Coordination and Review Section
28 C.F.R. ยงยง 42.101 - 42.412
Subpart C--Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs --
Implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
See also 28 CFR 50.3. Guidelines for enforcement of Title VI,
Civil Rights Act.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000d-2000d-4; E.O. 12250, 45 FR 72995, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp.,
p. 298.
Source: Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 42.101 Purpose.
The purpose of this subpart is to implement the provisions of title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252 (hereafter referred to as the ``Act''), to the end that
no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to
discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance from
the Department of Justice.
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Sec. 42.102 Definitions.
As used in this subpart--
(a) The term responsible Department official with respect to any program receiving
Federal financial assistance means the Attorney General, or Deputy Attorney General, or
such other official of the Department as has been assigned the principal responsibility
within the Department for the administration of the law extending such assistance.
(b) The term United States includes the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, Wake Island, the Canal Zone, and all other territories and possessions of the United
States, and the term State includes any one of the foregoing.
(c) The term Federal financial assistance includes:
(1) Grants and loans of Federal funds,
(2) The grant or donation of Federal property and interests in property,
(3) The detail of Federal personnel,
(4) The sale and lease of, and the permission to use (on other than a casual or
transient basis), Federal property or any interest in such property without consideration
or at a nominal consideration, or at a consideration which is reduced for the purpose of
assisting the recipient, or in recognition of the public interest to be served by such
sale or lease to the recipient, and
(5) Any Federal agreement, arrangement, or other contract which has as one of its
purposes the provision of assistance.
(d) The term program includes any program, project, or activity for the provision of
services, financial aid, or other benefits to individuals (including education or
training, rehabilitation, or other services or disposition, whether provided through
employees of the recipient of Federal financial assistance or provided by others through
contracts or other arrangements with the recipient, and including work opportunities and
cash or loan or other assistance to individuals), or for the provision of facilities for
furnishing services, financial aid, or other benefits to individuals. The disposition,
services, financial aid, or benefits provided under a program receiving Federal financial
assistance shall be deemed to include any disposition, services, financial aid, or
benefits provided with the aid of Federal financial assistance or with the aid of any
non-Federal funds, property, or other resources required to be expended or made available
for the program to meet matching requirements or other conditions which must be met in
order to receive the Federal financial assistance, and to include any disposition,
services, financial aid, or benefits provided in or through a facility provided with the
aid of Federal financial assistance or such non-Federal resources.
(e) The term facility includes all or any portion of structures, equipment, or other
real or personal property or interests therein, and the provision of facilities includes
the construction, expansion, renovation, remodeling, alteration, or acquisition of
facilities.
(f) The term recipient means any State, political subdivision of any State, or
instrumentality of any State or political subdivision, any public or private agency,
institution, or organization, or other entity, or any individual, in any State, to whom
Federal financial assistance is extended, directly or through another recipient, for any
program, including any successor, assign, or transferee thereof, but such term does not
include any ultimate beneficiary under any such program.
(g) The term primary recipient means any recipient which is authorized or required to
extend Federal financial assistance to another recipient for the purpose of carrying out a
program.
(h) The term applicant means one who submits an application, request, or plan required
to be approved by a responsible Department official, or by a primary recipient, as a
condition to eligibility for Federal financial assistance, and the term application means
such an application, request, or plan.
(i) The term academic institution includes any school, academy, college, university,
institute, or other association, organization, or agency conducting or administering any
program, project, or facility designed to educate or train individuals.
(j) The term disposition means any treatment, handling, decision, sentencing,
confinement, or other prescription of conduct.
(k) The term governmental organization means the political subdivision for a prescribed
geographical area.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 699-77,
42 FR 15315, Mar. 21, 1977; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52357, Oct. 27, 1981]
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Sec. 42.103 Application of
this subpart.
This subpart applies to any program for which Federal financial assistance is
authorized under a law administered by the Department. It applies to money paid, property
transferred, or other Federal financial assistance extended under any such program after
the date of this subpart pursuant to an application whether approved before or after such
date. This subpart does not apply to:
(a) Any Federal financial assistance by way of insurance or guaranty contracts, or
(b) Employment practices except to the extent described in Sec. 42.104(c).
