source:
  type: regulation
  id: fha-42usc-3608
  authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608 — Administration
  description: 'Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.), §3608 Administration. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: fha-42usc-3608-a
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  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(a)
  description: 'Administration — (a): (a) Authority and responsibility The authority and responsibility for administering
    this Act shall be in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.'
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    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
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    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
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    paragraph_quote: (a) Authority and responsibility The authority and responsibility for administering this Act
      shall be in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-b
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  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(b)
  description: 'Administration — (b): (b) Assistant Secretary The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall
    be provided an additional Assistant Secretary.'
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    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
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    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
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    paragraph_quote: (b) Assistant Secretary The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be provided an
      additional Assistant Secretary.
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  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-c
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3608-c
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(c)
  description: 'Administration — (c): (c) Delegation of authority; appointment of administrative law judges; location
    of conciliation meetings; administrative review The Secretary may delegate any of his functions, duties, and
    powers to employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or to boards of such employees, includin…'
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    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
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    paragraph_quote: (c) Delegation of authority; appointment of administrative law judges; location of conciliation
      meetings; administrative review The Secretary may delegate any of his functions, duties, and powers to employees
      of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or to boards of such employees, including functions, duties,
      and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting,
      or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this subchapter. The person to whom such delegations
      are made with respect to hearing functions, duties, and powers shall be appointed and shall serve in the Department
      of Housing and Urban Development in compliance with sections 3105, 3344, 5372, and 7521 of title 5. Insofar
      as possible, conciliation meetings shall be held in the cities or other localities where the discriminatory
      housing practices allegedly occurred. The Secretary shall by rule prescribe such rights of appeal from the
      decisions of his administrative law judges to other administrative law judges or to other officers in the
      Department, to boards of officers or to himself, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with law.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3608 subsection (c) from Cornell LII snapshot dd464c1075794ff7;
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  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-d
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3608-d
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(d)
  description: 'Administration — (d): (d) Cooperation of Secretary and executive departments and agencies in administration
    of housing and urban development programs and activities to further fair housing purposes All executive departments
    and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban developm…'
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
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    paragraph_quote: (d) Cooperation of Secretary and executive departments and agencies in administration of housing
      and urban development programs and activities to further fair housing purposes All executive departments and
      agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development (including
      any Federal agency having regulatory or supervisory authority over financial institutions) in a manner affirmatively
      to further the purposes of this subchapter and shall cooperate with the Secretary to further such purposes.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3608 subsection (d) from Cornell LII snapshot dd464c1075794ff7;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-e
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  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(e)
  description: 'Administration — (e): (e) Functions of Secretary The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
    shall— (1) make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative
    communities, urban, suburban, and rural, throughout the United States; (2) publish and disseminate reports,
    re…'
  type: do
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
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    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
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    paragraph_quote: (e) Functions of Secretary The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall— (1) make studies
      with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative communities, urban,
      suburban, and rural, throughout the United States; (2) publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and
      information derived from such studies, including an annual report to the Congress — (A) specifying the nature
      and extent of progress made nationally in eliminating discriminatory housing practices and furthering the
      purposes of this subchapter, obstacles remaining to achieving equal housing opportunity, and recommendations
      for further legislative or executive action; and (B) containing tabulations of the number of instances (and
      the reasons therefor) in the preceding year in which—
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3608 subsection (e) from Cornell LII snapshot dd464c1075794ff7;
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  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-i
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3608-i
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(i)
  description: 'Administration — (i): (i) investigations are not completed as required by section 3610(a)(1)(B)
    of this title ; (ii) determinations are not made within the time specified in section 3610(g) of this title
    ; and (iii) hearings are not commenced or findings and conclusions are not made as required by section 3612(g)
    of this…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
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  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/3608
    snapshot_id: dd464c1075794ff7
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (i) investigations are not completed as required by section 3610(a)(1)(B) of this title ; (ii)
      determinations are not made within the time specified in section 3610(g) of this title ; and (iii) hearings
      are not commenced or findings and conclusions are not made as required by section 3612(g) of this title ;
      (3) cooperate with and render technical assistance to Federal, State , local, and other public or private
      agencies, organizations, and institutions which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate
      discriminatory housing practices ; (4) cooperate with and render such technical and other assistance to the
      Community Relations Service as may be appropriate to further its activities in preventing or eliminating discriminatory
      housing practices ; (5) administer the programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in
      a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this subchapter; and (6) annually report to the Congress
      , and make available to the public, data on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap,
      and family characteristics of persons and households who are applicants for, participants in, or beneficiaries
      or potential beneficiaries of, programs administered by the Department to the extent such characteristics
      are within the coverage of the provisions of law and Executive orders referred to in subsection (f) which
      apply to such programs (and in order to develop the data to be included and made available to the public under
      this subsection, the Secretary shall, without regard to any other provision of law, collect such information
      relating to those characteristics as the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate).
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3608 subsection (i) from Cornell LII snapshot dd464c1075794ff7;
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  judgment: false
- id: fha-42usc-3608-f
  canonical_id: fha-42usc-3608-f
  section: 42 U.S.C. §3608(f)
  description: 'Administration — (f): (f) Provisions of law applicable to Department programs The provisions of
    law and Executive orders to which subsection (e)(6) applies are— (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    [ 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.]; (2) this subchapter; (3) section 794 of title 29 ; (4) the Age Discrimination Act
    of 197…'
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    tier: 1
    authority: Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.) § 3608
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    paragraph_quote: (f) Provisions of law applicable to Department programs The provisions of law and Executive
      orders to which subsection (e)(6) applies are— (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [ 42 U.S.C. 2000d
      et seq.]; (2) this subchapter; (3) section 794 of title 29 ; (4) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [ 42 U.S.C.
      6101 et seq.]; (5) the Equal Credit Opportunity Act [ 15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.]; (6) section 1982 of this title
      ; (7) section 637(a) of title 15 ; (8) section 1735f–5 of title 12 ; (9) section 5309 of this title ; (10)
      section 1701u of title 12 ; (11) Executive orders 11063, 11246, 11625, 12250, 12259, and 12432; and (12) any
      other provision of law which the Secretary specifies by publication in the Federal Register for the purpose
      of this subsection. ( Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 808 , Apr. 11, 1968 , 82 Stat. 84 ; Pub. L. 95–251, §
      3 , Mar. 27, 1978 , 92 Stat. 184 ; Pub. L. 95–454, title VIII, § 801(a)(3)(J) , Oct. 13, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1222
      ; Pub. L. 100–430, § 7 , Sept. 13, 1988 , 102 Stat. 1623 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §3608 subsection (f) from Cornell LII snapshot dd464c1075794ff7;
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  judgment: false
