R90-53 AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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The code or standards shall also provide that the Recipient's officers, employees, board members, or agents may neither solicit nor accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from present or potential contractors or sub-recipients. The Recipient may set minimum rules where the financial interest is not substantial or the gift is an unsolicited item of nominal intrinsic value. As permitted by State or local law or regulations, such code or standards shall provide for penalties, sanctions, or other disciplinary actions for violations by the - Recipient's officers, employees, board members, or agents, or by . contractors or sub-recipients or their agents. - i. Interest of Members of or DeleQates to Congress. No member , of or delegate to the Congress of the United States shall be admitted to any share or part of this Project or to any benefit therefrom. Section 115. Construction Contracts. The following provisions are applicable to federally assisted construction contracts: a. Nondiscrimination. Pursuant to the regulations of the Secretary of Labor at 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-1.4 (b) (1) and 60-1. 4 (c) : (1) The Recipient hereby agrees that it will incorporate or cause to be incorporated into any contract for construction work, or modification thereof, as defined in the regulations of the Secretary of Labor at 41 C.F.R. Chapter 60, that is paid for in whole or in part with funds obtained from the Federal Government or borrowed on the credit of the Federal Government pursuant to a g•rant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan, insurance, or guarantee, or undertaken pursuant to a Federal program involving the grant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan, insurance, or guarantee, the following equal opportunity clause: DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR AGREES AS FOLLOWS: (a) THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE OR APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. THE CONTRACTOR WILL TAKE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT APPLICANTS ARE EMPLOYED, AND THAT EMPLOYEES ARE TREATED DURING EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. SUCH ACTION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: EMPLOYMENT, UPGRADING, DEMOTION, OR TRANSFER; RECRUITMENT OR RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING; LAYOFF OR TERMINATION; RATES OF PAY OR OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION; AND SELECTION FOR TRAINING, INCLUDING APPRENTICESHIP. THE CONTRACTOR AGREES TO POST IN CONSPICUOUS PLACES, AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT, NOTICES TO BE PROVIDED SETTING FORTH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NONDISCRIMINATION CLAUSE. Page 17