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RIN: 1291-AA29

Publication ID: Fall 2002

Title: Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
Abstract: The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was signed into law by President Clinton on August 7, 1998. Section 188 prohibits discrimination by recipients of financial assistance under title I of WIA on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries only, participant status, and against certain noncitizens. Section 188(e) requires that the Secretary of Labor issue regulations necessary to implement section 188 not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the WIA. Such regulations will include standards for determining compliance and procedures for enforcement that are consistent with the acts referred to in section 188(a)(1), as well as procedures to ensure that complaints filed under section 188 and such acts are processed in a manner that avoids duplication of effort. The reauthorization of WIA is currently under consideration by the Congress. It may include amendments to the nondiscrimination provisions contained in section 188 that would directly impact these regulations. A final rule will be issued after congressional action on the reauthorization of WIA. In the meantime, a second interim final rule will be published to delete a particular paragraph from the earlier interim final rule and to redesignate two of the remaining paragraphs of the interim final rule.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 37
Legal Authority: 29 USC 2938 Workforce Investment Act

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		08/07/1999

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	11/12/1999	64 FR 61692
Interim Final Rule Comment Period	12/13/1999
Second Interim Final Rule	02/00/2003
Second Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	03/00/2003
Final Rule	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Annabelle T. Lockhart Director, Civil Rights Center Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management Room N4123, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-6500 TDD Phone:202 693-6515 Fax:202 693-6505 Email: civilrightscenter@dol.gov