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.104 Discrimination
prohibited.
(a) General. No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or
national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be
otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program to which this subpart applies.
(b) Specific discriminatory actions prohibited.
(1) A recipient under any program to which this subpart applies may not, directly or
through contractual or other arrangements, on the ground of race, color, or national
origin:
(i) Deny an individual any disposition, service, financial aid, or benefit provided
under the program;
(ii) Provide any disposition, service, financial aid, or benefit to an individual which
is different, or is provided in a different manner, from that provided to others under the
program;
(iii) Subject an individual to segregation or separate treatment in any matter related
to his receipt of any disposition, service, financial aid, or benefit under the program;
(iv) Restrict an individual in any way in the enjoyment of any advantage or privilege
enjoyed by others receiving any disposition, service, financial aid, or benefit under the
program;
(v) Treat an individual differently from others in determining whether he satisfies any
admission, enrollment, quota, eligibility, membership, or other requirement or condition
which individuals must meet in order to be provided any disposition, service, financial
aid, function or benefit provided under the program; or
(vi) Deny an individual an opportunity to participate in the program through the
provision of services or otherwise or afford him an opportunity to do so which is
different from that afforded others under the program (including the opportunity to
participate in the program as an employee but only to the extent set forth in paragraph
(c) of this section).
(vii) Deny a person the opportunity to participate as a member of a planning or
advisory body which is an integral part of the program.
(2) A recipient, in determining the type of disposition, services, financial aid,
benefits, or facilities which will be provided under any such program, or the class of
individuals to whom, or the situations in which, such will be provided under any such
program, or the class of individuals to be afforded an opportunity to participate in any
such program, may not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize
criteria or methods of administration which have the effect of subjecting individuals to
discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin, or have the effect of
defeating or substantially impairing accomplishment of the objectives of the program as
respects individuals of a particular race, color, or national origin.
(3) In determining the site or location of facilities, a recipient or applicant may not
make selections with the purpose or effect of excluding individuals from, denying them the
benefits of, or subjecting them to discrimination under any program to which this subpart
applies, on the ground of race, color, or national origin; or with the purpose or effect
of defeating or substantially impairing the accomplishment of the objectives of the Act or
this subpart.
(4) For the purposes of this section the disposition, services, financial aid, or
benefits provided under a program receiving Federal financial assistance shall be deemed
to include any portion of any program or function or activity conducted by any recipient
of Federal financial assistance which program, function, or activity is directly or
indirectly improved, enhanced, enlarged, or benefited by such Federal financial assistance
or which makes use of any facility, equipment or property provided with the aid of Federal
financial assistance.
(5) The enumeration of specific forms of prohibited discrimination in this paragraph
and in paragraph (c) of this section does not limit the generality of the prohibition in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(6)(i) In administering a program regarding which the recipient has previously
discriminated against persons on the ground of race, color, or national origin, the
recipient must take affirmative action to overcome the effects of prior discrimination.
(ii) Even in the absence of such prior discrimination, a recipient in administering a
program may take affirmative action to overcome the effects of conditions which resulted
in limiting participation by persons of a particular race, color, or national origin.
(c) Employment practices.
(1) Whenever a primary objective of the Federal financial assistance to a program to
which this subpart applies, is to provide employment, a recipient of such assistance may
not (directly or through contractual or other arrangements) subject any individual to
discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin in its employment
practices under such program (including recruitment or recruitment advertising,
employment, layoff, or termination, upgrading, demotion, or transfer, rates of pay or
other forms of compensation, and use of facilities). That prohibition also applies to
programs as to which a primary objective of the Federal financial assistance is (i) to
assist individuals, through employment, to meet expenses incident to the commencement or
continuation of their education or training, or (ii) to provide work experience which
contributes to the education or training of the individuals involved. The requirements
applicable to construction employment under any such program shall be those specified in
or pursuant to part III of Executive Order 11246 or any Executive order which supersedes
it.
(2) In regard to Federal financial assistance which does not have providing employment
as a primary objective, the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) of this section apply to the
employment practices of the recipient if discrimination on the ground of race, color, or
national origin in such employment practices tends, on the ground of race, color, or
national origin, to exclude persons from participation in, to deny them the benefits of or
to subject them to discrimination under the program receiving Federal financial
assistance. In any such case, the provisions of paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall
apply to the extent necessary to assure equality of opportunity to and nondiscriminatory
treatment of beneficiaries.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.105 Assurance required.
