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with that determination. In the event the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Bureau, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship program, the con- tractor will no longer be permitted to utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an -ceptable program is approved, j T'rainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5,16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant %to and individually registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employ- ment and Training Administration. The ratio of trainees to journey- men on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage detar- mination. Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program, if the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprentice- ship program associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate an the wage determination for the work actually performed. In addition, any trainee performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage deter- mination for the work actually performed. In the event the Employ- ment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training -ogram, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved. (iii) Equal employment opportunity. The utilization of appren- tices, trainees and journeymen under this part shall be in conformity with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended, and 29 CFR Part 30. 5. Compliance with Copeland Act requirements. The contractor shall comply with the requirements of 29 CFR Pan 3 which are incor- porated by reference in this contract 6. Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor will insert in any subcontracts the clauses contained in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1) through (10) and such other clauses as HUD or its designee may by appropriate instructions require, and also' a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts, The prime con- tractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with ail the contract clauses in 29 CFR Part 5.5. 7. Contract termination; debarment. A breach of the 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 2.9 CFR 5.12. 8, Compliance with Davis -Bacon and Related Act Requirements. All rulings and interpretations of the Davis -Bacon and Related Acts con- tained in 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein incorporated by refer- ence in this contract Q. Disputes concerning labor standards. Disputes arising out of labor standards provisions of this contract shall not be subject to Me general disputes clause of this contract. Such disputes shall be Previous edition is obsolete resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of La- bor set 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 HUD or its designee, the U.S. Department of La. bor, or the employees or their representatives. 10, (i) Certification of Eligibility. By entering into this contract the contractor certifies that neither it (nor he or she) nor any person or firm who has an interest in the contractor's firm is a person ar 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) or to be awarded HUD contracts or participate in HUD programs pursuant to 24 CFR Part 24. (ii) No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or firm ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of Sec- tion 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1) or to be awarded HUD contracts or participate in HUD programs pursuant to 24 CFR Part 24. (iii) The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in the U.S. Criminal Code, I8 U.S.C. 1001. Additionally, U.S. Criminal Code, Section 1 01 0, Title 18, U.S.C., "Federal Housing Administration transactions", provides in part: "Whoever, for the purpose of ... in- fluencing in any way the action of such Administration..... makes, utters or publishes any statement knowing the same to be false..... shall be fined not more than 55,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, at both" 11, Complaints, proceedings, or Testimony by Employees. No laborer or mechanic to whomm the wage, salary, or other labor stan- dards provisions of this Contract are applicable shall be discharged or in any other manner discriminated against by the Contractor or any subcontractor because such employer has filed any complaint or in- stituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding under or relating to the labor stan• dards applicable under this Contract to his employer. B. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. As used in this paragraph, the terms "laborers" and "mechanics" include watch- men and guards. (1) Overtime requirements. No contractor or subcontractor con- tracting for any part of the contract work which may require or in- volve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or per. mit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in such 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 eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in such workweek, whichever is greater. (2) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in subparagraph (1) of dhis paragraph, the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such con- tractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States (in the case of work done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such District or to such territory), for liquidated dam- ages. 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 subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in excess of eight hours or in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of -the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in sub para- graph (1) of this paragraph. Page 3 of 4 torm HUD4010 (2)84) ref. Handbook 1344.1 73