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<br />In accordance with the Acts, the Regulations, and other pertinent directives, circulars, policy, memoranda, and/or guidance, the
<br />Recipient hereby gives assurance that it will promptly take any measures necessary to ensure that:
<br />be denied
<br />the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity, for which the Recipient receives Federal
<br />The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 clarified the original intent of Congress, with respect to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
<br />1964 and other non-discrimination requirements (the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
<br />1973), by restoring the broad, institutional-wide scope and coverage of these nondiscrimination statutes and requirements to include all
<br />programs and activities of the Recipient, so long as any portion of the program is Federally assisted.
<br />SPECIFIC ASSURANCES
<br />More specifically, and without limiting the above general Assurance, the Recipient agrees with and gives the following Assurances
<br />with respect to its Federally assisted Highway Safety Grant Program:
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<br />will be (with regard to an facilitated,
<br />in compliance with all requirements imposed by, or pursuant to the Acts and the Regulations.
<br />2.The Recipient will insert the following notification in all solicitations for bids, Requests For Proposals for work, or
<br />material subject to the Acts and the Regulations made in connection with all Highway Safety Grant Programs and, in
<br />adapted form, in all proposals for negotiated agreements regardless of funding source:
<br />Stat. 252, 42
<br />U.S.C 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any
<br />contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair
<br />opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race,
<br />color, or national origin
<br />3.The Recipient will insert the clauses of appendix A and E of this Assurance (also referred in
<br />every contract or agreement subject to the Acts and the Regulations.
<br />4.The Recipient will insert the clauses of appendix B of DOT Order 1050.2A, as a covenant running with the land, in any
<br />deed from the United States effecting or recording a transfer of real property, structures, use, or improvements thereon or
<br />interest therein to a Recipient.
<br />5.That where the Recipient receives Federal financial assistance to construct a facility, or part of a facility, the Assurance
<br />will extend to the entire facility and facilities operated in connection therewith.
<br />6.That where the Recipient receives Federal financial assistance in the form of, or for the acquisition of, real property or an
<br />interest in real property, the Assurance will extend to rights to space on, over, or under such property.
<br />7.That the Recipient will include the clauses set forth in appendix C and appendix D of this DOT Order 1050.2A, as a
<br />covenant running with the land, in any future deeds, leases, licenses, permits, or similar instruments entered into by the
<br />Recipient with other parties:
<br />a.for the subsequent transfer of real property acquired or improved under the applicable activity, project, or
<br />program; and
<br />b.for the construction or use of, or access to, space on, over, or under real property acquired or improved under the
<br />applicable activity, project, or program.
<br />8.That this Assurance obligates the Recipient for the period during which Federal financial assistance is extended to the
<br />program, except where the Federal financial assistance is to provide, or is in the form of, personal property, or real
<br />property, or interest therein, or structures or improvements thereon, in which case the Assurance obligates the Recipient, or
<br />any transferee for the longer of the following periods:
<br />a.the period during which the property is used for a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended,
<br />or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits; or
<br />b.the period during which the Recipient retains ownership or possession of the property.
<br />9.The Recipient will provide for such methods of administration for the program as are found by the Secretary of
<br />Transportation or the official to whom he/she delegates specific authority to give reasonable guarantee that it, other
<br />recipients, sub-recipients, sub- grantees, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, transferees, successors in interest, and
<br />other participants of Federal financial assistance under such program will comply with all requirements imposed or pursuant
<br />to the Acts, the Regulations, and this Assurance.
<br />10.The Recipient agrees that the United States has a right to seek judicial enforcement with regard to any matter arising
<br />under the Acts, the Regulations, and this Assurance.
<br />By signing this ASSURANCE, the State highway safety agency also agrees to comply (and require any sub-recipients, sub-grantees,
<br />contractors, successors, transferees, and/or assignees to comply) with all applicable provisions governing NHTSA's access to records,
<br />accounts, documents, information, facilities, and staff. You also recognize that you must comply with any program or compliance
<br />reviews, and/or complaint investigations conducted by NHTSA. You must keep records, reports, and submit the material for review
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