<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id8f60a72b-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s12205a"><num value="12205a">§ 12205a.</num><heading> Rule of construction regarding regulatory authority</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The authority to issue regulations granted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Transportation under this chapter includes the authority to issue regulations implementing the definitions of disability in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12102">section 12102 of this title</ref> (including rules of construction) and the definitions in <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12103">section 12103 of this title</ref>, consistent with the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id8f60a72c-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f">(<ref href="/us/pl/101/336/tV/s506">Pub. L. 101–336, title V, § 506</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/110/325/s6/a/2">Pub. L. 110–325, § 6(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="2008-09-25">Sept. 25, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/3558">122 Stat. 3558</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I75" topic="referencesInText" id="id8f60a72e-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning <ref href="/us/pl/101/336">Pub. L. 101–336</ref>, <date date="1990-07-26">July 26, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/327">104 Stat. 327</ref>, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12101">section 12101 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The ADA Amendments Act of 2008, referred to in text, is <ref href="/us/pl/110/325">Pub. L. 110–325</ref>, <date date="2008-09-25">Sept. 25, 2008</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/122/3553">122 Stat. 3553</ref>, which enacted this section and <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12103">section 12103 of this title</ref>, amended sections 12101, 12102, 12111 to 12114, 12201, and 12206 to 12213 of this title and section 705 and former <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s706">section 706 of Title 29</ref>, Labor, and enacted provisions set out as notes under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12101">section 12101 of this title</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s705">section 705 of Title 29</ref>. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2008 Amendment note under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12101">section 12101 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id8f60ce3f-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior <ref href="/us/pl/101/336/s506">section 506 of Pub. L. 101–336</ref> was renumbered section 507 and is classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s12206">section 12206 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="effectiveDate" id="id8f60ce40-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Effective Date</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section effective <date date="2009-01-01">Jan. 1, 2009</date>, see <ref href="/us/pl/110/325/s8">section 8 of Pub. L. 110–325</ref>, set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s705">section 705 of Title 29</ref>, Labor.</p>
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