---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 90.31"
title: "45"
number: "90.31"
heading: "Issuance of regulations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/90.31"
---

# §90.31. Issuance of regulations.

- (a) The head of each agency which extends Federal financial assistance to any program or activity shall publish proposed and final age discrimination regulations in the Federal Register to:
  - (1) Carry out the provisions of section 303 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; and
  - (2) **Provide for appropriate investigative, conciliation, and enforcement procedures.**
- (b) Each agency shall publish its proposed agency age discrimination regulations no later than 90 days after the publication date of the final general, government-wide age discrimination regulations.
- (c) Each agency shall submit its final agency regulations to HHS for review no later than 120 days after publication of proposed agency age discrimination regulations.
- (d) Final agency age discrimination regulations shall be consistent with these general, government-wide age discrimination regulations and shall not be published until the Secretary approves them.
- (e) Each agency shall include in its regulations a provision governing the operation of an alternate funds disbursal procedure as described in [§ 90.48](/cfr/45/90.48.md) of these regulations.
- (f) Each agency shall publish an appendix to its final age discrimination regulations containing a list of each age distinction provided in a Federal statute or in regulations affecting financial assistance administered by the agency.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 33776, June 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.