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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2017-10-06.xml --- 82 193 Friday, October 6, 2017 Contents Editorial Note: The print edition of the **Federal Register** for Monday, October 2, 2017, contained a typographical error on the cover and spine. The volume number listed on the cover and spine read “83,” but should have read “82.” Agriculture Agriculture Department See National Agricultural Statistics Service See Rural Business-Cooperative Service RULES Education Programs or Activities Receiving or Benefitting From Federal Financial Assistance, 46655-46666 2017-20869 Army Army Department NOTICES Meetings:
Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy, 46772 2017-21573 Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Board of Visitors, 46772-46773 2017-21572 Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration NOTICES Bonneville Purchasing Instructions and Bonneville Financial Assistance Instructions; Availability, 46803-46804 2017-21576 Klickitat Hatchery Upgrades, 46804-46805 2017-21575 Census Bureau Census Bureau PROPOSED RULES Foreign Trade: Standard and Routed Export Transactions, 46739-46740 2017-21569 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Special Local Regulations:
Marine Events Within the Fifth Coast Guard District, 46672 2017-21570 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46887-46890 2017-21571 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission PROPOSED RULES Petition Requesting Rulemaking on Magnet Sets, 46740-46741 2017-21534 Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department See Navy Department Education Department Education Department NOTICES Waivers:
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, 46796-46799 2017-21616 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act, 46773-46803 2017-21619 2017-21620 2017-21621 2017-21622 2017-21623 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Worker Adjustment Assistance; Determinations, 46832-46835 2017-21584 Worker Adjustment Assistance; Investigations, 46835-46837 2017-21583 Energy Department Energy Department See Bonneville Power Administration Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;
Approvals and Promulgations: Alabama; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, 46674-46679 2017-21523 Florida; Permitting Revisions, 46682-46685 2017-21504 Missouri; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 46679-46681 2017-21528 Missouri; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 46672-46674 2017-21532 North Dakota; Requirements for the 2010 SO <sup>2</sup> and 2012 PM <sup>2.5</sup> National Ambient Air Quality Standards;
Promulgation of State Implementation Plan Revisions, 46681-46682 2017-21520 Pesticide Tolerances: Florpyrauxifen-benzyl, 46685-46688 2017-21614 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Missouri; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 46741-46742 2017-21525 Missouri; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard, 46742 2017-21529 New Jersey;
Motor Vehicle Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Program, 46742-46748 2017-21521 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Detergent Gasoline, 46806-46808 2017-21609 Confidential Business Information Access: Pending Enforcement Litigation; Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information to the United States Department of Justice and Party to Certain Litigation, 46805-46806 2017-21615 Environmental Impact Statements;
Availability, etc.: Weekly Receipts, 46808 2017-21548 Equal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission NOTICES SES Performance Review Board Membership, 46808 2017-21530 Export Import Export-Import Bank NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46808-46809 2017-21578 Federal Accounting Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board NOTICES Federal Financial Accounting Technical Releases: Implementation Guidance for Establishing Opening Balances, 46809 2017-21593 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives:
General Electric Company Turbofan Engines, 46669-46671 2017-21345 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus Airplanes, 46729-46738 2017-21221 Safran Helicopter Engines, S.A., Turboshaft Engines, 46727-46729 2017-21344 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 46719-46727 2017-21225 2017-21365 2017-21366 Criteria and Process for the Cancellation of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures as Part of the National Procedures Assessment, 46738-46739 2017-21626 NOTICES Petitions for Exemption;
Summaries, 46880 2017-21543 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Permitting Radar Services in 76-81 GHz Band, 46688-46689 C1--2017--18463 Procedures for Commission Review of State Opt-Out Request From the FirstNet Radio Access Network, 46690-46691 2017-21596 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46809-46810 2017-21515 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46887-46890 2017-21571 Terminations of Receivership: Summit Bank, Burlington, WA, 46810 2017-21505 Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46810-46811 2017-21801 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Emergency and Related Determinations: Virgin Islands, 46817-46818 2017-21633 Emergency Declarations: Florida; Amendment No. 1, 46815 2017-21639 Florida; Amendment No. 8, 46815 2017-21648 Georgia;
Amendment No. 3, 46814 2017-21638 Louisiana; Amendment No. 2, 46812 2017-21637 Seminole Tribe of Florida; Amendment No. 1, 46818 2017-21640 South Carolina; Amendment No. 1, 46814-46815 2017-21631 South Carolina; Amendment No. 2, 46819 2017-21634 Major Disaster and Related Determinations: Puerto Rico, 46820-46821 2017-21649 Seminole Tribe of Florida, 46813 2017-21641 Virgin Islands, 46813-46814 2017-21632 Major Disaster Declarations: Florida; Amendment No. 4, 46819-46820 2017-21645 Florida;
Amendment No. 5, 46816 2017-21652 Florida; Amendment No. 6, 46812 2017-21651 Florida; Amendment No. 7, 46818 2017-21650 Georgia; Amendment No. 2, 46816 2017-21644 Georgia; Amendment No. 3, 46821 2017-21646 Georgia; Amendment No. 4, 46812-46813 2017-21647 New Hampshire; Amendment No. 1, 46814 2017-21629 New Hampshire; Amendment No. 2, 46820 2017-21642 Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 1, 46816-46817 2017-21630 Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 4, 46815-46816 2017-21628 Virgin Islands, 46818-46819 2017-21635 2017-21636 Wyoming;
Amendment No. 2, 46817 2017-21643 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Buy America Waivers, 46882-46883 2017-21567 Final Federal Agency Actions: West Davis Corridor Project, Davis and Weber County, UT, 46881-46882 2017-21561 Utah; Proposed Highway, 46880-46881 2017-21562 Federal Maritime Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements Filed, 46811 2017-21564 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Petitions for Informational Filing: Yadkin Valley Railroad, 46885 2017-21512 Petitions for Waivers of Compliance:
Central Montana Rail, Inc., 46885-46886 2017-21511 Norfolk Southern Corp., 46884-46885 2017-21513 Siemens Mobility Division Rolling Stock, 46883-46884 2017-21514 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 46886 2017-21510 Requests for Positive Train Control Safety Plan Approvals and System Certifications: North County Transit District, 46886-46887 2017-21618 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Policy on Payment System Risk, 46668-46669 2017-21602 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46887-46890 2017-21571 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Endangered Species Status for Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana (Florida Prairie-clover), and Threatened Species Status for Sideroxylon reclinatum ssp. austrofloridense (Everglades Bully), Digitaria pauciflora (Florida Pineland Crabgrass), and Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. pinetorum (Pineland Sandmat), 46691-46715 2017-21617 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Species:
Louisiana Pinesnake; 6-Month Extension of Final Determination on Proposed Threatened Status, 46748-46749 2017-21591 NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Draft Habitat Conservation Plan San Antonio Water System Micron and Water Resources Integration Program Water Pipelines, Bexar County, TX, 46828-46829 2017-21563 Permits: Foreign Endangered Species; Issuance, 46829-46830 2017-21556 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Production Activities: Bauer Manufacturing LLC dba NEORig, Foreign-Trade Zone 265, Conroe, TX, 46754 2017-21595 Government Printing Government Publishing Office NOTICES Meetings:
Depository Library Council, 46811 2017-21533 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Relief From HUD Requirements Available to PHAs To Assist With Recovery and Relief Efforts on Behalf of Families Affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, etc., 46821-46828 2017-21600 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Income Taxes;
CFR Correction, 46671-46672 2017-21741 2017-21742 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan and Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan, 46761-46763 2017-21581 Certain Lined Paper Products From India, 46764-46766 2017-21588 Certain New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China, 46754-46756 2017-21586 Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines;
Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review, 46763-46764 2017-21590 Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey, 46768-46769 2017-21587 Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China, 46760-46761 2017-21589 High Pressure Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of China, 46758-46760 2017-21582 Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Turkey, 46767-46768 2017-21585 Export Trade Certificates of Review:
Northwest Fruit Exporters, 46756-46758 2017-21557 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Stainless Steel Flanges From China and India, 46831-46832 2017-21547 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46831 2017-21764 2017-21765 Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;
Availability, etc.: Gold Bar Mine Project, Eureka County, NV, 46830-46831 2017-21599 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Intents to Grant Partially Exclusive Term Licenses, 46839 2017-21517 National Agricultural National Agricultural Statistics Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46753 2017-21624 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 46811 2017-21526 2017-21527 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:
