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Federal Transit Administration Clauses <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act),” 29 C.F.R. part 5. <br />The Contractor shall maintain payrolls and basic payroll records during the course of the work and shall <br />preserve them for a period of three (3) years from the completion of the contract for all laborers and <br />mechanics, including guards and watchmen, working on the contract. Such records shall contain the <br />name and address of each such employee, social security number, correct classifications, hourly rates of <br />wages paid, daily and weekly number of hours worked, deductions made, and actual wages paid. <br />Such records maintained under this paragraph shall be made available by the Contractor for inspection, <br />copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of the FTA and the Department of Labor, and the <br />Contractor will permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours on the job. <br />The contractor shall require the inclusion of the language of this clause within subcontracts of all tiers. <br />17. ENERGY CONSERVATION <br />This clause flows down and extends to all third-party contractors and their contracts. It must be included <br />in every tier contract. <br />The contractor agrees to comply with the mandatory energy standards and policies of its state energy <br />conservation plans under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6321, et seq., <br />and perform an energy assessment for any building constructed, reconstructed, or modified with federal <br />assistance required under FTA regulations, “Requirements for Energy Assessments,” 49 CFR Part 622, <br />subpart C. <br />18. FLY AMERICA <br />This clause flows down and extends to the first-tier contractor only. <br />A. Definitions. As used in this clause: <br />“International air transportation” means transportation by air between a place in the United States and <br />a place outside the United States or between two places both of which are outside the United States. <br />“United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas. <br />The Contractor agrees to comply with 49 U.S.C. 40118 (the “Fly America” Act) in accordance with the <br />General Services Administration’s regulations at 41 CFR Part 301-10, which provide that recipients and <br />subrecipients of Federal funds and their contractors are required to use U.S. Flag air carriers for U.S <br />Government-financed international air travel and transportation of their personal effects or property, to <br />the extent such service is available, unless travel by foreign air carrier is a matter of necessity, as defined <br />by the Fly America Act. The Contractor shall submit, if a foreign air carrier was used, an appropriate <br />certification or memorandum adequately explaining why service by a U.S. flag air carrier was not <br />available or why it was necessary to use a foreign air carrier and shall, in any event, provide a certificate <br />of compliance with the Fly America requirements. The Contractor agrees to include the requirements of <br />this section in all subcontracts that may involve international air transportation. <br />B. Statement of Unavailability of U.S.-Flag Air Carriers <br />International air transportation of persons (and their personal effects) or property by U.S.-flag air