Section 15CFR8.15

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 15CFR8.15]

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TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

PART 8--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE--EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964--Table of Contents

Subpart B--General Compliance

Sec. 8.15 Effect on other laws; supplementary instructions; coordination.

(a) Effect on other laws. All regulations, orders, or like
directions heretofore issued by any officer of the Department which
impose requirements designed to prohibit any discrimination against
individuals on the ground of race, color, or national origin under any
program to which this part applies, and which authorizes the suspension
or termination of or refusal to grant or to continue Federal financial
assistance to any recipient or other party subject to this part of such
assistance under such program for failure to comply with such
requirements, are hereby superseded to the extent that such
discrimination is prohibited by this part, except that nothing in this
part shall be deemed to relieve any one of any obligations assumed or
imposed under any such superseded regulation, order, instruction, or
like direction prior to January 9, 1965. Nothing in this part, however,
shall be deemed to supersede any of the following (including future
amendments thereof):
(1) Executive Order 11246 and regulations issued thereunder, or
(2) Executive Order 11063 and regulations issued thereunder, or any
other regulations or instructions, insofar as such order, regulations,
or instructions prohibit discrimination on the ground of race, color, or
national origin in any program or situation to which this part is
inapplicable, or prohibit discrimination on any other ground.
(b) Forms and instructions. Each responsible Department official
shall issue and promptly make available to interested parties forms and
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instructions and procedures for effectuating this part as applied to
programs to which this part applies and for which he is responsible.
(c) Supervision and coordination. The Secretary may from time to
time assign to officials of the Department, or to officials of other
departments or agencies of the Government with the consent of such
departments or agencies, responsibilities in connection with the
effectuation of the purposes of title VI of the Act and this part (other
than responsibility for final decision as provided in Sec. 8.13),
including the achievement of effective coordination and maximum
uniformity within the Department and within the executive branch of the
government in the application of title VI and this part to similar
programs and in similar situations. Any action taken, determination
made, or requirement imposed by an official of another Department or
agency acting pursuant to an assignment of responsibility under this
paragraph shall have the same effect as though such action had been
taken by the responsible official of this Department.

Appendix A to Part 8--Programs Covered by Title VI

i. federal financial assistance to which title 15, subtitle a, part 8
applies

Economic Development Administration

1. Loans, grants, technical and other assistance for public works
and development facilities, for supplementing Federal grants-in-aid, for
private businesses, and for other purposes, including assistance in
connection with designated economic development districts and regions
(Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
2. Financial and technical assistance to firms to aid economic
adjustment to the effects of increased imports in direct competition
with firm products (Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2341-2354).
3. Assistance to communities adversely affected by increased imports
in direct competition with products manufactured in the community area
(Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2371-2374).
4. Assistance to projects involving construction of local and State
public facilities in order to reduce unemployment and provide State and
local governments with badly needed public facilities (Local Public
Works Capital Development and Assistance Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6701-
6710).
5. Trade adjustment assistance: Loans, dissemination of technical
information (title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. 2341-2374).

Maritime Administration

1. Operating differential subsidy assistance to operators of U.S.
flag vessels engaged in U.S. foreign commerce (46 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.).
2. Assistance to operate State maritime academies and colleges to
train merchant marine officers (46 U.S.C. 1381-1388).
3. Ship construction differential subsidies, direct payments
(Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 46 U.S.C. 1151-1161).