Essential Fish Habitat, 46749-46752 2017-21560 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46770 2017-21580 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pacific Islands Region Permit Family of Forms, 46771 2017-21579 Meetings: Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review; Correction, 46769-46770 2017-21598 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Correction, 46771-46772 2017-21597 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings:
Advisory Committee for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, 46839 2017-21553 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46839-46840 2017-21697 Requests for Information: Mid-scale Research Infrastructure, 46840 2017-21608 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Former Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Detachment Concord, Concord, CA, 46773 2017-21601 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission RULES Prompt Remediation of Residual Radioactivity During Operation, 46666-46668 2017-21546 PROPOSED RULES Fire Protection Compensatory Measures, 46717-46719 2017-21544 NOTICES Agreement State Program Policy Statement, 46840-46843 2017-21542 Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 46843-46844 2017-21755 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories: Curtis-Strauss, LLC, 46837-46839 2017-21603 Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 46753-46754 2017-21568 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: ICE Clear Credit LLC, 46844-46845 2017-21540 Nasdaq MRX, LLC, 46848-46865 2017-21538 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 46845-46848 2017-21535 NYSE Arca, Inc., 46865-46877 2017-21536 2017-21537 2017-21539 The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 46877-46879 2017-21541 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Lease and Operation Exemptions:
Scrap Metal Services Terminal Railroad Co., LLC From Scrap Metal Services, LLC, 46879-46880 2017-21531 Trade Representative Trade Representative, Office of United States NOTICES Environmental Review of the Proposed Renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement; Correction, 46880 2017-21772 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration PROPOSED RULES Geographic-Based Hiring Preferences in Administering Federal Awards;
Withdrawal, 46716-46717 2017-21574 Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Interest Rate Paid on Cash Deposited to Secure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bonds, 46890-46891 2017-21524 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 82 193 Friday, October 6, 2017 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 7 CFR Part 15a RIN 0503-AA60 Education Programs or Activities Receiving or Benefitting From Federal Financial Assistance AGENCY:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, USDA. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule updates the regulations required for the enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (commonly referred to as “Title IX”) for financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. The regulation provides guidance to recipients of Federal financial assistance who administer education programs or activities.
The changes made by this rule will promote consistency in the enforcement of Title IX for USDA financial assistance recipients. DATES: *Effective:* November 6, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David King, telephone
(202)720-3808. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this rule is to update the regulations in 7 CFR part 15a for the enforcement of Title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683, 1685-1688) as it applies to educational programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from USDA. On April 11, 1979, USDA published a final rule (44 FR 21610) to implement USDA's Title IX regulations, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities operated by recipients of Federal financial assistance. On August 30, 2000, 20 Federal departments and agencies published a final rule (65 FR 52858) to provide for the enforcement of Title IX by participating Federal agencies that had not previously promulgated Title IX implementing regulations (referred to as the “common rule”). The Department of Justice coordinated development of the Title IX common rule, consistent with its responsibility under Executive Order 12250, to ensure the consistent and effective implementation of Title IX and other civil rights laws. USDA, as one of the Federal agencies that had already promulgated Title IX regulations, did not publish new rules to reflect the common rulemaking. Upon further consideration, USDA decided to amend its Title IX regulations to adopt the language of the common rule. USDA's Title IX regulations have not been updated since 1979 and do not reflect intervening developments, including certain Supreme Court decisions, revisions by the Department of Education and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-259), and various Executive Orders. By harmonizing the provisions of 7 CFR part 15a with the common rule, USDA brings its regulations up-to-date, complies with Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” dated February 24, 2017, follows current guidance from DOJ, and makes it easier for recipients of USDA financial assistance to understand and comply with Title IX requirements. The revisions to 7 CFR part 15a merely conform USDA's regulations to the Title IX common rule adopted by other federal agencies and reflect changes in the law since USDA published its Title IX regulations in 1979. This rule imposes no new substantive requirements on recipients of USDA financial assistance. As shown in the following “cross-walk” table, some of the provisions of new part 15a (renumbered to correspond to the common rule) appear in different order than in the existing regulations in part 15a: New part 15a Existing part 15a Subpart A 15a.100 15a.1 15a.105 15a.2 15a.110 15a.3 15a.115 15a.4 15a.120 N/A 15a.125 15a.5 15a.130 15a.6 15a.135 15a.7 15a.140 15a.8 Subpart B 15a.200 15a.11 15a.205 15a.12 15a.210 15a.13 15a.215 15a.14 15a.220 15a.16 15a.225 15a.17 15a.230 15a.18 15a.235 15a.15 Subpart C 15a.300 15a.21 15a.305 15a.22 15a.310 15a.23 Subpart D 15a.400 15a.31 15a.405 15a.32 15a.410 15a.33 15a.415 15a.34 15a.420 15a.35 15a.425 15a.36 15a.430 15a.37 15a.435 15a.38 15a.440 15a.39 15a.445 15a.40 15a.450 15a.41 15a.455 15a.42 Subpart E 15a.500 15a.51 15a.505 15a.52 15a.510 15a.53 15a.515 15a.54 15a.520 15a.55 15a.525 15a.56 15a.530 15a.57 15a.535 15a.58 15a.540 15a.59 15a.545 15a.60 15a.550 15a.61 Subpart F 15a.605 15a.71 Public Comment In general, the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking be published in the **Federal Register** and interested persons be given an opportunity to participate in the rulemaking through submission of written data, views, or arguments with or without opportunity for oral presentation, except when the rule involves a matter relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts. This rule involves benefits and is therefore being published as a final rule without the prior opportunity for comments. Executive Orders 12866, 13563, 13771, and 13777 Executive Order 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review,” and Executive Order 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,” direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasized the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” established a federal policy to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens on the American people. In line with the requirement repeal, replace, or modify regulations, this rule is modifying a regulation for consistency with other related federal regulations and to update the requirements. The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)designated this rule as not significant under Executive Order 12866, “Regulatory Planning and Review,” and therefore, OMB has not reviewed this rule. Executive Order 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,” requires that in order to manage the private costs required to comply with Federal regulations that for every new significant or economically significant regulation issued, the new costs must be offset by the elimination of at least two prior regulations. This rule does not rise to the level required to comply with Executive Order 13771; it is also updating an existing regulation, therefore it is not a new regulation. Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA, Pub. L. 104-121), generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to the notice and comment rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any other law, unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. This rule is not subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act because, as noted above, it is exempt from notice and comment rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553 and therefore, USDA is not required by any law to publish a proposed rule for public comment for this rulemaking. Executive Order 12372 Executive Order 12372, “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,” requires consultation with State and local officials. The objectives of the Executive Order are to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened Federalism, by relying on State and local processes for State and local government coordination and review of proposed federal financial assistance and direct federal development. This rule neither provides federal financial assistance nor direct federal development. It does not provide either grants or cooperative agreements. Therefore, this rule is not subject to Executive Order 12372. Executive Order 12988 This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, “Civil Justice Reform.” This rule will not preempt State or local laws, regulations, or policies unless they represent an irreconcilable conflict with this rule. The rule will not have a retroactive effect. Executive Order 13132 This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 13132, “Federalism.” The policies contained in this rule do not have any substantial direct effect on States, on the relationship between the Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government, except as required by law. Nor does this rule impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local governments. Therefore, consultation with the States is not required. Executive Order 13175 This rule has been reviewed in accordance with the requirements of Executive Order 13175, “Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments.” Executive Order 13175 requires Federal agencies to consult and coordinate with tribes on a government-to-government basis on policies that have tribal implications, including regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes. USDA has assessed the impact of this rule on Indian tribes and determined that this rule does not, to our knowledge, have tribal implications that require tribal consultation under Executive Order 13175. If a Tribe requests consultation, USDA will work with the USDA Office of Tribal Relations to ensure meaningful consultation is provided where requested. