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<br />COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RlGHTS,LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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<br />7 (a) The Parties shall comply with Title VI of the CiVil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d),
<br />Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P .L. 93-112, as amended), the Age Disorimination Act of 1975
<br />(42 U.S.C. 6101, etseq.), Title II of the Americans with Disabi$ties Act of 1990 if the entity is a State or local
<br />government entity [Title m if the entity is a non-government en,tityj, and any other applicable civil rights laws, as
<br />well as with their respective implementing regulations and guidp!ines imposed by the U.S. Department of the
<br />Interior and/or Bureau of Reclamation. '
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<br />(b) These statutes require that no person in the Unite!! States shall be excluded from participation in, be
<br />denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discriminatipn under any program or activity receiving financial
<br />assistance from the Bureau of Reclamation on the grounds of race, color, national origin, disability, or. age. By
<br />executing this Agreement, the Parties agree to immediately takcl any measures necessary to implement this
<br />obligation, including permitting officials of the United States to inspect premises, programs, and documenta.
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<br />(c) The Parties make this Agreement in consideratio~ of and for the purpose of obtaining any and all
<br />Federal grants, loans, conttacts, property discounts, or other Federal financial assistance extended after the date
<br />hereof to the other Parties by the Bureau ofRec1amation, inclucling installment payments after such date on account
<br />of arrangements for Federal financial assistance which were approved before such date. The Parties recognize and
<br />agree that such Federal assistance will be extended in reliance on the representations and agreements made in this
<br />article and that the United States reserves the right to seek judiqial enforcement thereof.
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<br />(d). Complaints of discrimination against the Parties ,hall be investigated by the Conttacting Officer-s
<br />Office of Civil Rights. .
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<br />CERTIFICATION OF NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES
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<br />8. Each of the Parties hereby certifies that it does not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated ..
<br />facilities at any of its establishments and that it does not permit' ita employees to perform their services at any ,.,
<br />location under its control where segregated facilities are mainll\ined. Each of the Parties certifies further that it will
<br />not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilijies at any of its establishments and that it will not
<br />permit its employees to perform their services at any location u/lder its control where segregated facilities are
<br />maintained. Each of the Parties agrees that a breach of this ceJ'\ification is a violation of the Equal Employment
<br />Opportunity clause in this Agreement. As used in this certification, the term "segregated facilities" means any
<br />waiting rooms, work areas, rest rooms and wash rooms, restau$nts and other eating areas, time clocks, locker rooms
<br />and other storage or dressing areas, parking lots, drinking founjains, recreation or entertainment areas,
<br />transportation, and housing facilities provided for employees \'Iihich are segregated by explicit directive or are in fact
<br />segregated on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin,i because of habit, local custom, disability, or
<br />otherwise. Each of the Parties further agrees that (except wherll it has obtained identical certifications from
<br />proposed subcontractors for specific time periods) it will obtau> identical certifications from proposed subconttactors
<br />prior to the award of subcontracts exceeding $10,000 which ~ not exempt from the provisions of the Equal
<br />Employment Opportunity clause; that it will retain such certifi4ations in its files; and that it will forward the
<br />following notice to such proposed subcontractors (except wh~ the proposed subcontractors have submitted
<br />identical certifications for specific time periods): .
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<br />NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE SUBCONTRACTORS O~ "AI1.OlTIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATIONS OF
<br />NONSEGREGATED~ACILITIES
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<br />9. A Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities must b~ submitted prior to the award of a subconttact
<br />exceeding $10,000 which is not exempt from the provisions o~ the Equal Employment Opportunity clause. The
<br />certification may be submitted either for each subcontract or fcir all subcontracts during a period (i.e., quarterly,
<br />semiannually, or annually). Note: The penalty for making fal$e statements in offers is prescn"bed in
<br />18 U.S.C. 1001.
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