17.140—Employment.
No qualified individual with handicaps shall,
on the basis of handicap, be subjected to
discrimination in employment under any program or
activity conducted by the Department. The
definitions, requirements and procedures of
section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 791 ), as established by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission in 29 CFR part
1613, shall apply to employment of federally
conducted programs or activities.