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Federal Transit Administration Clauses
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<br />employment.
<br />(5) The contractor will comply with all provisions of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and
<br />of the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.
<br />(6) The contractor will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order 11246 of
<br />September 24, 1965, and by rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or pursuant
<br />thereto, and will permit access to his books, records, and accounts by the administering agency and the
<br />Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain compliance with such rules, regulations,
<br />and orders.
<br />(7) In the event of the contractor's noncompliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of this contract or
<br />with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or
<br />suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government
<br />contracts or federally assisted construction contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in
<br />Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies
<br />invoked as provided in Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, or by rule, regulation, or order of
<br />the Secretary of Labor, or as otherwise provided by law.
<br />(8) The contractor will include the portion of the sentence immediately preceding paragraph (1) and the
<br />provisions of paragraphs (1) through (8) in every subcontract or purchase order unless exempted by
<br />rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to section 204 of Executive Order
<br />11246 of September 24, 1965, so that such provisions will be binding upon each subcontractor or
<br />vendor. The contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the
<br />administering agency may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for
<br />noncompliance:
<br />Provided, however, that in the event a contractor becomes involved in, or is threatened with, litigation
<br />with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the administering agency, the contractor
<br />may request the United States to enter into such litigation to protect the interests of the United States.
<br />The applicant further agrees that it will be bound by the above equal opportunity clause with respect to
<br />its own employment practices when it participates in federally assisted construction work: Provided,
<br />That if the applicant so participating is a State or local government, the above equal opportunity clause
<br />is not applicable to any agency, instrumentality or subdivision of such government which does not
<br />participate in work on or under the contract.
<br />The applicant agrees that it will assist and cooperate actively with the administering agency and the
<br />Secretary of Labor in obtaining the compliance of contractors and subcontractors with the equal
<br />opportunity clause and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, that it will
<br />furnish the administering agency and the Secretary of Labor such information as they may require for
<br />the supervision of such compliance, and that it will otherwise assist the administering agency in the
<br />discharge of the agency's primary responsibility for securing compliance.
<br />The applicant further agrees that it will refrain from entering into any contract or contract modification
<br />subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, with a contractor debarred from, or who has
<br />not demonstrated eligibility for, Government contracts and federally assisted construction contracts
<br />pursuant to the Executive Order and will carry out such sanctions and penalties for violation of the equal
<br />opportunity clause as may be imposed upon contractors and subcontractors by the administering
<br />agency or the Secretary of Labor pursuant to Part II, Subpart D of the Executive Order. In addition, the
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