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA, Pub. L. 104-4) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and Tribal governments, or the private sector. Agencies generally need to prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit analysis, for proposed and final rules with Federal mandates that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more in any year for State, local, or Tribal governments, in the aggregate, or to the private sector. UMRA generally requires agencies to consider alternatives and adopt the more cost effective or least burdensome alternative that achieves the objectives of the rule. This rule contains no Federal mandates, as defined in Title II of UMRA, for State, local, and Tribal governments or the private sector. Therefore, this rule is not subject to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of UMRA. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) SBREFA normally requires that an agency delay the effective date of a major rule for 60 days from the date of publication to allow for Congressional review. This rule is not a major rule under SBREFA. Therefore, USDA is not required to delay the effective date for 60 days from the date of publication to allow for Congressional review. Therefore, the rule is effective when published in the **Federal Register** , as discussed above. E-Government Act Compliance USDA is committed to complying with the E-Government Act, to promote the use of the Internet and other information technologies to provide increased opportunities for citizen access to Government information and services, and for other purposes. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 15a Education, Sex discrimination, Youth organizations. For the reasons discussed above, 7 CFR part 15a is revised to read as follows: PART 15a—EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING OR BENEFITTING FROM FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Subpart A—Introduction Sec. 15a.100 Purpose. 15a.105 Definitions. 15a.110 Remedial and affirmative action and self-evaluation. 15a.115 Assurance required. 15a.120 Transfers of property. 15a.125 Effect of other requirements. 15a.130 Effect of employment opportunities. 15a.135 Designation of responsible employee and adoption of grievance procedures. 15a.140 Dissemination of policy. Subpart B—Coverage 15a.200 Application. 15a.205 Educational institutions and other entities controlled by religious organizations. 15a.210 Military and merchant marine educational institutions. 15a.215 Membership practices of certain organizations. 15a.220 Admissions. 15a.225 Educational institutions eligible to submit transition plans. 15a.230 Transition plans. 15a.235 Statutory amendments. Subpart C—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Admission and Recruitment Prohibited 15a.300 Admission. 15a.305 Preference in admission. 15a.310 Recruitment. Subpart D—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Prohibited 15a.400 Education programs or activities. 15a.405 Housing. 15a.410 Comparable facilities. 15a.415 Access to course offerings. 15a.420 Access to schools operated by LEAs. 15a.425 Counseling and use of appraisal and counseling materials. 15a.430 Financial assistance. 15a.435 Employment assistance to students. 15a.440 Health and insurance benefits and services. 15a.445 Marital or parental status. 15a.450 Athletics. 15a.455 Textbooks and curricular material. Subpart E—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Employment in Education Programs or Activities Prohibited 15a.500 Employment. 15a.505 Employment criteria. 15a.510 Recruitment. 15a.515 Compensation. 15a.520 Job classification and structure. 15a.525 Fringe benefits. 15a.530 Marital or parental status. 15a.535 Effect of state or local law or other requirements. 15a.540 Advertising. 15a.545 Pre-employment inquiries. 15a.550 Sex as a bona fide occupational qualification. Subpart F—Other Provisions 15a.605 Enforcement procedures. Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688; 42 U.S.C. 7101 *et seq.;* and 50 U.S.C. 2401 *et seq.* Subpart A—Introduction § 15a.100 Purpose. The purpose of this part is to effectuate Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (except sections 904 and 906 of those Amendments) (20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688), which is designed to eliminate (with certain exceptions) discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, whether or not such program or activity is offered or sponsored by an educational institution as defined in this part. § 15a.105 Definitions. As used in this part, the term: *Administratively separate unit* means a school, department, or college of an educational institution (other than a local educational agency) admission to which is independent of admission to any other component of such institution. *Admission* means selection for part-time, full-time, special, associate, transfer, exchange, or any other enrollment, membership, or matriculation in or at an education program or activity operated by a recipient. *Applicant* means one who submits an application, request, or plan required to be approved by an official of the Federal agency that awards Federal financial assistance, or by a recipient, as a condition to becoming a recipient. *Designated agency official* means the Secretary of Agriculture or any officer or employees of the Department to whom the Secretary has heretofore delegated, or to whom the Secretary may hereafter delegate, the authority to act for the Secretary under the regulations in this part. *Educational institution* means a local educational agency
(LEA)as defined by 20 U.S.C. 8801(18), a preschool, a private elementary or secondary school, or an applicant or recipient that is an institution of graduate higher education, an institution of undergraduate higher education, an institution of professional education, or an institution of vocational education, as defined in this section. *Federal financial assistance* means any of the following, when authorized or extended under a law administered by the Federal agency that awards such assistance:
(1)A grant or loan of Federal financial assistance, including funds made available for:
(i)The acquisition, construction, renovation, restoration, or repair of a building or facility or any portion thereof; and
(ii)Scholarships, loans, grants, wages, or other funds extended to any entity for payment to or on behalf of students admitted to that entity, or extended directly to such students for payment to that entity.
(2)A grant of Federal real or personal property or any interest therein, including surplus property, and the proceeds of the sale or transfer of such property, if the Federal share of the fair market value of the property is not, upon such sale or transfer, properly accounted for to the Federal Government.
(3)Provision of the services of Federal personnel.
(4)Sale or lease of Federal property or any interest therein at nominal consideration, or at consideration reduced for the purpose of assisting the recipient or in recognition of public interest to be served thereby, or permission to use Federal property or any interest therein without consideration.
(5)Any other contract, agreement, or arrangement that has as one of its purposes the provision of assistance to any education program or activity, except a contract of insurance or guaranty. *Institution of graduate higher education* means an institution that:
(1)Offers academic study beyond the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, whether or not leading to a certificate of any higher degree in the liberal arts and sciences;
(2)Awards any degree in a professional field beyond the first professional degree (regardless of whether the first professional degree in such field is awarded by an institution of undergraduate higher education or professional education); or
(3)Awards no degree and offers no further academic study, but operates ordinarily for the purpose of facilitating research by persons who have received the highest graduate degree in any field of study. *Institution of professional education* means an institution (except any institution of undergraduate higher education) that offers a program of academic study that leads to a first professional degree in a field for which there is a national specialized accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education. *Institution of undergraduate higher education* means:
(1)An institution offering at least two but less than four years of college level study beyond the high school level, leading to a diploma or an associate degree, or wholly or principally creditable toward a baccalaureate degree; or
(2)An institution offering academic study leading to a baccalaureate degree; or
(3)An agency or body that certifies credentials or offers degrees, but that may or may not offer academic study. *Institution of vocational education* means a school or institution (except an institution of professional or graduate or undergraduate higher education) that has as its primary purpose preparation of students to pursue a technical, skilled, or semiskilled occupation or trade, or to pursue study in a technical field, whether or not the school or institution offers certificates, diplomas, or degrees and whether or not it offers full-time study. *Recipient* means any State or political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof, any public or private agency, institution, or organization, or other entity, or any person, to whom Federal financial assistance is extended directly or through another recipient and that operates an education program or activity that receives such assistance, including any subunit, successor, assignee, or transferee thereof. *Student* means a person who has gained admission. *Title IX* means Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-318, 86 Stat. 235, 373 (codified as amended at 20 U.S.C. 1681-1688) (except sections 904 and 906 thereof), as amended by section 3 of Public Law 93-568, 88 Stat. 1855, by section 412 of the Education Amendments of 1976, Public Law 94-482, 90 Stat. 2234, and by Section 3 of Public Law 100-259, 102 Stat. 28, 28-29 (20 U.S.C. 1681, 1682, 1683, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688). *Transition plan* means a plan subject to the approval of the Secretary of Education pursuant to section 901(a)(2) of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(2), under which an educational institution operates in making the transition from being an educational institution that admits only students of one sex to being one that admits students of both sexes without discrimination. § 15a.110 Remedial and affirmative action and self-evaluation.
