CFR > Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management > SUBTITLE C—Federal Property Management Regulations System > CHAPTER 101—FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS (parts 101-1 to 101-49) > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL (parts 101-1 to 101-9) > PART 101-8—NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE > SUBPART 101-8.7—Discrimination Prohibited on the Basis of Age (§101-8.700 to §101-8.725) > 101-8.706-1—Normal operation or statutory objective of any program or activity.

101-8.706-1—Normal operation or statutory objective of any program or activity.

A recipient is permitted to take an action, otherwise prohibited, if the action reasonably takes into account age as a factor necessary to the normal operation or achievement of any statutory objective of a program or activity. An action reasonably takes into account age as a factor if:
(a) Age is used as a measure or approximation of one or more other characteristics; and
(b) The other characteristic must be measured or approximated for the normal operation of the program or activity to continue, or to achieve any statutory objective of the program or activity; and
(c) The other characteristic can be reasonably measured or approximated by the use of age; and
(d) The other characteristic is impractical to measure directly on an individual basis.