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(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment
<br />because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to
<br />ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to
<br />their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Such action shall
<br />include, but not be limited to the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or
<br />recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection
<br />for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to
<br />employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided setting forth the provisions of this
<br />nondiscrimination clause.
<br />(2) The contractor will, in all solicitations or advertisements for employees placed by or on
<br />behalf of the contractor, state that all qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment
<br />without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
<br />O. Prohibition on Contracting for Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services:
<br />(a) Definitions. As used in this clause, the terms backhaul; covered foreign country; covered
<br />telecommunications equipment or services; interconnection arrangements; roaming; substantial or
<br />essential component; and telecommunications equipment or services have the meaning as defined in
<br />FEMA Policy 405-143-1, Prohibitions on Expending FEMA Award Funds for Covered
<br />Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Interim), as used in this clause—
<br />(b) Prohibitions.
<br />(1) Section 889(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub.
<br />L. No. 115-232, and 2 C.F.R. � 200.216 prohibit the head of an executive agency on or after Aug 13.
<br />2020,_from obligating or expending_ grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee funds on
<br />certain telecommunications products or from certain entities for national security reasons.
<br />(2) Unless an exception in paragraph (c) of this clause applies, the contractor and its subcontractors may
<br />not use grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee funds from the Federal Emergency
<br />Management Agency
<br />(i) Procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment
<br />or services as a substantial or essential component of anysystem, or as critical technology of any
<br />system;
<br />(ii) Enter into, extend, or renew a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses
<br />covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any
<br />system, or as critical technology of any system;
<br />(iii) Enter into, extend, or renew contracts with entities that use covered telecommunications equipment or
<br />services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any
<br />system, or
<br />(iv) Provide, as part of its performance of this contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument, any
<br />equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a
<br />substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of anysystem.
<br />(c) Exceptions.
<br />(1) This clause does not prohibit contractors from providing=
<br />(i) A service that connects to the facilities of a third -party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection
<br />arrangements; or
<br />(ii) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into
<br />any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.
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