(a)*Remedial action.* If the designated agency official finds that a recipient has discriminated against persons on the basis of sex in an education program or activity, such recipient shall take such remedial action as the designated agency official deems necessary to overcome the effects of such discrimination.
(b)*Affirmative action.* In the absence of a finding of discrimination on the basis of sex in an education program or activity, a recipient may take affirmative action consistent with law to overcome the effects of conditions that resulted in limited participation therein by persons of a particular sex. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted to alter any affirmative action obligations that a recipient may have under Executive Order 11246, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339; as amended by Executive Order 11375, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 684; as amended by Executive Order 11478, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 803; as amended by Executive Order 12086, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 230; as amended by Executive Order 12107, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 264.
(c)*Self-evaluation.* Each recipient education institution shall, within one year of the effective date of this part:
(1)Evaluate, in terms of the requirements of this part, its current policies and practices and the effects thereof concerning admission of students, treatment of students, and employment of both academic and nonacademic personnel working in connection with the recipient's education program or activity;
(2)Modify any of these policies and practices that do not or may not meet the requirements of this part; and
(3)Take appropriate remedial steps to eliminate the effects of any discrimination that resulted or may have resulted from adherence to these policies and practices.
(d)*Availability of self-evaluation and related materials.* Recipients shall maintain on file for at least three years following completion of the evaluation required under paragraph
(c)of this section, and shall provide to the designated agency official upon request, a description of any modifications made pursuant to paragraph (c)(2) of this section and of any remedial steps taken pursuant to paragraph (c)(3) of this section. § 15a.115 Assurance required.
(a)*General.* Either at the application stage or the award stage, Federal agencies must ensure that applications for Federal financial assistance or awards of Federal financial assistance contain, be accompanied by, or be covered by a specifically identified assurance from the applicant or recipient, satisfactory to the designated agency official, that each education program or activity operated by the applicant or recipient and to which this part applies will be operated in compliance with this part. An assurance of compliance with this part shall not be satisfactory to the designated agency official if the applicant or recipient to whom such assurance applies fails to commit itself to take whatever remedial action is necessary in accordance with § 15a.110(a) to eliminate existing discrimination on the basis of sex or to eliminate the effects of past discrimination whether occurring prior to or subsequent to the submission to the designated agency official of such assurance.
(b)*Duration of obligation.*
(1)In the case of Federal financial assistance extended to provide real property 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 real property or structures are used to provide an education program or activity.
(2)In the case of Federal financial assistance extended to provide personal property, such assurance shall obligate the recipient for the period during which it retains ownership or possession of the property.
(3)In all other cases such assurance shall obligate the recipient for the period during which Federal financial assistance is extended.
(c)*Form.*
(1)The assurances required by paragraph
(a)of this section, which may be included as part of a document that addresses other assurances or obligations, shall include that the applicant or recipient will comply with all applicable Federal statutes relating to nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1681-1683, 1685-1688).
(2)The designated agency official will specify the extent to which such assurances will be required of the applicant's or recipient's subgrantees, contractors, subcontractors, transferees, or successors in interest. § 15a.120 Transfers of property. If a recipient sells or otherwise transfers property financed in whole or in part with Federal financial assistance to a transferee that operates any education program or activity, and the Federal share of the fair market value of the property is not upon such sale or transfer properly accounted for to the Federal Government, both the transferor and the transferee shall be deemed to be recipients, subject to the provisions of §§ 15a.205 through 15a.235(a). § 15a.125 Effect of other requirements.
(a)*Effect of other Federal provisions.* The obligations imposed by this part are independent of, and do not alter, obligations not to discriminate on the basis of sex imposed by Executive Order 11246, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339; as amended by Executive Order 11375, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 684; as amended by Executive Order 11478, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 803; as amended by Executive Order 12087, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 230; as amended by Executive Order 12107, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 264; sections 704 and 855 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295m, 298b-2); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e *et seq.* ); the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (29 U.S.C. 206); and any other Act of Congress or Federal regulation.
(b)*Effect of State or local law or other requirements.* The obligation to comply with this part is not obviated or alleviated by any State or local law or other requirement that would render any applicant or student ineligible, or limit the eligibility of any applicant or student, on the basis of sex, to practice any occupation or profession.
(c)*Effect of rules or regulations of private organizations.* The obligation to comply with this part is not obviated or alleviated by any rule or regulation of any organization, club, athletic or other league, or association that would render any applicant or student ineligible to participate or limit the eligibility or participation of any applicant or student, on the basis of sex, in any education program or activity operated by a recipient and that receives Federal financial assistance. § 15a.130 Effect of employment opportunities. The obligation to comply with this part is not obviated or alleviated because employment opportunities in any occupation or profession are or may be more limited for members of one sex than for members of the other sex. § 15a.135 Designation of responsible employee and adoption of grievance procedures.
(a)*Designation of responsible employee.* Each recipient shall designate at least one employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under this part, including any investigation of any complaint communicated to such recipient alleging its noncompliance with this part or alleging any actions that would be prohibited by this part. The recipient shall notify all its students and employees of the name, office address, and telephone number of the employee or employees appointed pursuant to this paragraph.
(b)*Complaint procedure of recipient.* A recipient shall adopt and publish grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints alleging any action that would be prohibited by this part. § 15a.140 Dissemination of policy.
(a)*Notification of policy.*
(1)Each recipient shall implement specific and continuing steps to notify applicants for admission and employment, students and parents of elementary and secondary school students, employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and employment, and all unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the recipient, that it does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational programs or activities that it operates, and that it is required by Title IX and this part not to discriminate in such a manner. Such notification shall contain such information, and be made in such manner, as the designated agency official finds necessary to apprise such persons of the protections against discrimination assured them by Title IX and this part, but shall state at least that the requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to employment therein, and to admission thereto unless §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 do not apply to the recipient, and that inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and this part to such recipient may be referred to the employee designated pursuant to § 15a.135, or to the designated agency official.
(2)Each recipient shall make the initial notification required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section within 90 days of the date this part first applies to such recipient, which notification shall include publication in:
(i)Newspapers and magazines operated by such recipient or by student, alumnae, or alumni groups for or in connection with such recipient; and
(ii)Memoranda or other written communications distributed to every student and employee of such recipient.
(b)*Publications.*
(1)Each recipient shall prominently include a statement of the policy described in paragraph
(a)of this section in each announcement, bulletin, catalog, or application form that it makes available to any person of a type, described in paragraph
(a)of this section, or which is otherwise used in connection with the recruitment of students or employees.
(2)A recipient shall not use or distribute a publication of the type described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section that suggests, by text or illustration, that such recipient treats applicants, students, or employees differently on the basis of sex except as such treatment is permitted by this part.
(c)*Distribution.* Each recipient shall distribute without discrimination on the basis of sex each publication described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, and shall apprise each of its admission and employment recruitment representatives of the policy of nondiscrimination described in paragraph
(a)of this section, and shall require such representatives to adhere to such policy. Subpart B—Coverage § 15a.200 Application. Except as provided in §§ 15a.205 through 15a.235(a), this part applies to every recipient and to each education program or activity operated by such recipient that receives Federal financial assistance. § 15a.205 Educational institutions and other entities controlled by religious organizations.
