---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 36.502"
title: "28"
number: "36.502"
heading: "Investigations and compliance reviews."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/36.502"
---

# §36.502. Investigations and compliance reviews.

- (a) The Attorney General shall investigate alleged violations of the Act or this part.
- (b) Any individual who believes that he or she or a specific class of persons has been subjected to discrimination prohibited by the Act or this part may request the Department to institute an investigation.
- (c) Where the Attorney General has reason to believe that there may be a violation of this part, he or she may initiate a compliance review.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 12186(b), 12205a.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1513-91, 56 FR 35592, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.