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110 STAT. 4062 PUBLIC LAW 104-331—OCT. 26, 1996 section 411 of this title. A remedy under the preceding sentence shall be enforced in accordance with applicable provisions of such section 203 or 308, as the case may be. " (c) DEFINITION.— For purposes of the application under this section of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the term 'public entity* as used in such Act, means, to the extent that public services, programs, or activities are provided, the White House and its appurtenant grounds and gardens, the Old Executive Office Building, the New Executive Office Buildings, and any other facility to the extent that offices are provided for employees of the Executive Office of the President. " (d) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SECTION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The President, or the designee of the President, shall issue regulations to implement this section. "(2) AGENCY REGULATIONS.— The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the appropriate officer of an executive agency to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsections (a) and (b)— "(A) except to the extent that the President or designee may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and (B) except that the President or designee may, at the discretion of the President or designee, issue regulations to implement a provision of section 1, 2, 3, or 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped', approved August 12, 1968 (commonly known as the 'Architectural Barriers Act of 1968') or section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that applies to agencies of the executive branch of the Federal Government in lieu of an analogous statutory provision referred to in subsection (a) or (b), if the issuance of such regulations— "(i) would be equally effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section; and "(ii) would promote uniformity in the application of Federal law to agencies of the executive branch of the Federal Government. "(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall take effect on the earlier of— - "(1) the effective date of regulations issued under subsection (d); or "(2) October 1, 1998. " P ART C—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970

  • '§ 425. Rights and protections under the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970; procedures for remedy of violations "(a) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROTECTIONS. — " (1) IN GENERAL.— Each employing office and each covered employee shall comply with the provisions of section 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.