National Bureau of Standards

1. Grants to universities and other research organizations for fire
research and safety programs (15 U.S.C. 278f).

National Fire Prevention and Control Administration

1. Academy planning assistance: To assist States in the development
of training and education in the fire prevention and control area (15
U.S.C. 2201-2219).
2. State fire incident reporting assistance: To assist States in the
establishment and operation of a statewide fire incident and casualty
reporting system (15 U.S.C. 2201-2219).
3. Public education assistance planning: Publications, audiovisual
presentations and demonstrations, research, testing, and experimentation
to determine the most effective means for such public education (15
U.S.C. 2205c).
4. Policy development assistance: Studies of the operations and
management aspects of fire services (15 U.S.C. 2207c).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1. Assistance to States, educational institutions, and the
commercial fishing industry for the development of tuna and other latent
fisheries (16 U.S.C. 758e).
2. Assistance to States for the development and implementation of
programs to protect and study certain species of marine mammals (16
U.S.C. 1379b).
3. Financial assistance to States with agencies which have entered
into a cooperative agreement to assist in the preservation of threatened
and endangered species (16 U.S.C. 1535).
4. Assistance to coastal States for the development of estuarine
sanctuaries to serve as field laboratories and for acquiring access to
public beaches (16 U.S.C. 1461).
5. Assistance to coastal States for the development, implementation,
and administration of coastal zone management programs (16 U.S.C. 1454-
1455).
6. Assistance to coastal States to help communities in dealing with
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social, and environmental consequences resulting from expanded coastal
energy activity (16 U.S.C. 1456).
7. Authority to enter into cooperative agreements with ``colleges
and universities, with game and fish departments of the several States,
and with nonprofit organizations relating to cooperative research
units.'' Assistance limited to assignment of personnel, supplies, and
incidental expenses (16 U.S.C. 753 a and b).
8. Grants for education and training of personnel in the field of
commercial fishing, ``to public and nonprofit private universities and
colleges * * *'' (16 U.S.C. 760d).
9. Grants for ``office and any other necessary space'' for the
Northern Pacific Halibut Commission (16 U.S.C. 772).
10. The ``Dingell Johnson Act'': Apportionment of dollars to States
for restoration and management of sport or recreational species (16
U.S.C. 777-777i; 777k).
11. Authority to cooperate with and provide assistance to States in
controlling jellyfish, etc. (16 U.S.C. 1201, 1202).
12. Authority to cooperate with and provide assistance to certain
States and territories in the study and control of ``Crown of Thorns''
starfish (16 U.S.C. 1211-1213).
13. Technical assistance to fishing cooperatives regarding catching
and marketing aquatic products (15 U.S.C. 521-522).
14. Fish research and experimentation program cooperation with other
agencies in acquisition of lands, construction of buildings, employment
of personnel in establishing and maintaining research stations (16
U.S.C. 778a).
15. Assistance to upgrade commercial fishing vessels and gear (16
U.S.C. 742c).
16. Assistance to State projects designed for the research and
development of commercial fisheries resources of the nation (16 U.S.C.
779a-779f).
17. Assistance to State and other non-Federal interests under
cooperative agreements to conserve, develop, and enhance anadromous and
Great Lakes Fisheries (16 U.S.C. 757a et seq.).
18. Grants and other assistance under the National Sea Grant College
and Program Act of 1966: To support establishment of major university
centers for marine research, education, training, and advisory services
(33 U.S.C. 1121-1124).
19. Geodetic surveys and services; advisory services; dissemination
of technical information (33 U.S.C. 883a).
20. Nautical charts assistance; advisory services; dissemination of
technical information (33 U.S.C. 883a).
21. River and flood forecast and warning services; advisory services
(15 U.S.C. 313).
22. Weather forecast and warning services (15 U.S.C. 311 and 313, 49
U.S.C. 1351 and 1463).
23. Commercial fisheries disaster assistance (16 U.S.C. 779b).
24. Provision for the Weather Service to assist in joint projects
``of mutual interest'' (15 U.S.C. 1525).

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

1. Grants for the planning and construction of public
telecommunications facilities for the production and distribution of
noncommercial educational and cultural radio and television programming
and related instructional and informational materials. (Public
Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978, 47 U.S.C. Sections 390-394).

Office of Minority Business Enterprise

1. Assistance to minority business enterprises: Grants, contracts,
advisory service, technical information (15 U.S.C. 1512; title III of
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 3151; Executive Order 11625, Oct. 13, 1971).

Regional Action Planning Commissions

1. Supplemental grants to Federal grant-in-aid programs and
technical assistance funds for planning, investigations, studies,
training programs, and demonstration projects, including demonstrations
in energy, transportation, health and nutrition, education and
indigenous arts and crafts (title V of the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3181-3196).

United States Travel Service

1. Assistance to strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the
United States, and to promote friendly understanding and appreciation of
the United States by encouraging foreign residents to visit the United
States (22 U.S.C. 2121 et seq.).

Departmentwide

1. Authority to make basis scientific research grants (42 U.S.C.
1891-1893; to be superseded no later than Feb. 3, 1979, by the Federal
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-224).

ii. a primary objective of the financial assistance authorized by the
following statutes, already listed above in appendix ai, is to provide
employment

1. Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42
U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
2. Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341-2354).
3. Local Public Works Capital Development and Assistance Act of 1976
(42 U.S.C. 6701-6710)

[43 FR 49303, Oct. 23, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 12642, Mar. 8, 1979]

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