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d. Apprentices and Trainees (programs of the U.S. DOT)._ Apprentices and trainees working under apprenticeship and skill training programs which have been certified by the Secretary of Transportation as promoting EEO in connection with Federal -aid highway construction programs are not 'subject to the requirements of paragraph 4 of this Section IV. The straight time hourly wage rates for apprentices and trainees under such programs will be established by the 'particular programs. The ratio of apprentices and trainees to journeymen shall not be greater than permitted by the terms of the particular program: 5.. Compliance with Copeland Act requlremonts. The contractor shall comply with the requirements of 29 GFR part 3, which are incorporated by reference in this contract. 6,_Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert Form ,FHWA-1273 in any subcontracts and also require the subcontractors to include Form FHWA-1273 in any tower tier .subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5. 7.Coritracttermination:debarment Abreachofthe contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds for termination of the contract, and for debarment as a.contractor and a subcontractor as provided in 29 CFR 5.12. 8. Compliance with Davis -Bacon and Related Act requiroments. All rulings and.interprelations of the Davis - Bacon and Related Acts contained in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein incorporated by reference in this contract. S. Disputes concerning labor standards. Disputes arising out of the labor standards provisions of this contract shall not be subject to the general disputes clause of this contract. Such disputes shall be resolved in accordancewith.lhe procedures of the Department of Laborset forth in 29 CFR parts 5, 6, and 7. Disputes within the meaning of this clause Include disputes between the contractor (or any of its subcontractors) and the contracting agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, or the employees or their representatives. 10. Certification of eligibility. a. By entering into this contract, the contractor certifies that neither it (nor he or she) nor any person or fin who has an 'interest in the contractor's firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded Government contracts by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). b. No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or firm Ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). c. The penally for making false statements is prescribed in the U.S. Criminal Code, 19 U.S.C.1001. V. CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT The following clauses apply to any Federal-ald construction contract in an amount In excess of $100;000 and subject to the overtime provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. These clauses shall be inserted in addition to the clauses required by 29 CFR 5.5(a) or 29 CFR 4.6. As used In this paragraph, the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen and guards. 1.0vortimerequlremonts. Nocontractororsubccntractor contracting for any part of the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any such laborer or mechanic In any workweek in which he or. she Is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in spoh workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked In excess of forty hours in"such workweek. 2. Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages,. In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (1.) of this section, the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages: In addition,such contractor and subcontractor shall be lipble to the United States (in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbiaor a territory, to such District or to such territory), for liquidated damages. Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each Individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph (1.) of this section, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day, on which such Individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of theovedime wage's required by the clause set forth in, paragraph (1.).ofthiesection. 3. Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. The FHWA or the contacting agency shall upon Its own action or upon written'request of an authorized representative of the Department of. Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payable on account of work performed by the contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other federally -assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in the clause set forth in paragraph (2.) of this section. 4, Subcontracts,. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraph (t.) through (4.) of this section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower Ser subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for complianceby any subcontractor or tower tier subcontractor with the clauses setforth in paragraphs (1:) through (4.) of this section. 23A-33