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DocuSign Envelope ID: 27562A39-54B9-4980-BOFD-AEIDCBC76974 (3) The weekly submission of a property executed certification set forth on the reverse side of Optional Form WH -M7 shad satisfy the requirement for submission of the 'Statement of Compliance required by paragraph 3.b.(2) of this section. (4) The falsification of any of the above certifications may . subject the contractor or subcontractor to civil or.cdrninei'•" prosecution under section 1041 of title 18 ars} section 231 of titre 31 of the United States Code. c. The contractor or subcontractor shall make the records required under paragraph 3.s. of this section available for inspection, copying, or transcription by authorized representatives of the contracting agency, the State DOT, the FHWA, or the Department of Labor, and shall permit such representatives to interview employees during working hours on the job. if the contractor or subcontractor faits to submit the required records or to make them available, the FHWA may, after written notice to the contractor, the contracting agency or the State DOT, take such action as may be necessary to cause the ausperwhon of any further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds. Furthermore, failure to submit Urs required records upon request or to make such records available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 GFR 5.12. 4. Apprentices and trainees a. Apprentices (programs of the USDOL). Apprentices will be permitted to wok at less than the predetermined rate for the work they performed when they are employed pursuant to and 16:110duatiy registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor. Employment and Training Admirdstration, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services. or with a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, or If a person is employed In his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the program, but who hire been certified by the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft clsssificadon shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who Is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be paid not lase than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addidon, any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not lass than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed. Where a contractor Is performing construction on a project in a locality other than that lin which its program Is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in percentages of the joumsymen's hourly rate) specified to the contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate specified In the registered program for the apprentice% level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the Journeymen hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in sWordence with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination for the applicable classification. if the Administrator determines that a different practice prevails for, the applicable apprentice classifica#onm fringes shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In the event the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship program, this contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved. b. Trainees (programs of the USDOL). Except as provided In 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by formal cartMcation by the U.S. Department of tabor, Employment and Training Administration. The ratio of trainees to journeymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the pian approved by the Employment and Training Adnurustration. Every trainee must be paid at not lass than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainees level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits In accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. it the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of hinge benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee fisted on the payroll at a trainee rate who Is not registered and partkfipating in a training plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage detemdnation for Me classification of work actually performed. In addition, any trainee performing work on the job site In excess of the rano pennttted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed. In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an aowtable program Is approved. c. Equal employment opportunity. The utilization of apprentices, trainees and journeymen under this part shaft be in conformity with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended, and 29 CFR part 30. P57