State of California — Office of Traffic Safety GRANT NUMBER
<br />GRANT AGREEMENT PS23007
<br />Exhibit A
<br />CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS
<br />(23 U.S.C. Chapter 4; Sec. 1906, Pub. L. 109-59, As Amended By Sec. 4011, Pub. L. 114-94)
<br />The officials named on the grant agreement, certify by way of signature on the grant agreement signature page,
<br />that the Grantee Agency complies with all applicable Federal statutes, regulations, and directives and State
<br />rules, guidelines, policies, and laws in effect with respect to the periods for which it receives grant funding.
<br />Applicable provisions include, but are not limited to, the following:
<br />GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
<br />• 23 U.S.C. Chapter 4 - Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended
<br />• Sec. 1906, Pub. L. 109-59, as amended by Sec. 4011, Pub. L. 114-94
<br />• 23 CFR part 1300 - Uniform Procedures for State Highway Safety Grant Programs
<br />• 2 CFR part 200 - Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
<br />for Federal Awards
<br />• 2 CFR part 1201 - Department of Transportation, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
<br />Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
<br />NONDISCRIMINATION
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
<br />The State highway safety agency will comply with all Federal statutes and implementing regulations relating to
<br />nondiscrimination ("Federal Nondiscrimination Authorities"). These include but are not limited to:
<br />• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits
<br />discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin) and 49 CFR part 21;
<br />• The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, (42
<br />U.S.C. 4601), (prohibits unfair treatment of persons displaced or whose property has been
<br />acquired because of Federal or Federal -aid programs and projects);
<br />• Federal -Aid Highway Act of 1973, (23 U.S.C. 324 et seq.), and Title IX of the Education
<br />Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683 and 1685-1686) (prohibit discrimination
<br />on the basis of sex);
<br />• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. 794 et seq.), as amended, (prohibits
<br />discrimination on the basis of disability) and 49 CFR part 27;
<br />• The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), (prohibits
<br />discrimination on the basis of age);
<br />• The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, (Pub. L. 100-209), (broadens scope, coverage
<br />and applicability of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975
<br />and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, by expanding the definition of the terms
<br />"programs or activities" to include all of the programs or activities of the Federal aid recipients,
<br />subrecipients and contractors, whether such programs or activities are Federally -funded or
<br />not);
<br />• Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12131-12189) (prohibits
<br />discrimination on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private
<br />transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing) and 49 CFR parts
<br />37 and 38;
<br />Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority
<br />Populations and Low -Income Populations (prevents discrimination against minority populations
<br />by discouraging programs, policies, and activities with disproportionately high and adverse human
<br />health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations); and
<br />Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English
<br />Proficiency (guards against Title VI national origin discrimination/discrimination because of limited
<br />English proficiency (LEP) by ensuring that funding recipients take reasonable steps to ensure that
<br />LEP persons have meaningful access to programs (70 FR 74087-74100).
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