[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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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.