(a) Effect on other regulations. All regulations, orders or like
directions heretofore issued by any officer of the Department which
impose requirements designed to prohibit any discrimination against
individuals on the ground of race, color, or national origin under any
program to which this part applies, and which authorize the suspension
or termination of or refusal to grant or to continue Federal financial
assistance to any applicant for or recipient of such assistance under
such program for failure to comply with such requirements, are hereby
superseded to the extent that such discrimination is prohibited by this
part, except that nothing in this part shall be deemed to relieve any
person of any obligations assumed or imposed under any such superseded
regulation, order, instruction, or like direction prior to the effective
date of this part. Nothing in this part, however, shall be deemed to
supersede any of the following (including future amendments thereof):
(1) Executive Orders 10925, 11114 and 11246 and regulations issued
thereunder,
(2) The ``Standards for a Merit System of Personnel
Administration,'' issued jointly by the Secretaries of Defense, of
Health, Education and Welfare, and of Labor, 23 FR 734, or
(3) Any other regulation or instruction insofar as it prohibits
discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin in any
program or situation to which this part is inapplicable, or prohibits
discrimination on any other ground.
(b) Supervision and coordination. (1) The Secretary may from time to
time assign to officials of other departments or agencies of the
government (with the consent of such department or agency)
responsibilities in connection with the effectuation of the purposes of
title VI of the Act and this part (other than responsibility for final
decision as provided in Sec. 31.11), including the achievement of
effective coordination and maximum uniformity within the Department and
within the executive branch of the Government in the application of
title VI and this part to similar programs and in similar situations.
(2) Any action taken, determination made, or requirement imposed by
an official of another Department or agency acting pursuant to an
assignment of responsibility under this subsection shall have the same
effect as though such action had been taken by the Secretary.
[38 FR 17958, July 5, 1973]
