Grant Award Federal Emergency Management Agency

Article 5 Age Discrimination Act of 1975 Recipients must comply with the requirements of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Pub. L. No.94-135 (1975) (codified as amended at Title 42, U.S.Code,§6101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Article 6 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Recipients must comply with the requirements of Titles I, II,and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Pub. L. No. 101-336(1990) (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C.§§ 12101-12213),which prohibits recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation,and certain testing entities. Article 7 Best Practices for Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Recipients who collect PII are required to have a publically-available privacy policy that describes standards on the usage and maintenance of PII they collect. DHS defines personally identifiable information (P II)as any information that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred, including any information that is linked or linkable to that individual. Recipients may also find the DHS Privacy Impact Assessments: Privacy Guidance and Privacy template as useful resources respectively. Article 8 Civil Rights Act of 1964-Title VI Recipients must comply with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §2000d et seq.),which provides that no person in the United States will,on the grounds of race, color,or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. DHS implementing regulations for the Act are found at 6 C.F.R. Part 21 and 44 C.F.R. Part 7. Article 9 Civil Rights Act of 1968 Recipients must comply with Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, Pub. L. No.90- 284,as amended through Pub. L. 113-4,which prohibits recipients from discriminating in the sale, rental,financing,and advertising of dwellings,or in the provision of services in connection therewith,on the basis of race,color, national origin, religion,disability, familial status,and sex(See 42 U.S.C.§3601 et seq.),as implemented by the Department of Housing and Urban Development at 24 C.F.R. Part 100.The prohibition on disability discrimination includes the requirement that new multifamily housing with four or more dwelling units—i.e.,the public and common use areas and individual apartment units(all units in buildings with elevators and ground-floor units in buildings without elevators)—be designed and constructed with certain accessible features. (See 24 C.F.R. Part 100, Subpart D) Article 10 Copyright Recipients must affix the applicable copyright notices of 17 U.S.C.§§401 or 402 and an acknowledgement of U.S.Government sponsorship(including the award number)to any work first produced under federal financial assistance awards.