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B-178391 1 (1973-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RET RCTD - Not to e relaed outside te ene In Accong Office except on the base of specific apr0Vaj by the Office ot Congresso,w Re.ati.n.- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 3iS( WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED 35 mAy 3 1 973 B-178391 The Honorable Tom Railsback House of Representatives Dear Mr. Railsback: Your April 12, 1973, letter requests that we investigate information in correspondence from Mr. George T. Nickolas, Co-Chairman of the Bi-State Committee on Employment and Serv- ices for the Handicapped, concerning the! a.cessihility to, the handic.apped,.,of, buildings, contracted,, approve d, and constructed w i tj)Eedexa-1 _,unds e Public Law 90-480, enacted on August 12, 1968, provides that buildings financed with Federal funds be so designed and constructed as to be accessible to the physically handicapped. Privately owned residential structures and military facilities intended primarily for use by able-bodied military personnel are excluded. The law authorizes the General Services Administration :,. (GSA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), c and the Department of Defense (DOD), in consultation with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), to pre- scribe standards for design, construction, and alteration, as necessary, to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such buildings. GSA, HUD, and DOD are authorized to conduct surveys and investigations to insure compliance with the standards. GSA is responsible for the construction and management of most Federal public buildings; and, in accordance with the legislation, it has prescribed certain standards for design- ing, constructing, and altering buildings, of which the fol- lowing is a part: t* * * every building designed, constructed, or al- tered after September 2, 1969, shall be designed, constructed, or altered in accordance with the mini- mum standards contained in the 'American Standard Specifications for Making Buildings and Facilities Accessible to, and Usable by, the Physically Handi- capped, Number A117.1 - 1961,' approved by the

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