(a) General.
(1) Every application for Federal financial assistance to carry out a program to which
this subpart applies, and every application for Federal financial assistance to provide a
facility shall, as a condition to its approval and the extension of any Federal financial
assistance pursuant to the application, contain or be accompanied by an assurance that the
program will be conducted or the facility operated in compliance with all requirements
imposed by or pursuant to this subpart. In the case where the Federal financial assistance
is to provide or is in the form of personal property, or real property or interest therein
or structures thereon, such assurance shall obligate the recipient, or, in the case of a
subsequent transfer, the transferee, for the period during which the property is used for
a purpose for which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose
involving the provision of similar services or benefits, or for as long as the recipient
retains ownership or possession of the property, whichever is longer. In all other cases,
such assurance shall obligate the recipient for the period during which Federal financial
assistance is extended pursuant to the application. The responsible Department official
shall specify the form of the foregoing assurances for each program, and the extent to
which like assurances will be required of subgrantees, contractors, and subcontractors,
transferees, successors in interest, and other participants in the program. Any such
assurance shall include provisions which give the United States a right to seek its
judicial enforcement.
(2) In the case of real property, structures or improvements thereon, or interest
therein, which was acquired through a program of Federal financial assistance, or in the
case where Federal financial assistance is provided in the form of a transfer of real
property or interest therein from the Federal Government, the instrument effecting or
recording the transfer shall contain a convenant running with the land assuring
nondiscrimination for the period during which the real property is used for a purpose for
which the Federal financial assistance is extended or for another purpose involving the
provision of similar services or benefits. Where no transfer of property is involved, but
property is improved under a program of Federal financial assistance, the recipient shall
agree to include such a covenant in any subsequent transfer of such property. Where the
property is obtained from the Federal Government, such covenant may also include a
condition coupled with a right to be reserved by the Department to revert title to the
property in the event of a breach of the covenant where, in the discretion of the
responsible Department official, such a condition and right of reverter are appropriate to
the program under which the real property is obtained and to the nature of the grant and
the grantee.
(b) Assurances from government agencies. In the case of any application from any
department, agency, or office of any State or local government for Federal financial
assistance for any specified purpose, the assurance required by this section, shall extend
to any other department, agency, or office of the same governmental unit if the policies
of such other department, agency, or office will substantially affect the project for
which Federal financial assistance is requested. That requirement may be waived by the
responsible Department official if the applicant establishes, to the satisfaction of the
responsible Department official, that the practices in other agencies of parts or programs
of the governmental unit will in no way affect:
(1) Its practices in the program for which Federal financial assistance is sought, or
(2) The beneficiaries of or participants in or persons affected by such program, or
(3) Full compliance with the subpart as respects such program.
(c) Assurance from academic and other institutions.
(1) In the case of any application for Federal financial assistance for any purpose to
an academic institution, the assurance required by this section shall extend to admission
practices and to all other practices relating to the treatment of students.
(2) The assurance required with respect to an academic institution, detention or
correctional facility, or any other institution or facility, insofar as the assurance
relates to the institution's practices with respect to admission or other treatment of
individuals as students, patients, wards, inmates, persons subject to control, or clients
of the institution or facility or to the opportunity to participate in the provision of
services, disposition, treatment, or benefits to such individuals, shall be applicable to
the entire institution or facility unless the applicant establishes, to the satisfaction
of the responsible Department official, that the practices in designated parts or programs
of the institution or facility will in no way affect its practices in the program of the
institution or facility for which Federal financial assistance is sought, or the
beneficiaries of or participants in such program. If, in any such case, the assistance
sought is for the construction of a facility or part of a facility, the assurance shall in
any event extend to the entire facility and to facilities operated in connection
therewith.
(d) Continuing State programs. Any State or State agency administering a program which
receives continuing Federal financial assistance subject to this regulation shall as a
condition for the extension of such assistance:
(1) Provide a statement that the program is (or, in the case of a new program, will be)
conducted in compliance with this regulation, and
(2) Provide for such methods of administration as are found by the responsible
Department official to give reasonable assurance that the primary recipient and all other
recipients of Federal financial assistance under such program will comply with this
regulation.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.106 Compliance information.
