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ATTACHMENT K Contract Provisions All contracts awarded by a recipient, including small purchases, shall contain the following provisions as applicable : 1 . Equal Employment Opportunity - All contracts shall contain a provision requiring compliance with Executive Order (E .O .) 11246, "Equal Employment Opportunity, " as amended by E. O . 11375 , "Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity, " and as supplemented by regulations at 41 CFR part 60, "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor. " 2. Copeland " Anti-Kickback" Act (18 U.S.C. 874 and 40 U.S.C. 276c) - All contracts and subgrants in excess of $2000 for construction or repair awarded by recipients and subrecipients shall include a provision for compliance with the Copeland "Anti-Kickback" Act ( 18 U . S .C . 874), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR part 3 , "Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States" ) . The Act provides that each contractor or subrecipient shall be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he is otherwise entitled . The recipient shall report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency . 3. Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a to a-7) - When required by Federal program legislation, all construction contracts awarded by the recipients and subrecipients of more than $2000 shall include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U . S .C . 276a to a4) and as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR part 5 , "Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing Federally Financed and Assisted Construction"). Under this Act, contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of Labor. In addition, contractors shall be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The recipient shall place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation and the award of a contract shall be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination . The recipient shall report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency . EPA does not consider work performed under the 319 grants to fall under the definition of construction. Therefore, this provision does not apply to this specific Agreement. 4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327=333) - Where applicable, all contracts awarded by recipients in excess of $2000 for construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U . S .C . 327-333 ), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR part 5 ). Under Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours . Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than 1 '/2 times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. Section 107 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous . These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence . 5. Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement - Contracts or agreements for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work shall provide for the rights of the Federal Government and the recipient in any resulting invention in accordance with 37 CFR part 401 , "Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, DEP Agreement No . G0353 , Attachment K, Page 1 of 4