---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 56.1"
title: "32"
number: "56.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/56.1"
---

# §56.1. Purpose.


This part implements section 504 of Public Law 93-112, “Rehabilitation Act of 1973,” September 26, 1973 ([29 U.S.C. 794](/usc/29/794.md)) (1976); [section 111](/cfr/32/111.md) of Pub. L. 93-516, “Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974,” December 7, 1974 (29 U.S.C. [706](/usc/29/706.md), [780](/usc/29/780.md), [790](/usc/29/790.md)) (1976); [section 119](/cfr/32/119.md) of Pub. L. 95-602, “Rehabilitation, Comprehensive Services, and Developmental Disabilities Amendments of 1978,” November 6, 1978 ([29 U.S.C. 794](/usc/29/794.md)) (supp. III 1979); and Department of Justice Regulation, “Implementation of Executive Order 12250, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Federally Assisted Programs,” August 11, 1981 ([28 CFR part 41](/cfr/28/part41.md)) to prohibit discrimination based on handicap in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance disbursed by the Department of Defense and in programs and activities conducted by the Department of Defense.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 93-112, sec. 504 29 U.S.C. 794, as amended by Pub. L. 95-602, 92 Stat. 2982; Pub. L. 93-112, sec. 7, 29 U.S.C. 706, as amended by Pub. L. 93-516, 88 Stat. 1619; Executive Order 12250; Executive Order 12291; Executive Order 12067.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 15124, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.