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394 5. To assist and cooperate actively with the Farmers Home Administration and the Secretary in obtaining the compliance of contractors and subcontractors with the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause and the said rules, regulations, and orders, to obtain and furnish to the Farmers Home Administration and the Secretary, Form AD-560, Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities, to submit the Monthly Manpower Utilization Report, Optional Form 66, as required and such other information as they may require for the supervision of such compliance, and to otherwise assist the Farmers Home Administration in the discharge of its primary responsibility for securing compliance. 6. To refrain from entering into any contract, or extension or other modification of a contract, subject to such Executive Order with a contractor debarred from Government contracts or federally assisted construction contracts pursuant to Part II, Subpart D, of such Executive Order or to prior authority; and to carry out such sanctions and penalties for violation of the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause as may be imposed upon contractors and subcontractors by the Farmers Home Administration or the Secretary pursuant to such Subpart D. 7. That if Recipient fails or refuses to comply with these undertakings, the Farmers Home Administration may take any or all of the following actions: (a) cancel, terminate, or suspend said financial assistance in whole or in part; (b) refrain from extending any further assistance under the program involved until satisfactory assurance of future compliance has been received from Recipient; and (c) refer,the case to the Office of Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Agriculture for appropriate action. Witness the due execution hereof by Recipient on this, the date first above written. (ICORPORATE SEAL) Recipient Attest: /s/ Frankie F. Small Clerk Recipient THE COUNTY OF CABARRUS Name of Corporate Recipient By /s/ J. Harold Nash Chairman, Board of Commissioners USDA-FmHA Form FmHA 400-4 (Rev. 8-29-79) ASSURANCE AGREEMENT (Under Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964) The COUNTY OF CABARRUS, P. O. Box 707, Concord, North Carolina 28025, (;!Recipient" herein) hereby assures the U. S. Department of Agriculture that Recipient is in compliance with and will continue to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 USC 2000d et. seq.), 7 CFR Part 15, and Farmers Home Administration regulations promulgated thereunder, 7 C.F.R. §1901.202. In accordance with that Act and the regulations referred to above, Recipient agrees that in connection with any program or activity for which Recipient receives Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined in 7 C.F.R. §14.2) no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination. Recipient agrees that any transfer of any aided facility, other than personal property, by sale, lease or other conveyance of contract, shall be, and shall be made expressly, subject to the obli- gations of this agreement and transferee's assumption thereof. Recipient shall: (a) Keep such records and submit t~o the Government such timely, complete, and accurate information as the Government may determine to be necessary to ascertain our/my compliance with this agreement and the regulations. (b) Permit access by authorized employees of the Farmers Home Administration or the U.S. Department of Agriculture during normal business hours to such books, records, accounts and other sources of information and its facilities as may be pertinent to ascertaining such compliance.