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8 <br /> "Section 3" Compliance in the Provision of Training, Employment and <br /> Business Opportunities <br /> a. The work to be performed under this contract is on a project assisted <br /> under a program providing direct Federal financial assistance from the <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to the require- <br /> ments of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as <br /> amended, 12 U.S. C. 1701u. Section 3 requires that to the greatest extent <br /> feasible opportunities for training and employment be given lower income <br /> residents of the project areas\ and contracts for work in connection with <br /> the project be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned <br /> in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project. <br /> b. The parties to this contract will comply with the provisions of said <br /> Section 3 and the regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Secretary of <br /> Housing and Urban Development set forth in 24 CFR 135, and all applicable <br /> rules and orders of the Department issued thereunder prior to the <br /> execution of this contract. The parties to this contract certify and <br /> agree that they are under no contractual or other disability which would <br /> prevent them from complying with these requirements. <br /> c. The contractor will send to each labor organization or representative of <br /> workers with which he has a collective bargaining agreement or other <br /> contract or understanding, if any, a notice advising the said labor <br /> organization or workers representative of his commitments under this <br /> Section 3 clause and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places <br /> available to employees and applicants for employment and training. <br /> d. The contractor will include this Section 3 clause in every subcontract for <br /> work in connection with the project and will, at the direction of the <br /> applicant for or recipient of Federal financial assistance, take <br /> appropriate action pursuant to the subcontract upon a finding that the <br /> subcontractor is in violation of regulations issued by the Secretary of <br /> Housing and Urban Development, 24 CFR Part 135. The contractor will not <br /> subcontract with any subcontractor where it has notice or .knowledge that <br /> the latter has been found in violation of regulations under 24 CFR Part <br /> 135 and will not let any subcontract unless the subcontractor has first <br /> provided it with a preliminary statement of ability to comply with the <br /> requirements of these regulations. <br /> e. Compliance with the provisions of Section 3, the regulations set forth <br /> in 24 CFR Part 135, and all applicable rules and orders of the Department <br /> issued hereunder prior to the execution of the contract, shall be a <br /> conditions of the federal financial assistance provided to the project, <br /> binding upon the applicant or recipient for such assistance, its <br /> successors and assigns. Failure to fulfill these requirements shall <br /> subject the applicant or recipient, its contractors and subcontractors, <br /> its successors or assigns to those santions specified by the grant or <br /> loan agreement of contract through which federal assistance is provided, <br /> and to such sancitons as are specified by 24 CFR Part 135. <br />