(a) Cooperation and assistance. Each responsible Department official shall, to the
fullest extent practicable, seek the cooperation of recipients in obtaining compliance
with this subpart and shall provide assistance and guidance to recipients to help them
comply voluntarily with this subpart.
(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 subpart. 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 or subcontracts with any other person
or group, 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 subpart.
(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 subpart. Whenever any information required
of a recipient is in the exclusive possession of any other agency, institution, or person
and that agency, institution, or person fails or refuses to furnish that information, the
recipient shall so certify in its report and set forth the efforts which 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 subpart 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 responsible Department official finds necessary to apprise
such persons of the protections against discrimination assured them by the Act and this
subpart.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.107 Conduct of
investigations.
(a) Periodic compliance reviews. The responsible Department official or his designee
shall from time to time review the practices of recipients to determine whether they are
complying with this subpart.
(b) Complaints. Any person who believes himself or any specific class of individuals to
be subjected to discrimination prohibited by this subpart may by himself or by a
representative file with the responsible Department official or his designee a written
complaint. A complaint must be filed not later than 180 days from the date of the alleged
discrimination, unless the time for filing is extended by the responsible Department
official or his designee.
(c) Investigations. The responsible Department official or his designee will make a
prompt investigation whenever a compliance review, report, complaint, or any other
information indicates a possible failure to comply with this subpart. The investigation
should include, whenever appropriate, a review of the pertinent practices and policies of
the recipient, the circumstances under which the possible noncompliance with this subpart
occurred, and other factors relevant to a determination as to whether the recipient has
failed to comply with this subpart.
(d) Resolution of matters.
(1) If an investigation pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section indicates a failure
to comply with this subpart, the responsible Department official or his designee will so
inform the recipient and the matter will be resolved by informal means whenever possible.
If it has been determined that the matter cannot be resolved by informal means, action
will be taken as provided for in Sec. 42.108.
(2) If an investigation does not warrant action pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) of this
section, the responsible Department official or his designee will so inform the recipient
and the complainant, if any, in writing.
(e) Intimidatory or retaliatory acts prohibited. No recipient or other person shall
intimidate, threaten, coerce, or discriminate against any individual for the purpose of
interfering with any right or privilege secured by section 601 of the Act or this subpart,
or because he has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in
an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this subpart. The identity of complainants
shall be kept confidential except to the extent necessary to carry out the purpose of this
subpart, including the conduct of any investigation, hearing, or judicial proceeding
arising thereunder.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.108 Procedure
for effecting compliance.
(a) General. If there appears to be a failure or threatened failure to comply with this
subpart and if the noncompliance or threatened noncompliance cannot be corrected by
informal means, the responsible Department official may suspend or terminate, or refuse to
grant or continue, Federal financial assistance, or use any other means authorized by law,
to induce compliance with this subpart. Such other means include, but are not limited to:
(1) Appropriate proceedings brought by the Department to enforce any rights of the
United States under any law of the United States (including other titles of the Act), or
any assurance or other contractual undertaking, and
(2) Any applicable proceeding under State or local law.
(b) Noncompliance with assurance requirement. If an applicant or recipient fails or
refuses to furnish an assurance required under Sec. 42.105, or fails or refuses to comply
with the provisions of the assurance it has furnished, or otherwise fails or refuses to
comply with any requirement imposed by or pursuant to title VI or this subpart, Federal
financial assistance may be suspended, terminated, or refused in accordance with the
procedures of title VI and this subpart. The Department shall not be required to provide
assistance in such a case during the pendency of administrative proceedings under this
subpart, except that the Department will continue assistance during the pendency of such
proceedings whenever such assistance is due and payable pursuant to a final commitment
made or an application finally approved prior to the effective date of this subpart.
