[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR17.5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 17--NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A--Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, or National 
                                 Origin
 
Sec. 17.5  Compliance information.

    (a) Cooperation and assistance. The Secretary or his designee shall 
to the fullest extent practicable seek the cooperation of recipients in 
obtaining compliance with this part and shall provide assistance and 
guidance to recipients to help them comply voluntarily with this part.
    (b) Compliance reports. Each recipient shall keep such records and 
submit to the Secretary or his designee timely, complete and accurate 
compliance reports, at such times, and in such form and containing such 
information, as the Secretary or his designee may determine to be 
necessary to enable him to ascertain whether the recipient has complied 
or is complying with this part. In general, recipients should have 
available for the Department racial and ethnic data showing the extent 
to which members of minority groups are beneficiaries of federally--
assisted programs. In the case of any program under which a primary 
recipient extends Federal financial assistance to any other recipient, 
such other recipient shall also submit such compliance reports to the 
primary recipient as may be necessary to enable the primary recipient to 
carry out its obligations under this part.
    (c) Access to sources of information. Each recipient shall permit 
access by the Secretary 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. 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 and its applicability to the program under which the recipient 
receives Federal financial assistance, and make such information 
available to them in such manner as the Secretary or his designee finds 
necessary to apprise such persons of the protections against 
discrimination assured them by the Act and this part.

[38 FR 17976, July 5, 1973]

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