(a) A complainant may file a civil action following the exhaustion of administrative remedies under the Act. Administrative remedies are exhausted if:
(1) One hundred eighty (180) days have elapsed since the complainant filed the complaint and DOE has made no findings with regard to the complainant; or
(2) DOE issues any findings in favor of the recipient.
(b) If DOE fails to make a finding within 180 days or issues a finding in favor of the recipient, the Director, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, will:
(1) Promptly advise the complainant of this fact; and
(2) Advise the complainant of his or her right to bring a civil action for injunctive relief; and
(3) Inform the complainant:
(i) That the complainant may bring a civil action only in a United States District Court for the district in which the recipient is located or transacts business;
(ii) That a complainant prevailing in a civil action has the right to be awarded the costs of the action, including reasonable attorney fees, but that the complainant must demand these costs in the complaint;
(iii) That, before commencing the action, the complainant shall give 30 days notice, by registered mail, to the Secretary of DOE, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General of the United States, and the recipient;
(iv) That the notice must state: the alleged violation of the Act and these regulations; the relief requested; the court in which the complainant is bringing the action; and whether or not attorney fees are demanded in the event the complainant prevails; and
(v) That the complainant may not bring an action if the same alleged violation of the Act by the same recipient is the subject of a pending action in any court of the United States. [50 FR 8089, Feb. 27, 1985, as amended at 68 FR 51348, Aug. 26, 2003]
Sec. Appendix A to Subpart E of Part 1040--DOE Federally Assisted
Programs Containing Age Distinctions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use of age/age related team
-------------------------------------------------------------Statute, Name, Public Law, and U.S. Section and age Conditions Establishes Describes Popular name CFDA
Code distinction benefits or criteria for beneficiaries or No.
assistance participation target groups--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Energy Conservation and Production Section 413(a). The ................. ................... X Weatherization 81.042
Act, Title IV, Part A; Public Law Administrator shall Assistance Program
94-385, 42 U.S.C. 6861-6870. develop and conduct, for Low-Income
in accordance with Persons.
the purpose and
provisions of this
part, a
weatherization
program. In
developing and
conducting such
program, the
Administrator may, in
accordance with this
part and regulations
promulgated under
this part, make
grants (1) to States,
and (2) in accordance
with the provisions
of subsection (d), to
Indian tribal
organizations to
serve Native
Americans. Such
grants shall be made
for the purpose of
providing financial
assistance with
regard to projects
designed to provide
for the
weatherization of
dwelling units,
particularly those
where elderly or
handicapped low-
income persons
reside, in which the
head of the household
is a low-income
person.Interagency Agreement between the Interagency Agreement, ................. ................... X Summer Science N/A
United States Department of Energy Section 1, Purpose: Student Program.
and the United States Department ``The purpose of this
of Labor, Interagency Agreement agreement is to
No. 99-9-1656-07-11; Authority: provide for a
Comprehensive Employment and transfer of funds
Training Act of 1978 (CETA) (Pub. from the Department
L. 95-524, October 27, 1978; 92 of Labor, Employment
Stat. 1909; 29 U.S.C. 801), the and Training
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, Administration (ETA),
as amended (Pub. L. 93-438, Office of Youth
October 11, 1974; 88 Stat. 1233), Programs (OYP) to the
and the Department of Energy Department of Energy,
Organization Act (DOE Act) (Pub. Directorate of
L. 95-91, August 4, 1977); 91 Administration (AD),
Stat. 565; 42 U.S.C. 7101). Office of Industrial
Relations (OIR), to
fund the Summer
Science Student
Program (SSSP). The
SSSP will grant
monies from DOL
through DOE/OIR to
DOE contractors to
fund 480 participant
slots for
economically
disadvantaged youths
in an integrated
program of career
motivation and basic
academic skill
enrichment. The
program is designed
to motivate
economically
disadvantaged and
academically talented
youths to continue
their education and
to pursue energy-
related careers upon
graduation from high
school.
Executive Office of the President, Quotation from October ................. ................... X Summer Research N/A
Office of Science and Technology 23, 1979 memorandum, Apprenticeship
Policy, Memorandum, Subject: paragraph 2, ``The Program.
Research Apprenticeships for objectives are to
Minority High Schoolers, dated stimulate broader
October 23, 1979. interest in the
minority communities
in careers in science
and engineering and
to establish
individual working
relationships of high
school students with
active researchers
who may become
helpful mentors when
students need advice
on college and
careers and need
letters of
recommendation''.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [50 FR 8089, Feb. 27, 1985, as amended at 68 FR 51348, Aug. 26, 2003] Subpart F--Nondiscrimination Under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as Amended [Reserved]