Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T414473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Context triple: [Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, legalAuthority, Rehabilitation Act of 1973]
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A.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
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B.
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate and address systemic civil rights violations in state or local institutions such as prisons, jails, and mental health facilities.
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C.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and expanded federal enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination protections, particularly by enhancing the powers and coverage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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D.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
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E.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Target entity description: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.
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A.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in areas such as employment, public services, public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications.
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B.
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate and address systemic civil rights violations in state or local institutions such as prisons, jails, and mental health facilities.
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C.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and expanded federal enforcement of workplace anti-discrimination protections, particularly by enhancing the powers and coverage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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D.
Title IX of the Social Security Act
Title IX of the Social Security Act is the federal statutory framework that established the unemployment compensation system in cooperation with the states as part of the New Deal social welfare reforms.
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E.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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civil rights law ⓘ disability rights law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Department of Education
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Education
United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Labor ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
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| amendedBy |
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974
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Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1978 ⓘ Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 ⓘ Technology-related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act amendments ⓘ Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions) ⓘ
surface form:
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
activities receiving federal financial assistance
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federal contractors and subcontractors (under certain sections) ⓘ federal executive agencies ⓘ programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ |
| citation | 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| defines | qualified individual with a disability (for covered programs and employment) ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 93rd United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ⓘ
Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
|
| historicalSignificance | first major U.S. federal civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities ⓘ |
| influenced |
Americans with Disabilities Act
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surface form:
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
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| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| keyConcept |
accessible electronic and information technology
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effective communication with individuals with disabilities ⓘ program accessibility ⓘ reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities ⓘ |
| longTitle |
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974
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surface form:
An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe handicaps, and for other purposes
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| prohibits | discrimination on the basis of disability ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber | Public Law 93-112 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to prohibit disability discrimination in federal employment
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to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities ⓘ |
| regulates |
accessibility of electronic and information technology used by the federal government (Section 508)
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employment practices of federal agencies (Section 501) ⓘ employment practices of federal contractors and subcontractors (Section 503) ⓘ nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs and activities (Section 504) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Independent Living Services for individuals with disabilities
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Vocational Rehabilitation Services ⓘ
surface form:
Vocational Rehabilitation Program
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| section |
Section 501
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Section 503 ⓘ Section 504 ⓘ Section 508 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Rehabilitation Act of 1973 self-link ⓘ |
| signedBy | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1973-09-26 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Description of subject: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a landmark U.S. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance and in federal employment.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (employment discrimination provisions)
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974
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relatedTo
→
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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subject surface form:
Office for Civil Rights (DOJ)
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as applied to DOJ-funded programs)
subject surface form:
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
subject surface form:
Office for Civil Rights
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (rehabilitation provisions)
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relatedTo
→
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended
subject surface form:
Federal Coordination and Compliance Section
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
this entity surface form:
Rehabilitation Act
this entity surface form:
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973