# Affirmative Action for Individuals With Disabilities in Federal Employment
> **US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2017-01-03 · Effective 2017-03-06 · 82 FR 654
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-31397
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 654
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 1614
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-03
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-06
## Abstract

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is issuing its final rule to amend the regulations that require federal agencies to engage in affirmative action for individuals with disabilities. These changes clarify the obligations that the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 imposes on federal agencies, as employers, that are over and above the obligation not to discriminate on the basis of disability. The regulation does not apply to the private sector or to state or local governments.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/03/2016-31397/affirmative-action-for-individuals-with-disabilities-in-federal-employment)
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