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Attachment A Program Guidelines Common Rule: 49 CFR Part 18.37 specifically (2) SUBGRANTS §18.37 Subgrants. a)States. States shall follow state law and procedures when awarding and administering subgrants (whether on a cost reimbursement or fixed amount basis) of financial assistance to local and Indian tribal governments. States shall: 1.Ensure that every subgrant includes any clauses required by Federal statute and executive orders and their implementing regulations; 2.Ensure that subgrantees are aware of requirements imposed upon them by Federal statute and regulation; While the subgrantees signs the certifications and assurances, the need to include the language from the original certifications and assurances that is listed under Appendix A to Part 1300Certification and Assurances for Highway Safety Grants (23 U.S.C. Chapter 4) applicable to the subrecipients is important. This way the grantee or contractor will have the whole language and an idea of what they are signing before and thus OTS is doing all it can to make sure the grantee or contractor are aware of the requirement imposed upon them by Federal statue and regulation NONDISCRIMINATION (applies to subrecipients as well as States) The State highway safety agency will comply with all Federal statutes and implementing regulations relating to nondiscrimination Nondiscrimination These include but are not limited to: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin) and 49 CFR part 21; The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, (42 U.S.C. 4601), (prohibits unfair treatment of persons displaced or whose property has been acquired because of Federal or Federal-aid programs and projects); Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, (23 U.S.C. 324 et seq.), and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683 and 1685-1686) (prohibit discrimination on the basis ofsex); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. 794 et seq.), as amended, (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability) and 49 CFR part 27; The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of age); The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, (Pub. L. 100-209), (broadens scope, coverage and applicability of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, by expanding the definition of the terms "programs or activities" to include all of the programs or activities of the Federal aid recipients, sub-recipients and contractors, whether such programs or activities are Federally- funded or not); Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12131-12189) (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing) and 49 CFR parts 37 and 38; Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (prevents discrimination against minority populations by discouraging programs, policies, and activities with disproportionately high and adverse human health orenvironmental effects on minority and low- income populations); and