(a)*Exemption.* This part does not apply to any operation of an educational institution or other entity that is controlled by a religious organization to the extent that application of this part would not be consistent with the religious tenets of such organization.
(b)*Exemption claims.* An educational institution or other entity that wishes to claim the exemption set forth in paragraph
(a)of this section shall do so by submitting in writing to the designated agency official a statement by the highest-ranking official of the institution, identifying the provisions of this part that conflict with a specific tenet of the religious organization. § 15a.210 Military and merchant marine educational institutions. This part does not apply to an educational institution whose primary purpose is the training of individuals for a military service of the United States or for the merchant marine. § 15a.215 Membership practices of certain organizations.
(a)*Social fraternities and sororities.* This part does not apply to the membership practices of social fraternities and sororities that are exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. 501(a), the active membership of which consists primarily of students in attendance at institutions of higher education.
(b)*YMCA, YWCA, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire Girls.* This part does not apply to the membership practices of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, and Camp Fire Girls.
(c)*Voluntary youth service organizations.* This part does not apply to the membership practices of a voluntary youth service organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. 501(a), and the membership of which has been traditionally limited to members of one sex and principally to persons of less than nineteen years of age. § 15a.220 Admissions.
(a)Admissions to educational institutions prior to June 24, 1973, are not covered by this part.
(b)*Administratively separate units.* For the purposes only of this section, §§ 15a.225 and 15a.230, and §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310, each administratively separate unit shall be deemed to be an educational institution.
(c)*Application of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310.* Except as provided in paragraphs
(d)and
(e)of this section, §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply to each recipient. A recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission or recruitment in violation of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310.
(d)*Educational institutions.* Except as provided in paragraph
(e)of this section as to recipients that are educational institutions, §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply only to institutions of vocational education, professional education, graduate higher education, and public institutions of undergraduate higher education.
(e)*Public institutions of undergraduate higher education.* Sections 15a.300 through 15a.310 do not apply to any public institution of undergraduate higher education that traditionally and continually from its establishment has had a policy of admitting students of only one sex. § 15a.225 Educational institutions eligible to submit transition plans.
(a)*Application.* This section applies to each educational institution to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply that:
(1)Admitted students of only one sex as regular students as of June 23, 1972; or
(2)Admitted students of only one sex as regular students as of June 23, 1965, but thereafter admitted, as regular students, students of the sex not admitted prior to June 23, 1965.
(b)*Provision for transition plans.* An educational institution to which this section applies shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission or recruitment in violation of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310. § 15a.230 Transition plans.
(a)*Submission of plans.* An institution to which § 15a.225 applies and that is composed of more than one administratively separate unit may submit either a single transition plan applicable to all such units, or a separate transition plan applicable to each such unit.
(b)*Content of plans.* In order to be approved by the Secretary of Education, a transition plan shall:
(1)State the name, address, and Federal Interagency Committee on Education Code of the educational institution submitting such plan, the administratively separate units to which the plan is applicable, and the name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom questions concerning the plan may be addressed. The person who submits the plan shall be the chief administrator or president of the institution, or another individual legally authorized to bind the institution to all actions set forth in the plan.
(2)State whether the educational institution or administratively separate unit admits students of both sexes as regular students and, if so, when it began to do so.
(3)Identify and describe with respect to the educational institution or administratively separate unit any obstacles to admitting students without discrimination on the basis of sex.
(4)Describe in detail the steps necessary to eliminate as soon as practicable each obstacle so identified and indicate the schedule for taking these steps and the individual directly responsible for their implementation.
(5)Include estimates of the number of students, by sex, expected to apply for, be admitted to, and enter each class during the period covered by the plan.
(c)*Nondiscrimination.* No policy or practice of a recipient to which § 15a.225 applies shall result in treatment of applicants to or students of such recipient in violation of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 unless such treatment is necessitated by an obstacle identified in paragraph (b)(3) of this section and a schedule for eliminating that obstacle has been provided as required by paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
(d)*Effects of past exclusion.* To overcome the effects of past exclusion of students on the basis of sex, each educational institution to which § 15a.225 applies shall include in its transition plan, and shall implement, specific steps designed to encourage individuals of the previously excluded sex to apply for admission to such institution. Such steps shall include instituting recruitment programs that emphasize the institution's commitment to enrolling students of the sex previously excluded. § 15a.235 Statutory amendments.
(a)This section, which applies to all provisions of this part, addresses statutory amendments to Title IX.
(b)This part shall not apply to or preclude:
(1)Any program or activity of the American Legion undertaken in connection with the organization or operation of any Boys State conference, Boys Nation conference, Girls State conference, or Girls Nation conference;
(2)Any program or activity of a secondary school or educational institution specifically for:
(i)The promotion of any Boys State conference, Boys Nation conference, Girls State conference, or Girls Nation conference; or
(ii)The selection of students to attend any such conference;
(3)Father-son or mother-daughter activities at an educational institution or in an education program or activity, but if such activities are provided for students of one sex, opportunities for reasonably comparable activities shall be provided to students of the other sex;
(4)Any scholarship or other financial assistance awarded by an institution of higher education to an individual because such individual has received such award in a single-sex pageant based upon a combination of factors related to the individual's personal appearance, poise, and talent. The pageant, however, must comply with other nondiscrimination provisions of Federal law.
(c)*Program or activity or program* means:
(1)All of the operations of any entity described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through
(iv)of this section, any part of which is extended Federal financial assistance: (i)(A) A department, agency, special purpose district, or other instrumentality of a State or of a local government; or
(B)The entity of such State or local government that distributes such assistance and each such department or agency (and each other State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, in the case of assistance to a State or local government; (ii)(A) A college, university, or other postsecondary institution, or a public system of higher education; or
(B)A local educational agency (as defined in section 8801 of title 20), system of vocational education, or other school system; (iii)(A) An entire corporation, partnership, or other private organization, or an entire sole proprietorship— ( *1* ) If assistance is extended to such corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or ( *2* ) Which is principally engaged in the business of providing education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and recreation; or
(B)The entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole proprietorship; or
(iv)Any other entity that is established by two or more of the entities described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii), or
(iii)of this section. (2)(i) *Program or activity* does not include any operation of an entity that is controlled by a religious organization if the application of 20 U.S.C. 1681 to such operation would not be consistent with the religious tenets of such organization.
(ii)For example, all of the operations of a college, university, or other postsecondary institution, including but not limited to traditional educational operations, faculty and student housing, campus shuttle bus service, campus restaurants, the bookstore, and other commercial activities are part of a “program or activity” subject to this part if the college, university, or other institution receives Federal financial assistance. (d)(1) Nothing in this part shall be construed to require or prohibit any person, or public or private entity, to provide or pay for any benefit or service, including the use of facilities, related to an abortion. Medical procedures, benefits, services, and the use of facilities, necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman or to address complications related to an abortion are not subject to this section.
(2)Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a penalty to be imposed on any person or individual because such person or individual is seeking or has received any benefit or service related to a legal abortion. Accordingly, subject to paragraph (d)(1) of this section, no person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training, employment, or other educational program or activity operated by a recipient that receives Federal financial assistance because such individual has sought or received, or is seeking, a legal abortion, or any benefit or service related to a legal abortion. Subpart C—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Admission and Recruitment Prohibited § 15a.300 Admission.
(a)*General.* No person shall, on the basis of sex, be denied admission, or be subjected to discrimination in admission, by any recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply, except as provided in §§ 15a.225 and 15a.230.
