[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR206.11]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 206_FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISASTERS DECLARED ON OR AFTER 

NOVEMBER 23, 1988--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 206.11  Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance.



    (a) Federal financial assistance to the States or their political 

subdivisions is conditioned on full compliance with 44 CFR part 7, 

Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs.

    (b) All personnel carrying out Federal major disaster or emergency 

assistance functions, including the distribution of supplies, the 

processing of the applications, and other relief and assistance 

activities, shall perform their work in an equitable and impartial 

manner, without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, 

nationality, sex, age, or economic status.

    (c) As a condition of participation in the distribution of 

assistance or supplies under the Stafford Act, or of receiving 

assistance under the Stafford Act, government bodies and other 

organizations shall provide a written assurance of their intent to 

comply with regulations relating to nondiscrimination.

    (d) The agency shall make available to employees, applicants, 

participants,



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beneficiaries, and other interested parties such information regarding 

the provisions of this regulation and its applicability to the programs 

or activities conducted by the agency, and make such information 

available to them in such manner as the head of the agency finds 

necessary to apprise such persons of the protections against 

discrimination assured them by the Act and this regulation.