(c) Termination of or refusal to grant or to continue Federal financial assistance. No
order suspending, terminating, or refusing to grant or continue Federal financial
assistance shall become effective until:
(1) The responsible Department official has advised the applicant or recipient of his
failure to comply and has determined that compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means,
(2) There has been an express finding on the record, after opportunity for hearing, of
a failure by the applicant or recipient to comply with a requirement imposed by or
pursuant to this subpart,
(3) The action has been approved by the Attorney General pursuant to Sec. 42.110, and
(4) The expiration of 30 days after the Attorney General has filed with the committee
of the House and the committee of the Senate having legislative jurisdiction over the
program involved, a full written report of the circumstances and the grounds for such
action.
Any action to suspend or terminate or to refuse to grant or to continue Federal
financial assistance shall be limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof,
or other applicant or recipient as to whom such a finding has been made and shall be
limited in its effect to the particular program, or part thereof, in which such
noncompliance has been so found.
(d) Other means authorized by law. No action to effect compliance by any other means
authorized by law shall be taken until:
(1) The responsible Department official has determined that compliance cannot be
secured by voluntary means,
(2) The action has been approved by the Attorney General, and
(3) The recipient or other person has been notified of its failure to comply and of the
action to be taken to effect compliance.
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Sec. 42.109 Hearings.
(a) Opportunity for hearing. Whenever an opportunity for a hearing is required by Sec.
42.108(c), reasonable notice shall be given by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the affected applicant or recipient. That notice shall advise the
applicant or recipient of the action proposed to be taken, the specific provision under
which the proposed action against it is to be taken, and the matters of fact or law
asserted as the basis for that action. The notice shall (1) Fix a date, not less than 20
days after the date of such notice, within which the applicant or recipient may request
that the responsible Department official schedule the matter for hearing, or (2) advise
the applicant or recipient that a hearing concerning the matter in question has been
scheduled and advise the applicant or recipient of the place and time of that hearing. The
time and place so fixed shall be reasonable and shall be subject to change for cause. The
complainant, if any, shall be advised of the time and place of the hearing. An applicant
or recipient may waive a hearing and submit written information and argument for the
record. The failure of an applicant or recipient to request a hearing under this paragraph
or to appear at a hearing for which a date has been set shall be deemed to be a waiver of
the right to a hearing afforded by section 602 of the Act and Sec. 42.108(c) and consent
to the making of a decision on the basis of such information as is available.
(b) Time and place of hearing. Hearings shall be held at the offices of the Department
in Washington, DC, at a time fixed by the responsible Department official, unless he
determines that the convenience of the applicant or recipient or of the Department
requires that another place be selected. Hearings shall be held before the responsible
Department official or, at his discretion, before a hearing examiner designated in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3105 and 3344 (section 11 of the Administrative Procedure Act).
(c) Right to counsel. In all proceedings under this section, the applicant or recipient
and the Department shall have the right to be represented by counsel.
(d) Procedures, evidence, and record.
(1) The hearing, decision, and any administrative review thereof shall be conducted in
conformity with 5 U.S.C. 554-557 (sections 5-8 of the Administrative Procedure Act), and
in accordance with such rules of procedure as are proper (and not inconsistent with this
section) relating to the conduct of the hearing, giving of notices subsequent to those
provided for in paragraph (a) of this section, taking of testimony, exhibits, arguments
and briefs, requests for findings, and other related matters. Both the Department and the
applicant or recipient shall be entitled to introduce all relevant evidence on the issues
as stated in the notice for hearing or as determined by the officer conducting the
hearing.
(2) Technical rules of evidence shall not apply to hearings conducted pursuant to this
subpart, but rules or principles designed to assure production of the most credible
evidence available and to subject testimony to test by cross-examination shall be applied
whenever reasonably necessary by the officer conducting the hearing. The hearing officer
may exclude irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence. All documents and
other evidence offered or taken for the record shall be open to examination by the parties
and opportunity shall be given to refute facts and arguments advanced on either side of
the issues. A transcript shall be made of the oral evidence except to the extent the
substance thereof is stipulated for the record. All decisions shall be based upon the
hearing record and written findings shall be made.
(e) Consolidated or joint hearings. In cases in which the same or related facts are
asserted to constitute noncompliance with this subpart with respect to two or more
programs to which this subpart applies, or noncompliance with this subpart and the
regulations of one or more other Federal Departments or agencies issued under title VI of
the Act, the Attorney General may, by agreement with such other departments or agencies,
whenever appropriate, provide for the conduct of consolidated or joint hearings, and for
the application to such hearings of rules of procedure not inconsistent with this subpart.
