[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 24CFR1.6]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 1--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 
1964--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.6  Compliance information.

    (a) Cooperation and assistance. The responsible Department official 
and each Department official who by law or delegation has the principal 
responsibility within the Department for the administration of any law 
extending financial assistance subject to this part 1 shall to the 
fullest extent practicable seek the cooperation of recipients in 
obtaining compliance with this part 1 and shall provide assistance and 
guidance to recipients to help them comply voluntarily with this part 1.
    (b) Compliance reports. Each recipient shall keep such records and 
submit to the responsible Department official or his designee timely, 
complete, and accurate compliance reports at such times, and in such 
form and containing such information, as the responsible Department 
official or his designee may determine to be necessary to enable him to 
ascertain whether the recipient has complied or is complying with this 
part 1. In general, recipients should have available for the department 
racial and ethnic data showing

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the extent to which members of minority groups are beneficiaries of 
federally assisted programs.
    (c) Access to sources of information. Each recipient shall permit 
access by the responsible Department official or his designee during 
normal business hours to such of its books, records, accounts, and other 
sources of information, and its facilities as may be pertinent to 
ascertain compliance with this part 1. Where any information required of 
a recipient is in the exclusive possession of any other agency, 
institution, or person and this agency, institution, or person shall 
fail or refuse to furnish this information, the recipient shall so 
certify in its report and shall set forth what efforts it has made to 
obtain the information.
    (d) Information to beneficiaries and participants. Each recipient 
shall make available to participants, beneficiaries, and other 
interested persons such information regarding the provisions of this 
part 1 and its applicability to the program or activity under which the 
recipient receives Federal financial assistance, and make such 
information available to them in such manner, as the responsible 
Department official finds necessary to apprise such persons of the 
protections against discrimination assured them by the Act and this part 
1.