[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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 in 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 for 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]