48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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7 sections with “Sexual orientation”

  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …ral Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. Sexual orientation has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofcc…
  • FAR 52.222-29 Notification of visa denial.
    …ral Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html. Sexual orientation has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofcc…
  • FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of segregated facilities.
    … explicit directive or are in fact segregated on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin because of written or oral policies or employee custom. The term does not include separate or …
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …ban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race). Sexual orientation has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofcc…
  • FAR 22.801 Definitions.
    …r or provides or supervises apprenticeship or training for employment by any contractor. Sexual orientation has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofcc…
  • FAR 22.802 General.
    …f equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin; and (ii) To prohibit contractors from discharging, or in any other manner discriminating aga…
  • FAR 22.807 Exemptions.
    … preference shall not, however, discriminate among Indians on the basis of religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or tribal affiliation, and the use of such preference shall not excuse a contractor from complying with E.O. 1124…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.