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"Regulations," respectively. General Assurances In accordance with the Acts, the Regulations, and other pertinent directives, circulars, policy, memoranda, and/or guidance, the Servicing Agency hereby gives assurance that it will promptly take any measures necessary to ensure that: "No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, color, or natipnal origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits oj. or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity, "for which the Recipient receives Federal financial assistance from DOT, including the FHWA. The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 clarified the original intent of Congress, with respect to Title VI and other Non-discrimination requirements (The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), by restoring the broad, institutional-wide scope and coverage of these non-discrimination statutes and requirements to include all programs and activities of the Servicing Agency, so long as any portion ofthe program is Federally assisted. SRecific Assurances More specifically, and without limiting the above general Assurance, the Servicing Agency agrees with and gives the following Assurances with respect to its receipt offunds for this project: 1. The Servicing Agency agrees that each "activity," "facility," or "program," as defined in §§ 21.23 (b) and 21.23 (e) of 49 CFR § 21 will be (with regard to an "activity") facilitated, or will be (with regard to a "facility") operated, or will be (with regard to a "program") conducted in compliance with all requirements imposed by, or pursuant to the Acts and the Regulations. 2. The Servicing Agency will insert the following notification in all solicitations for bids and requests for proposals for work or materials, regardless of funding source: a. "The Servicing Agency, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.c. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure !hal any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be affordedfoll andfair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, c%r, or national origin in consideration for an award." 3. The Servicing Agency will insert the clauses of Appendix A of this Assurance in every contract or agreement subject to the Acts and the Regulations.