---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12150"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12150"
heading: "Interim accessibility requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12150"
units:
  - "Chapter 126 — Equal Opportunity for Individuals with Disabilities"
  - "Subchapter II — Public Services"
  - "Part B — Actions Applicable to Public Transportation Provided by Public Entities Considered Discriminatory"
  - "Subpart i — public transportation other than by aircraft or certain rail operations"
---

# §12150. Interim accessibility requirements


If final regulations have not been issued pursuant to [section 12149 of this title](/usc/42/12149.md), for new [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) or alterations for which a valid and appropriate [State](/usc/42/12103.md?p=2) or local building permit is obtained prior to the issuance of final regulations under such section, and for which the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) or alteration authorized by such permit begins within one year of the receipt of such permit and is completed under the terms of such permit, compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards in effect at the time the building permit is issued shall suffice to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by [persons](/usc/42/12111.md?p=7) with [disabilities](/usc/42/12102.md?p=1) as required under sections [12146](/usc/42/12146.md) and [12147](/usc/42/12147.md) of this title, except that, if such final regulations have not been issued one year after the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board has issued the supplemental minimum guidelines required under [section 12204(a) of this title](/usc/42/12204.md?p=a), compliance with such supplemental minimum guidelines shall be necessary to satisfy the requirement that facilities be readily accessible to and usable by [persons](/usc/42/12111.md?p=7) with [disabilities](/usc/42/12102.md?p=1) prior to issuance of the final regulations.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–336, title II, § 230, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 345.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 18 months after July 26, 1990, see section 231(a) of Pub. L. 101–336, set out as a note under section 12141 of this title.