; and (2) by inserting , acting through the Associate Commissioner of the Family and Youth Services Bureau, after Secretary . (e) Performance standards Section 386A(a) ( 34 U.S.C. 11278(a) ) is amended by inserting and the date of enactment of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019 after 2008 . (f) Nondiscrimination Part F is amended by inserting after section 386A ( 34 U.S.C. 11278 ) the following: 386B. Nondiscrimination (a) In general No person in the United States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity (as defined in section 249(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code), sexual orientation, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance under title III of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. (b) Exception If programming that is segregated by or specific to sex is necessary to the essential operation of a program, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the entity carrying out any such program or activity from consideration of an individual’s sex. In such a circumstance, the entity may meet the requirements of this section by providing comparable services to individuals who cannot be provided with the sex-segregated or sex-specific programming. (c) Disqualification The authority provided for the Secretary to enforce this section shall be the same as the authority provided for the Secretary to enforce subsection (a) or (b) of section 654 of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9849 ). The procedures provided for review of an action to enforce this section shall be the same as the procedures provided for review of an action to enforce subsection (b) of that section. (d) Construction Nothing in this section shall be construed, interpreted, or applied to supplant, displace, preempt, or otherwise limit the responsibilities and liabilities under other Federal or