---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19236"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19236"
heading: "Nondiscrimination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19236"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Science and Technology Provisions"
  - "Part C — Research Security"
---

# §19236. Nondiscrimination


In carrying out requirements under this part, each [Federal research agency](/usc/42/18901.md?p=10) shall ensure that policies and activities developed and implemented pursuant to this part are carried out in a manner that does not target, stigmatize, or discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, consistent with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000d](/usc/42/2000d.md) et seq.).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10637, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1669.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241. Title VI of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2000d et seq.) of chapter 21 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of this title and Tables.