Final decisions in such cases, insofar as this subpart is concerned, shall be made in
accordance with Sec. 42.110.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17955, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.110 Decisions and notices.
(a) Decisions by person other than the responsible Department official. If the hearing
is held by a hearing examiner, such hearing examiner shall either make an initial
decision, if so authorized, or certify the entire record, including his recommended
findings and proposed decision, to the responsible Department official for a final
decision, and a copy of such initial decision or certification shall be mailed to the
applicant or recipient. Whenever the initial decision is made by the hearing examiner, the
applicant or recipient may, within 30 days of the mailing of such notice of initial
decision, file with the responsible Department official his exceptions to the initial
decision, with his reasons therefor. In the absence of exceptions, the responsible
Department official may on his own motion, within 45 days after the initial decision,
serve on the applicant or recipient a notice that he will review the decision. Upon filing
of such exceptions, or of such notice of review, the responsible Department official shall
review the initial decision and issue his own decision thereon including the reasons
therefor. In the absence of either exceptions or a notice of review the initial decision
shall constitute the final decision of the responsible Department official.
(b) Decisions on the record or on review by the responsible Department official.
Whenever a record is certified to the responsible Department official for decision or he
reviews the decision of a hearing examiner pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, or
whenever the responsible Department official conducts the hearing, the applicant or
recipient shall be given a reasonable opportunity to file with him briefs or other written
statements of its contentions, and a copy of the final decision of the responsible
Department official shall be given in writing to the applicant or recipient and to the
complainant, if any.
(c) Decisions on the record whenever a hearing is waived. Whenever a hearing is waived
pursuant to Sec. 42.109(a), a decision shall be made by the responsible Department
official on the record and a copy of such decision shall be given in writing to the
applicant or recipient, and to the complainant, if any.
(d) Rulings required. Each decision of a hearing officer or responsible Department
official shall set forth his ruling on each findings, conclusion, or exception presented,
and shall identify the requirement or requirements imposed by or pursuant to this subpart
with which it is found that the applicant or recipient has failed to comply.
(e) Approval by Attorney General. Any final decision of a responsible Department
official (other than the Attorney General) which provides for the suspension or
termination of, or the refusal to grant or continue Federal financial assistance, or the
imposition of any other sanction available under this subpart or the Act, shall promptly
be transmitted to the Attorney General, who may approve such decision, vacate it, or remit
or mitigate any sanction imposed.
(f) Content of orders. The final decision may provide for suspension or termination of,
or refusal to grant or continue, Federal financial assistance, in whole or in part, under
the program involved, and may contain such terms, conditions, and other provisions as are
consistent with, and will effectuate the purposes of, the Act and this subpart, including
provisions designed to assure that no Federal financial assistance will thereafter be
extended under such program to the applicant or recipient determined by such decision to
be in default in its performance of an assurance given by it pursuant to this subpart, or
to have otherwise failed to comply with this subpart, unless and until, it corrects its
noncompliance and satisfies the responsible Department official that it will fully comply
with this subpart.
(g) Post-termination proceedings.
(1) An applicant or recipient adversely affected by an order issued under paragraph (f)
of this section shall be restored to full eligibility to receive Federal financial
assistance if it satisfies the terms and conditions of that order for such eligibility or
if it brings itself into compliance with this subpart and provides reasonable assurance
that it will fully comply with this subpart.
(2) Any applicant or recipient adversely affected by an order entered pursuant to
paragraph (f) of this section may at any time request the responsible Department official
to restore fully its eligibility to receive Federal financial assistance. Any such request
shall be supported by information showing that the applicant or recipient has met the
requirements of paragraph (g)(1) of this section. If the responsible Department official
denies any such request, the applicant or recipient may submit a request for a hearing in
writing, specifying why it believes such official to have been in error. It shall
thereupon be given an expeditious hearing, with a decision on the record, in accordance
with rules of procedure issued by the responsible Department official. The applicant or
recipient will be restored to such eligibility if it proves at such a hearing that it
satisfied the requirements of paragraph (g)(1) of this section. While proceedings under
this paragraph are pending, sanctions imposed by the order issued under paragraph (f) of
this section shall remain in effect.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17956, July 5, 1973]
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Sec. 42.111 Judicial review.
