[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR20.7]

[Page 192-193]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 20--NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Responsibilities of DOC Recipients
 
Sec. 20.7  General responsibilities.


    Each DOC recipient has primary responsibility to ensure that its 
programs and activities are in compliance with the Act, the general 
regulations, and these regulations, and shall take steps to eliminate 
violation of the Act.

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    (a) Each DOC recipient will provide an assurance that the program 
for which it is receiving Federal financial assistance will be conducted 
in compliance with all requirements for the Act and these and other DOC 
regulations. A recipient also has responsibility to maintain records, 
provide information, and to afford DOC reasonable access to its records 
and facilities to the extent necessary to determine whether it is in 
compliance with the Act and these regulations.
    (b) Recipient assessment of age distinctions. (1) To assess the 
recipient's compliance with the Act, DOC may, as part of a compliance 
review under Sec. 20.10 or a complaint investigation under Sec. 20.11, 
require a recipient employing the equivalent or 15 or more employees, to 
complete, in a manner specified by the responsible Department official, 
a written self-evaluation of any age distinction imposed in its program 
or activity receiving Federal financial assistance from DOC.
    (2) Whenever an assessment indicates a violation of the Act and the 
DOC regulations, the recipient shall take corrective action.