department) is proposing to revise its regulations governing nondiscrimination in programs and activities conducted by the Department. On April 23 1996, the Department published an earlier proposal to do so in the Federal Register (61 FR 17851). Specifically, the Department proposed to remove the current regulation on this subject found at 7 CFR part 15, subpart B, and place it in a new part 15d; clarify that the regulation applies to all Department-conducted programs and activities, not just to direct assistance programs; add familial status and marital status to the protected classes contained in the regulation; add a provision on Department agencies' compliance efforts; reflect that the Assistant Secretary for Administration has been delegated the authority to make final determinations as to whether prohibited discrimination occurred and the corrective action required to resolve complaints; remove the Appendix to the regulation that lists the Department programs subject to these provisions; and make other clarifications to the regulation. A final rule never was issued because USDA was in the midst of a comprehensive evalua