(b)*Specific prohibitions.*
(1)In determining whether a person satisfies any policy or criterion for admission, or in making any offer of admission, a recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply shall not:
(i)Give preference to one person over another on the basis of sex, by ranking applicants separately on such basis, or otherwise;
(ii)Apply numerical limitations upon the number or proportion of persons of either sex who may be admitted; or
(iii)Otherwise treat one individual differently from another on the basis of sex.
(2)A recipient shall not administer or operate any test or other criterion for admission that has a disproportionately adverse effect on persons on the basis of sex unless the use of such test or criterion is shown to predict validly success in the education program or activity in question and alternative tests or criteria that do not have such a disproportionately adverse effect are shown to be unavailable.
(c)*Prohibitions relating to marital or parental status.* In determining whether a person satisfies any policy or criterion for admission, or in making any offer of admission, a recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply:
(1)Shall not apply any rule concerning the actual or potential parental, family, or marital status of a student or applicant that treats persons differently on the basis of sex;
(2)Shall not discriminate against or exclude any person on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom, or establish or follow any rule or practice that so discriminates or excludes;
(3)Subject to § 15a.235(d), shall treat disabilities related to pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom in the same manner and under the same policies as any other temporary disability or physical condition; and
(4)Shall not make pre-admission inquiry as to the marital status of an applicant for admission, including whether such applicant is “Miss” or “Mrs.” A recipient may make pre-admission inquiry as to the sex of an applicant for admission, but only if such inquiry is made equally of such applicants of both sexes and if the results of such inquiry are not used in connection with discrimination prohibited by this part. § 15a.305 Preference in admission. A recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply shall not give preference to applicants for admission, on the basis of attendance at any educational institution or other school or entity that admits as students only or predominantly members of one sex, if the giving of such preference has the effect of discriminating on the basis of sex in violation of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310. § 15a.310 Recruitment.
(a)*Nondiscriminatory recruitment.* A recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in the recruitment and admission of students. A recipient may be required to undertake additional recruitment efforts for one sex as remedial action pursuant to § 15a.110(a), and may choose to undertake such efforts as affirmative action pursuant to § 15a.110(b).
(b)*Recruitment at certain institutions.* A recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 apply shall not recruit primarily or exclusively at educational institutions, schools, or entities that admit as students only or predominantly members of one sex, if such actions have the effect of discriminating on the basis of sex in violation of §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310. Subpart D—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Prohibited § 15a.400 Education programs or activities.
(a)*General.* Except as provided elsewhere in this part, no person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training, or other education program or activity operated by a recipient that receives Federal financial assistance. Sections 15a.400 through 15a.455 do not apply to actions of a recipient in connection with admission of its students to an education program or activity of a recipient to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 do not apply, or an entity, not a recipient, to which §§ 15a.300 through 15a.310 would not apply if the entity were a recipient.
(b)*Specific prohibitions.* Except as provided in §§ 15a.400 through 15a.455, in providing any aid, benefit, or service to a student, a recipient shall not, on the basis of sex:
(1)Treat one person differently from another in determining whether such person satisfies any requirement or condition for the provision of such aid, benefit, or service;
(2)Provide different aid, benefits, or services or provide aid, benefits, or services in a different manner;
(3)Deny any person any such aid, benefit, or service;
(4)Subject any person to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment;
(5)Apply any rule concerning the domicile or residence of a student or applicant, including eligibility for instate fees and tuition;
(6)Aid or perpetuate discrimination against any person by providing significant assistance to any agency, organization, or person that discriminates on the basis of sex in providing any aid, benefit, or service to students or employees;
(7)Otherwise limit any person in the enjoyment of any right, privilege, advantage, or opportunity.
(c)*Assistance administered by a recipient educational institution to study at a foreign institution.* A recipient educational institution may administer or assist in the administration of scholarships, fellowships, or other awards established by foreign or domestic wills, trusts, or similar legal instruments, or by acts of foreign governments and restricted to members of one sex, that are designed to provide opportunities to study abroad, and that are awarded to students who are already matriculating at or who are graduates of the recipient institution; Provided, that a recipient educational institution that administers or assists in the administration of such scholarships, fellowships, or other awards that are restricted to members of one sex provides, or otherwise makes available, reasonable opportunities for similar studies for members of the other sex. Such opportunities may be derived from either domestic or foreign sources.
(d)*Aids, benefits or services not provided by recipient.*
(1)This paragraph
(d)applies to any recipient that requires participation by any applicant, student, or employee in any education program or activity not operated wholly by such recipient, or that facilitates, permits, or considers such participation as part of or equivalent to an education program or activity operated by such recipient, including participation in educational consortia and cooperative employment and student-teaching assignments.
(2)Such recipient:
(i)Shall develop and implement a procedure designed to assure itself that the operator or sponsor of such other education program or activity takes no action affecting any applicant, student, or employee of such recipient that this part would prohibit such recipient from taking; and
(ii)Shall not facilitate, require, permit, or consider such participation if such action occurs. § 15a.405 Housing.
(a)*Generally.* A recipient shall not, on the basis of sex, apply different rules or regulations, impose different fees or requirements, or offer different services or benefits related to housing, except as provided in this section (including housing provided only to married students).
(b)*Housing provided by recipient.*
(1)A recipient may provide separate housing on the basis of sex.
(2)Housing provided by a recipient to students of one sex, when compared to that provided to students of the other sex, shall be as a whole:
(i)Proportionate in quantity to the number of students of that sex applying for such housing; and
(ii)Comparable in quality and cost to the student.
(c)*Other housing.*
(1)A recipient shall not, on the basis of sex, administer different policies or practices concerning occupancy by its students of housing other than that provided by such recipient. (2)(i) A recipient which, through solicitation, listing, approval of housing, or otherwise, assists any agency, organization, or person in making housing available to any of its students, shall take such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure itself that such housing as is provided to students of one sex, when compared to that provided to students of the other sex, is as a whole:
(A)Proportionate in quantity; and
(B)Comparable in quality and cost to the student.
(ii)A recipient may render such assistance to any agency, organization, or person that provides all or part of such housing to students of only one sex. § 15a.410 Comparable facilities. A recipient may provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex, but such facilities provided for students of one sex shall be comparable to such facilities provided for students of the other sex. § 15a.415 Access to course offerings.
(a)A recipient shall not provide any course or otherwise carry out any of its education program or activity separately on the basis of sex, or require or refuse participation therein by any of its students on such basis, including health, physical education, industrial, business, vocational, technical, home economics, music, and adult education courses. (b)(1) With respect to classes and activities in physical education at the elementary school level, the recipient shall comply fully with this section as expeditiously as possible but in no event later than one year from the effective date of these regulations. With respect to physical education classes and activities at the secondary and post-secondary levels, the recipient shall comply fully with this section as expeditiously as possible but in no event later than three years from the effective date of these regulations.
(2)This section does not prohibit grouping of students in physical education classes and activities by ability as assessed by objective standards of individual performance developed and applied without regard to sex.
(3)This section does not prohibit separation of students by sex within physical education classes or activities during participation in wrestling, boxing, rugby, ice hockey, football, basketball, and other sports the purpose or major activity of which involves bodily contact.
(4)Where use of a single standard of measuring skill or progress in a physical education class has an adverse effect on members of one sex, the recipient shall use appropriate standards that do not have such effect.
(5)Portions of classes in elementary and secondary schools, or portions of education programs or activities, that deal exclusively with human sexuality may be conducted in separate sessions for boys and girls.
(6)Recipients may make requirements based on vocal range or quality that may result in a chorus or choruses of one or predominantly one sex. § 15a.420 Access to schools operated by LEAs. A recipient that is a local educational agency shall not, on the basis of sex, exclude any person from admission to:
(a)Any institution of vocational education operated by such recipient; or
(b)Any other school or educational unit operated by such recipient, unless such recipient otherwise makes available to such person, pursuant to the same policies and criteria of admission, courses, services, and facilities comparable to each course, service, and facility offered in or through such schools. § 15a.425 Counseling and use of appraisal and counseling materials.
