---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12116"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12116"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12116"
units:
  - "Chapter 126 — Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities"
  - "Subchapter I — Employment"
---

# §12116. Regulations


Not later than 1 year after July 26, 1990, the [Commission](/usc/42/12111.md?p=1) shall issue regulations in an accessible format to carry out this subchapter in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–336, title I, § 106, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 336.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 24 months after July 26, 1990, see section 108 of Pub. L. 101–336, set out as a note under section 12111 of this title.