---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 14702"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "14702"
heading: "Nondiscrimination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/14702"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Appalachian Regional Development"
  - "Chapter 147 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §14702. Nondiscrimination


An individual in the United States shall not, because of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, a program or activity receiving federal financial assistance under this subtitle.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1278.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 14702 | 40 App.:223 note. | Pub. L. 92–65, title II, § 214, Aug. 5, 1971, 85 Stat. 173. |