(a)*Counseling.* A recipient shall not discriminate against any person on the basis of sex in the counseling or guidance of students or applicants for admission.
(b)*Use of appraisal and counseling materials.* A recipient that uses testing or other materials for appraising or counseling students shall not use different materials for students on the basis of their sex or use materials that permit or require different treatment of students on such basis unless such different materials cover the same occupations and interest areas and the use of such different materials is shown to be essential to eliminate sex bias. Recipients shall develop and use internal procedures for ensuring that such materials do not discriminate on the basis of sex. Where the use of a counseling test or other instrument results in a substantially disproportionate number of members of one sex in any particular course of study or classification, the recipient shall take such action as is necessary to assure itself that such disproportion is not the result of discrimination in the instrument or its application.
(c)*Disproportion in classes.* Where a recipient finds that a particular class contains a substantially disproportionate number of individuals of one sex, the recipient shall take such action as is necessary to assure itself that such disproportion is not the result of discrimination on the basis of sex in counseling or appraisal materials or by counselors. § 15a.430 Financial assistance.
(a)*General.* Except as provided in paragraphs
(b)and
(c)of this section, in providing financial assistance to any of its students, a recipient shall not:
(1)On the basis of sex, provide different amounts or types of such assistance, limit eligibility for such assistance that is of any particular type or source, apply different criteria, or otherwise discriminate;
(2)Through solicitation, listing, approval, provision of facilities, or other services, assist any foundation, trust, agency, organization, or person that provides assistance to any of such recipient's students in a manner that discriminates on the basis of sex; or
(3)Apply any rule or assist in application of any rule concerning eligibility for such assistance that treats persons of one sex differently from persons of the other sex with regard to marital or parental status.
(b)*Financial aid established by certain legal instruments.*
(1)A recipient may administer or assist in the administration of scholarships, fellowships, or other forms of financial assistance established pursuant to domestic or foreign wills, trusts, bequests, or similar legal instruments or by acts of a foreign government that require that awards be made to members of a particular sex specified therein; Provided, that the overall effect of the award of such sex-restricted scholarships, fellowships, and other forms of financial assistance does not discriminate on the basis of sex.
(2)To ensure nondiscriminatory awards of assistance as required in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, recipients shall develop and use procedures under which:
(i)Students are selected for award of financial assistance on the basis of nondiscriminatory criteria and not on the basis of availability of funds restricted to members of a particular sex;
(ii)An appropriate sex-restricted scholarship, fellowship, or other form of financial assistance is allocated to each student selected under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section; and
(iii)No student is denied the award for which he or she was selected under paragraph (b)(2)(i) of this section because of the absence of a scholarship, fellowship, or other form of financial assistance designated for a member of that student's sex.
(c)*Athletic scholarships.*
(1)To the extent that a recipient awards athletic scholarships or grants-in-aid, it must provide reasonable opportunities for such awards for members of each sex in proportion to the number of students of each sex participating in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics.
(2)A recipient may provide separate athletic scholarships or grants-in-aid for members of each sex as part of separate athletic teams for members of each sex to the extent consistent with this paragraph
(c)and § 15a.450. § 15a.435 Employment assistance to students.
(a)*Assistance by recipient in making available outside employment.* A recipient that assists any agency, organization, or person in making employment available to any of its students:
(1)Shall assure itself that such employment is made available without discrimination on the basis of sex; and
(2)Shall not render such services to any agency, organization, or person that discriminates on the basis of sex in its employment practices.
(b)*Employment of students by recipients.* A recipient that employs any of its students shall not do so in a manner that violates §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550. § 15a.440 Health and insurance benefits and services. Subject to § 15a.235(d), in providing a medical, hospital, accident, or life insurance benefit, service, policy, or plan to any of its students, a recipient shall not discriminate on the basis of sex, or provide such benefit, service, policy, or plan in a manner that would violate §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550 if it were provided to employees of the recipient. This section shall not prohibit a recipient from providing any benefit or service that may be used by a different proportion of students of one sex than of the other, including family planning services. However, any recipient that provides full coverage health service shall provide gynecological care. § 15a.445 Marital or parental status.
(a)*Status generally.* A recipient shall not apply any rule concerning a student's actual or potential parental, family, or marital status that treats students differently on the basis of sex.
(b)*Pregnancy and related conditions.*
(1)A recipient shall not discriminate against any student, or exclude any student from its education program or activity, including any class or extracurricular activity, on the basis of such student's pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom, unless the student requests voluntarily to participate in a separate portion of the program or activity of the recipient.
(2)A recipient may require such a student to obtain the certification of a physician that the student is physically and emotionally able to continue participation as long as such a certification is required of all students for other physical or emotional conditions requiring the attention of a physician.
(3)A recipient that operates a portion of its education program or activity separately for pregnant students, admittance to which is completely voluntary on the part of the student as provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, shall ensure that the separate portion is comparable to that offered to non-pregnant students.
(4)Subject to § 15a.235(d), a recipient shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy and recovery therefrom in the same manner and under the same policies as any other temporary disability with respect to any medical or hospital benefit, service, plan, or policy that such recipient administers, operates, offers, or participates in with respect to students admitted to the recipient's educational program or activity.
(5)In the case of a recipient that does not maintain a leave policy for its students, or in the case of a student who does not otherwise qualify for leave under such a policy, a recipient shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, and recovery therefrom as a justification for a leave of absence for as long a period of time as is deemed medically necessary by the student's physician, at the conclusion of which the student shall be reinstated to the status that she held when the leave began. § 15a.450 Athletics.
(a)*General.* No person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be treated differently from another person, or otherwise be discriminated against in any interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, or intramural athletics offered by a recipient, and no recipient shall provide any such athletics separately on such basis.
(b)*Separate teams.* Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph
(a)of this section, a recipient may operate or sponsor separate teams for members of each sex where selection for such teams is based upon competitive skill or the activity involved is a contact sport. However, where a recipient operates or sponsors a team in a particular sport for members of one sex but operates or sponsors no such team for members of the other sex, and athletic opportunities for members of that sex have previously been limited, members of the excluded sex must be allowed to try out for the team offered unless the sport involved is a contact sport. For the purposes of this part, contact sports include boxing, wrestling, rugby, ice hockey, football, basketball, and other sports the purpose or major activity of which involves bodily contact.
(c)*Equal opportunity.*
(1)A recipient that operates or sponsors interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, or intramural athletics shall provide equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes. In determining whether equal opportunities are available, the designated agency official will consider, among other factors:
(i)Whether the selection of sports and levels of competition effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of members of both sexes;
(ii)The provision of equipment and supplies;
(iii)Scheduling of games and practice time;
(iv)Travel and per diem allowance;
(v)Opportunity to receive coaching and academic tutoring;
(vi)Assignment and compensation of coaches and tutors;
(vii)Provision of locker rooms, practice, and competitive facilities;
(viii)Provision of medical and training facilities and services;
(ix)Provision of housing and dining facilities and services;
(x)Publicity.
(2)For purposes of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, unequal aggregate expenditures for members of each sex or unequal expenditures for male and female teams if a recipient operates or sponsors separate teams will not constitute noncompliance with this section, but the designated agency official may consider the failure to provide necessary funds for teams for one sex in assessing equality of opportunity for members of each sex.
(d)*Adjustment period.* A recipient that operates or sponsors interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, or intramural athletics at the elementary school level shall comply fully with this section as expeditiously as possible but in no event later than one year from the effective date of these regulations. A recipient that operates or sponsors interscholastic, intercollegiate, club, or intramural athletics at the secondary or postsecondary school level shall comply fully with this section as expeditiously as possible but in no event later than three years from the effective date of these regulations. § 15a.455 Textbooks and curricular material. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted as requiring or prohibiting or abridging in any way the use of particular textbooks or curricular materials. Subpart E—Discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Employment in Education Programs or Activities Prohibited § 15a.500 Employment.
