93 STAT. 1080 Regulations. Ante, p. 1074.
92 Stat. 2983. 29 USC 794c.
PUBLIC LAW 96-143—DEC. 13, 1979
"(2) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979, the Director, after consultation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with regard to the application of the policies set forth in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16) and with the Interagency Coordinating Council, established by section 507 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 797), and the Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees, established by section 501(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791(a)), with regard to the application of the policies set forth in title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791 et seq.), and, not later than 90 days after the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, as the case may be, publishes final general regulations to carry out the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-135, title III; 42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and after consultation with the Secretary with regard to the application of the policies set forth in such Act, shall prescribe regulations establishing the procedures for the application of such policies and the provision of such remedies so as to promote the enrollment and service of persons as volunteers without regard to the discriminatory factors described in such laws.". REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS
42 USC 5060.
SEC. 13. (a) Section 420 of the Act is amended to read as follows: REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS
"Regulation."
"eommittees."
eitations of legal authority.
30-day comment period.
Waiver of comment period, submission to congressional committees.
"SEC. 420. (a) For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'regulation' means any rule, regulation, guideline, interpretation, order, or requirement of general applicability prescribed by the Director pursuant to this Act; and "(2) the term 'Committees' means the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate. "(b) Regulations prescribed by the Director or by any other officer of the ACTION Agency, in connection with, or affecting, the administration of any program carried out under this Act shall contain, immediately following each substantive provision of such regulations, citations to the particular section or sections of statutory law or other legal authority upon which such provision is based. "(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection, no proposed regulation prescribed pursuant to this Act for the administration of any program carried out under this Act may take effect until 30 calendar days after it is published in the Federal Register. "(2)(A) During the 30-day period before the date upon which such regulation is to be effective, the Director shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, offer any interested party an opportunity to make comment upon, and take exception to, such regulation and shall reconsider any such regulation upon which comment is made or to which exception is taken. "(B) If the Director determines that the 30-day requirement in paragraph (1) of this subsection would cause undue delay in the implementation of a regulation, thereby causing substantial hardship for the intended beneficiaries of any program carried out under this Act, the Director may waive the application of such requirement and shall immediately submit a notice of such determination and
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