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State of California — Office of Traffic Safety GRANT NUMBER GRANT AGREEMENT Exhibit A PS21042 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS (23 U.S.C. CHAPTER 4 AND SEC. 1906 PUB. L. 109-59 AS AMENDED) Failure to comply with applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and directives may subject Grantee Agency orncuus to civri or cnminai penarues ancuor place atate in a high -risk grantee status in accordance with 49 CFR 18.12. The Officials named on the grant agreement signature page, that the Grantee Agency complies with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and directives and State rules, guidelines, policies and laws in effect with respect to the periods for which it receives grant funding. Applicable provisions include but are not limited to the following: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS • 23 U.S.C. Chapter 4 — Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended • 2 CFR part 200 — Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards • 49 CFR Part 18- Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments. • 23 CFR part 1300 — Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs NONDISCRIMINATION (applies to subrecipients as well as States) The State highway safety agency will comply with all Federal statutes and implementing regulations relating to nondiscrimination ("Federal Nondiscrimination Authorities"). These include but are not limited to: • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin) and 49 CFR part 21; • The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, (42 U.S.C. 4601), (prohibits unfair treatment of persons displaced or whose property has been acquired because of Federal or Federal -aid programs and projects); • Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973, (23 U. S.C. 324 et seq), and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683 and 1685-1686) (prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex); • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. 794 et seq.), as amended, (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability) and 49 CFR part 27; • The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of age); • The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, (Pub. L. 100-209), (broadens scope, coverage and applicability of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, by expanding the definition of the terms "programs or activities" to include all of the programs or activities of the Federal aid recipients, subrecipients and contractors, whether such programs or activities are Federally -funded or not); • Titles 11 and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12131-12189) (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing) and 49 CFR parts 37 and 38; • Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low -Income Populations (prevents discrimination against minority populations by discouraging programs, policies, and activities with disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations); and • Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency (guards against Title VI national origin discrimination/discrimination because of limited English proficiency (LEP) by ensuring that funding recipients take reasonable steps to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to programs (70 FR 74087-74100). 7/31/2020 5:05:48 PM Page 11 of 18