Action taken pursuant to section 602 of the Act is subject to judicial review as
provided in section 603 of the Act.
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Sec. 42.112
Effect on other regulations; forms and instructions.
(a) Effect on other regulations. Nothing in this subpart shall be deemed to supersede
any provision of subpart A or B of this part or Executive Order 11114 or 11246, as
amended, or of any other regulation or instruction which prohibits discrimination on the
ground of race, color, or national origin in any program or situation to which this
subpart is inapplicable, or which prohibits discrimination on any other ground.
(b) Forms and instructions. Each responsible Department official, other than the
Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General, shall issue and promptly make available to
interested persons forms and detailed instructions and procedures for effectuating this
subpart as applied to programs to which this subpart applies and for which he is
responsible.
(c) Supervision and coordination. The Attorney General 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 subpart
(other than responsibility for final decision as provided in Sec. 42.110(e)), including
the achievement of the effective coordination and maximum uniformity within the Department
and within the Executive Branch of the Government in the application of title VI of the
Act and this subpart 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 subsection shall have the
same effect as though such action had been taken by the Attorney General.
[Order No. 365-66, 31 FR 10265, July 29, 1966, as amended by Order No. 519-73,
38 FR 17956, July 5, 1973; Order No. 568-74, 39 FR 18646, May 29, 1974]
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Appendix
A to Subpart C--Federal Financial Assistance Administered by the Department of Justice to
Which This Subpart Applies
Note: Failure to list a type of Federal assistance in appendix A shall not mean, if
title VI is otherwise applicable, that a program is not covered.
1. Assistance provided by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP),
including block, formula, and discretionary grants, victim compensation payments, and
victim assistance grants (title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701-3796, as amended (Pub. L. 90-351, as amended by Pub. L. 93-83, Pub.
L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, and Pub. L.
98-473); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601-5751,
as amended (Pub. L. 93-415, as amended by Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-509,
and Pub. L. 98-473); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10601-10604, (Pub. L.
98-473)).
2. Assistance provided by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) including technical assistance to
State and local governments for improvement of correctional systems; training of law
enforcement personnel, and assistance to legal services programs (18 U.S.C. 4042).
3. Assistance provided by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) including
training, grants, and technical assistance to State and local governments, public and
private agencies, educational institutions, organizations and individuals, in the area of
corrections (18 U.S.C. 4351-4353).
4. Assistance provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) including training,
joint task forces, information sharing agreements, cooperative agreements, and logistical
support, primarily to State and local government agencies (21 U.S.C. 871-886).
5. Assistance provided by the Community Relations Service (CRS) in the form of
discretionary grants to public and private agencies under the Cuban-Haitian Entrant
Program (title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-422).
6. Assistance provided by the U.S. Parole Commission in the form of workshops and
training programs for State and local agencies and public and private organizations (18
U.S.C. 4204).
7. Assistance provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) including field
training, training through its National Academy, National Crime Information Center, and
laboratory facilities, primarily to State and local criminal justice agencies (Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended 42 U.S.C. 3701-3796).
8. Assistance provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) including
training and services primarily to State and local governments under the Alien Status
Verification Index (ASVI); and citizenship textbooks and training primarily to schools and
public and private service agencies (8 U.S.C. 1360, 8 U.S.C. 1457).
9. Assistance provided by the United States Marshals Service through its Cooperative
Agreement Program for improvement of State and local correctional facilities (Pub. L.
99-180, 99 Stat. 1142).
10. Assistance provided by the Attorney General through the Equitable Transfer of
Forfeited Property Program (Equitable Sharing) primarily to State and local law
enforcement agencies (21 U.S.C. 881(e)).
11. Assistance provided by the Department of Justice participating agencies that
conduct specialized training through the National Center for State and Local Law
Enforcement Training, a component of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC),
Glenco, Georgia (Pursuant to Memorandum Agreement with the Department of Treasury).
[Order No. 1204-87, 52 FR 24449, July 1, 1987]
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