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14 from Federal. Financial Assistance (UMTA 504 Regulations) ; These regulations, which implement section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, require that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall solely by reason of his or her handicap, be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Transportation. 1.6.8 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Recipients of money from this federal grant may not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex, and are required to develop and Affirmative Action Plan for the unit of government and make a good faith effort to identify, train, and/or hire lower-income residents of the project area. 1.6.9 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Affirmative Action Guidelines: These guidelines express EEOC's support in providing protection against claims of discrimination for employers who adopt a written affirmative action plan. 1.6. 10 Uniform Guidelines of Employee Selection Procedures: A set of guidelines were issued jointly by EEOC, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Treasury Department to assist employers in complying with Federal law prohibiting employment practices which discriminate on grounds of race, color, re- , ligion, sex, and national origin. 1. 1. 11 Pregnancy Disability Amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: This amendment prohibits discrimination because of pregnancy and: -requires employers to treat pregnancy and childbirth the same as other disabilities; -prohibits terminating or refusing to hire or promote a woman solely because she is pregnant; -bars arbitrary and/or mandatory leave for pregnant women which is not based on ability to work; and -protects reinstatement rights of women on leave for pregnancy related reasons. 8.0 RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION 2. 1 PURPOSE: