---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch51"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 51"
heading: "Design and Construction of Public Buildings to Accommodate Physically Handicapped"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch51"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 51 — Design and Construction of Public Buildings to Accommodate Physically Handicapped

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§4151. “Building” defined](/usc/42/4151.md)
- [§4152. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Administrator of General Services](/usc/42/4152.md)
- [§4153. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development](/usc/42/4153.md)
- [§4154. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Defense](/usc/42/4154.md)
- [§4154a. Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service](/usc/42/4154a.md)
- [§4155. Effective date of standards](/usc/42/4155.md)
- [§4156. Waiver and modification of standards](/usc/42/4156.md)
- [§4157. Omitted](/usc/42/4157.md)