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View Print Page 10 of 14 provisions of 49 U . S . C . Chapter 53 impose Buy America requirements sufficient for compliance with Section 1605 of the Recovery Act (3 ) Wage Rate Requirements under Section 1606 of the Recovery Act. Statutory provisions of 49 U . S . C . Chapter 53 impose Wage Rate requirements involving construction , alteration , maintenance , or repair sufficient for compliance with Section 1606 of the Recovery Act. (4 ) Recovery Act Transactions Listed in Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and Recipient Responsibilities for Informing Subrecipients . (a ) To maximize the transparency and accountability of funds authorized under the Recovery Act as required by Congress and in accordance with 49 C . F . R . § 18 . 20 or 49 C . F . R . § 19 . 21 , as applicable , the Recipient agrees to maintain records that identify adequately the source and application of Recovery Act funds . ( b) A Recipient covered by the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular A- 133 , "Audits of States , Local Governments, and Non- Profit Organizations , " agrees to separately identify the expenditures for Federal awards under the Recovery Act on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and the Data Collection Form (SF- SAC ) required by OMB Circular A- 133 . The Recipient agrees to accomplish this by identifying expenditures for Federal awards made under Recovery Act separately on the SEFA, and as separate rows under Item 9 of Part III on the SF-SAC by CFDA number, and inclusion of the prefix ARRA- in identifying the name of the Federal program on the SEFA and as the first characters in Item 9d of Part III on the SF-SAC . (c) The Recipient agrees to separately identify to each subrecipient, and document at the time of subaward and at the time of disbursement of funds , the Federal award number , CFDA number, and amount of Recovery Act funds . When the Recipient awards Recovery Act funds for an existing program , the Recipient agrees to furnish sufficient information to each subrecipient that distinguishes the subawards of incremental Recovery Act funds from regular subawards under the existing program . (d ) The Recipient agrees to require each subrecipient to include on its SEFA information to specifically identify Recovery Act funding similar to the requirements for the recipient SEFA described above . This information is needed to allow the Recipient to properly monitor subrecipient expenditure of ARRA funds as well as oversight by FTA, DOT , Offices of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office . e . One-Time Funding , The Recipient acknowledges that receipt of Recovery Act funds is a " one-time" disbursement that does not create any future obligation by the FTA to advance similar funding amounts . f. Integrity . The Recipient agrees that all data it submits to FTA in compliance with Recovery Act requirements will be accurate , objective , and of the highest integrity . g . Violations of Law . The Recipient agrees that it and each of its subrecipients shall report to the U . S . DOT Inspector General or other appropriate Inspector General any credible evidence that a principal , employee , agent, contractor, subrecipient, subcontractor, or other person has submitted a false claim under the False Claims Act, 31 U . S . C . § § 3729 et seq . , or has committed a criminal or civil violation of law pertaining to fraud , conflict of interest, bribery , gratuity , or similar misconduct involving Recovery Act funds . h . Maintenance of Effort. A Recipient that is a State agrees to comply with the maintenance of effort certification it has made in compliance with Section 1201 of Recovery Act. i . Emblems . The Recipient agrees to use signs and materials that display both the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ( Recovery Act) emblem and the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program emblem to identify its Project( s) financed with Recovery Act funds that are provided by U . S . DOT in a manner consistent with Federal guidance , and to include this provision in any subagreements , leases , third party contracts , or other similar documents used in connection with its Recovery Act Project(s) . j . Further Requirements , The Recipient agrees to comply with applicable future Federal requirements that may be imposed on the use of Recovery Act funds . Comments to DOL https : //ftateamweb . fta. dot. gov/teamweb/ApplicationsNiewPrint/ViewPrintRes . asp ?GUID= , , . 1 /6/2010