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% Will comply with the requirements of the Drug -Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. §701 et seq.), which requires that all organizations receiving grants from any Federal agency agree to maintain a drug -fiee workplace. The recipient must notify the awarding office if an employee of the recipient is convicted of violating a criminal drug statute. Failure to comply with these requirements may be cause for debarment. These regulations are codified at 2 CFR 3001. 61. Will comply with the requirements of the government -wide award term which implements Section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. § 7104), located at 2 CFR Part 175. This is implemented in accordance with OMB Interhn Final Guidance, Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 218, November 13, 2007. In accordance with Section t06(g) of the TVPA, as amended, requires the agency to include a condition that authorizes the agency to terminate the award, without penalty, if the recipient or a subrecipient engages in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of time that the award is in effect, procures a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect, or uses forced labor in the performance of the award or subawards under the award. Full text of the award term is provided at 2 CFR § 175.15. 62. Will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibition against discrimination on the basis of national origin, which requires that recipients of federal financial assistance take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to their programs and services. Meaningful access may entail providing language assistance services, including oral and written translation, where necessary. Recipients are encouraged to consider the need for language services for LEP persons served or encountered both in developing budgets and in conducting programs and activities. Recipient shall comply with DHS Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, 76 Fed. Reg. 21755 -21768 (April 18, 2011), resulting from Executive Order 13166. For assistance and information regarding LEP obligations, refer to DHS Recipient Guidance at bVps' / /www dhu,ov /uwdauce- publislred- ]reli7Lleparnnent- supported- or *...lons� rovide- meaningful- accessveoale- limited andacklitionad reg urc s on htgL/ /www.l uov. 63. Will comply with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. and Executive Order 11738, which provides for the protection and enhancement of the quality of the nation's air resources to promote public health and welfare and for restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters is considered research for other purposes. 64. WEI comply with the requirements of the Federal regulations at 45 CFR Part 46 and the requirements in DHS Management Directive 026.04, Protection of Human Subjects, prior to implementing any work with human subjects. The regulations specify additional protections for research involving human fetuses, pregnant women, and neonates (Subpart B); prisoners (Subpart C); and children (Subpart D). The use of autopsy materials is governed by applicable State and local law and is not directly regulated by 45 CFR Part 46. 65, Will comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 4331 et seq., which establishes national policy goals and procedures to protect and enhance the environment, including protection against natural disasters. To comply with NEPA for its grant- supported activities, DHS requires the environmental aspects of construction grants (and certain non - construction projects as specified by the Component and awarding office) to be reviewed and evaluated before final action on the application. 66. Will comply with the requirements of section 1306(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act, as amended, which provides for benefit payments under the Standard Flood Insurance Policy for demolition or relocation of a structure insured tinder the Act that is located along the shore of a lake or other body of water and that is certified by an appropriate State or local land use authority to be subject to imminent collapse or subsidence use, result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical levels. These regulations are codified at 44 CFR Part 63. 67. Will comply with the requirements of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 4001 et sect.), which provides that no Federal financial assistance to acquire, modernize, or construct property may be provided in identified flood -prone communities in the United States, unless the community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and flood insurance is purchased within one year of the identification. The Page 9 Initials_ 20 B -42