(a)*General.*
(1)No person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in employment, or recruitment, consideration, or selection therefor, whether full-time or part-time, under any education program or activity operated by a recipient that receives Federal financial assistance.
(2)A recipient shall make all employment decisions in any education program or activity operated by such recipient in a nondiscriminatory manner and shall not limit, segregate, or classify applicants or employees in any way that could adversely affect any applicant's or employee's employment opportunities or status because of sex.
(3)A recipient shall not enter into any contractual or other relationship which directly or indirectly has the effect of subjecting employees or students to discrimination prohibited by §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550, including relationships with employment and referral agencies, with labor unions, and with organizations providing or administering fringe benefits to employees of the recipient.
(4)A recipient shall not grant preferences to applicants for employment on the basis of attendance at any educational institution or entity that admits as students only or predominantly members of one sex, if the giving of such preferences has the effect of discriminating on the basis of sex in violation of this part.
(b)*Application.* The provisions of §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550 apply to:
(1)Recruitment, advertising, and the process of application for employment;
(2)Hiring, upgrading, promotion, consideration for and award of tenure, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, application of nepotism policies, right of return from layoff, and rehiring;
(3)Rates of pay or any other form of compensation, and changes in compensation;
(4)Job assignments, classifications, and structure, including position descriptions, lines of progression, and seniority lists;
(5)The terms of any collective bargaining agreement;
(6)Granting and return from leaves of absence, leave for pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, leave for persons of either sex to care for children or dependents, or any other leave;
(7)Fringe benefits available by virtue of employment, whether or not administered by the recipient;
(8)Selection and financial support for training, including apprenticeship, professional meetings, conferences, and other related activities, selection for tuition assistance, selection for sabbaticals and leaves of absence to pursue training;
(9)Employer-sponsored activities, including social or recreational programs; and
(10)Any other term, condition, or privilege of employment. § 15a.505 Employment criteria. A recipient shall not administer or operate any test or other criterion for any employment opportunity that has a disproportionately adverse effect on persons on the basis of sex unless:
(a)Use of such test or other criterion is shown to predict validly successful performance in the position in question; and
(b)Alternative tests or criteria for such purpose, which do not have such disproportionately adverse effect, are shown to be unavailable. § 15a.510 Recruitment.
(a)*Nondiscriminatory recruitment and hiring.* A recipient shall not discriminate on the basis of sex in the recruitment and hiring of employees. Where a recipient has been found to be presently discriminating on the basis of sex in the recruitment or hiring of employees, or has been found to have so discriminated in the past, the recipient shall recruit members of the sex so discriminated against so as to overcome the effects of such past or present discrimination.
(b)*Recruitment patterns.* A recipient shall not recruit primarily or exclusively at entities that furnish as applicants only or predominantly members of one sex if such actions have the effect of discriminating on the basis of sex in violation of §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550. § 15a.515 Compensation. A recipient shall not make or enforce any policy or practice that, on the basis of sex:
(a)Makes distinctions in rates of pay or other compensation;
(b)Results in the payment of wages to employees of one sex at a rate less than that paid to employees of the opposite sex for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions. § 15a.520 Job classification and structure. A recipient shall not:
(a)Classify a job as being for males or for females;
(b)Maintain or establish separate lines of progression, seniority lists, career ladders, or tenure systems based on sex; or
(c)Maintain or establish separate lines of progression, seniority systems, career ladders, or tenure systems for similar jobs, position descriptions, or job requirements that classify persons on the basis of sex, unless sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for the positions in question as set forth in § 15a.550. § 15a.525 Fringe benefits.
(a)*“Fringe benefits” defined.* For purposes of this part, fringe benefits means: Any medical, hospital, accident, life insurance, or retirement benefit, service, policy or plan, any profit-sharing or bonus plan, leave, and any other benefit or service of employment not subject to the provision of § 15a.515.
(b)*Prohibitions.* A recipient shall not:
(1)Discriminate on the basis of sex with regard to making fringe benefits available to employees or make fringe benefits available to spouses, families, or dependents of employees differently upon the basis of the employee's sex;
(2)Administer, operate, offer, or participate in a fringe benefit plan that does not provide for equal periodic benefits for members of each sex and for equal contributions to the plan by such recipient for members of each sex; or
(3)Administer, operate, offer, or participate in a pension or retirement plan that establishes different optional or compulsory retirement ages based on sex or that otherwise discriminates in benefits on the basis of sex. § 15a.530 Marital or parental status.
(a)*General.* A recipient shall not apply any policy or take any employment action:
(1)Concerning the potential marital, parental, or family status of an employee or applicant for employment that treats persons differently on the basis of sex; or
(2)Which is based upon whether an employee or applicant for employment is the head of household or principal wage earner in such employee's or applicant's family unit.
(b)*Pregnancy.* A recipient shall not discriminate against or exclude from employment any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom.
(c)*Pregnancy as a temporary disability.* Subject to § 15a.235(d), a recipient shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, recovery therefrom, and any temporary disability resulting therefrom as any other temporary disability for all job-related purposes, including commencement, duration, and extensions of leave, payment of disability income, accrual of seniority and any other benefit or service, and reinstatement, and under any fringe benefit offered to employees by virtue of employment.
(d)*Pregnancy leave.* In the case of a recipient that does not maintain a leave policy for its employees, or in the case of an employee with insufficient leave or accrued employment time to qualify for leave under such a policy, a recipient shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, and recovery therefrom as a justification for a leave of absence without pay for a reasonable period of time, at the conclusion of which the employee shall be reinstated to the status that she held when the leave began or to a comparable position, without decrease in rate of compensation or loss of promotional opportunities, or any other right or privilege of employment. § 15a.535 Effect of state or local law or other requirements.
(a)*Prohibitory requirements.* The obligation to comply with §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550 is not obviated or alleviated by the existence of any State or local law or other requirement that imposes prohibitions or limits upon employment of members of one sex that are not imposed upon members of the other sex.
(b)*Benefits.* A recipient that provides any compensation, service, or benefit to members of one sex pursuant to a State or local law or other requirement shall provide the same compensation, service, or benefit to members of the other sex. § 15a.540 Advertising. A recipient shall not in any advertising related to employment indicate preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sex unless sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for the particular job in question. § 15a.545 Pre-employment inquiries.
(a)*Marital status.* A recipient shall not make pre-employment inquiry as to the marital status of an applicant for employment, including whether such applicant is “Miss” or “Mrs.”
(b)*Sex.* A recipient may make pre-employment inquiry as to the sex of an applicant for employment, but only if such inquiry is made equally of such applicants of both sexes and if the results of such inquiry are not used in connection with discrimination prohibited by this part. § 15a.550 Sex as a bona fide occupational qualification. A recipient may take action otherwise prohibited by §§ 15a.500 through 15a.550 provided it is shown that sex is a bona fide occupational qualification for that action, such that consideration of sex with regard to such action is essential to successful operation of the employment function concerned. A recipient shall not take action pursuant to this section that is based upon alleged comparative employment characteristics or stereotyped characterizations of one or the other sex, or upon preference based on sex of the recipient, employees, students, or other persons, but nothing contained in this section shall prevent a recipient from considering an employee's sex in relation to employment in a locker room or toilet facility used only by members of one sex. Subpart F—Other Provisions § 15a.605 Enforcement procedures. The procedural provisions applicable to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) are hereby adopted and applied to this part. These procedures may be found at 7 CFR 15.5-15.11 and 15.60-15.143. Dated: September 25, 2017. Sonny Perdue, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-20869 Filed 10-5-17; 8:45 am]
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