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The State highway safety agency-
<br />- Will take all measures necessary to ensure that no person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race,
<br />color, national origin, disability, sex, age, limited English proficiency, or membership in any other class
<br />protected by Federal Nondiscrimination Authorities, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,
<br />or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any of its programs or activities, so long as any portion of the
<br />program is Federally -assisted;
<br />• Will administer the program in a manner that reasonably ensures that any of its subrecipients, contractors,
<br />subcontractors, and consultants receiving Federal financial assistance under this program will comply with all
<br />requirements of the Non -Discrimination Authorities identified in this Assurance;
<br />• Agrees to comply (and require its subrecipients, contractors, subcontractors, and consultants to comply) with
<br />all applicable provisions of law or regulation governing US DOT's or NHTSA's access to records, accounts,
<br />documents, information, facilities, and staff, and to cooperate and comply with any program or compliance
<br />reviews, and/or complaint investigations conducted by US DOT or NHTSA under any Federal Nondiscrimination
<br />Authority;
<br />• Acknowledges that the United States has a right to seek judicial enforcement with regard to any matter arising
<br />under these Non -Discrimination Authorities and this Assurance;
<br />• Agrees to insert in all contracts and funding agreements with other State or private entities the following
<br />clause:
<br />"During the performance of this contract/funding agreement, the contractor/funding recipient agrees —
<br />a. To comply with all Federal nondiscrimination laws and regulations, as may be amended from time to time;
<br />b. Not to participate directly or indirectly in the discrimination prohibited by any Federal non-discrimination law
<br />or regulation, as set forth in appendix B of 49 CFR part 21 and herein;
<br />c. To permit access to its books, records, accounts, other sources of information, and its facilities as required by
<br />the State highway safety office, US DOT or NHTSA;
<br />d. That, in event a contractor/funding recipient fails to comply with any nondiscrimination provisions in this
<br />contract/funding agreement, the State highway safety agency will have the right to impose such
<br />contract/agreement sanctions as it or NHTSA determine are appropriate, including but not limited to withholding
<br />payments to the contractor/funding recipient under the contractlagreement until the contractor/funding recipient
<br />complies; and/or cancelling, terminating, or suspending a contract or funding agreement, in whole or in part;
<br />and
<br />e. To insert this clause, including paragraphs (a) through (e), in every subcontract and subagreement and in
<br />every solicitation for a subcontract or sub -agreement, that receives Federal funds under this program.
<br />POLITICAL ACTIVITY (HATCH ACT)
<br />(applies to subrecipients as well as States)
<br />The state will comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. 1501-1508), which limits the political activities
<br />of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.
<br />CERTIFICATION REGARDING FEDERAL LOBBYING
<br />(applies to subrecipients as well as States)
<br />Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements
<br />The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
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