R99-214 AUTHORIZING THE FILING AND EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 1

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C. The weekly submission of a properly executed certification set forth on the reverse side of Optional Form WH-347 shall satisfy the requirement for submission of the "Statement of Compliance" required by 29 C.F.R. §5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). D. The�falsification of any of the above certifications may subject the contractor or subcontractor to civil or criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §1001 and 31 U.S.0 §231. (iii.) The contractor or subcontractor shall make the records required under 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(a)(3)(i) available for inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of FTA or the Department of Labor and shall permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours on the job. If the contractor or subcontractor fails to submit the required records or to make them available, FTA may, after written notice to the contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any fu�ther payment, advance, or guarantee of funds. Furthermore, failure to submit the required records upon request or to make such records available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 5.12. (4) Apprentices and Trainees. (i.) Apqrentices. Apprentices will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they perFormed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or with a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau, or if a person is employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the program, but who has been certified by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or a state apprenticeship agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of _ apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall ' nfr be aid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determinatio 0 P the classification of work actually performed. In addition, any apprentice ' performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the r m shall be aid not less than the a licable wa e rate on the registered prog a p pp 9 wage determination for the work actually perFormed. Where a contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other than that in which its , program is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in percentages of ' the journeyman's hourly rate) specified in the contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. Every apprentice must be paid at not ' less than the rate specified in the registered program for the apprentice's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman's hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, h wa e apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on t e g determination for the applicable classification. If the Administrator determines . .that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, State/Federal Capital Grant page 34