About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

GAO-13-697R 1 (2013-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaahec0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 July 25, 2013 The Honorable Tim Johnson Chairman The Honorable Mike Crapo Ranking Minority Member Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Bill Shuster Chairman The Honorable Nick Joe Rahall, II Ranking Minority Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives Public Transit: FTA's Process for Overseeing Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Requirements Incorporates Key Federal Practices The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), within the Department of Transportation (DOT), is responsible for assuring that recipients of federal transit funding comply with a variety of federal requirements, including laws, regulations, and other requirements related to civil rights. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)1 mandated GAO to study the FTA's oversight of federal transit funding recipients' compliance with public transportation- related civil rights requirements and its process for handling complaints alleging violations of such civil rights. We focused our review on 1) the methods FTA uses to oversee federal transit funding recipients' compliance with federal civil rights requirements, and 2) the extent to which FTA's process for handling civil rights complaints is consistent with key federal practices for addressing complaints of discrimination. We focused on FTA's oversight of recipients' compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as amended2 and disability- related provisions in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;3 as well as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), as amended.4 We briefed your staff on the results of our review on June 11, 2013 (see enclosure). This letter summarizes the information that we presented at these briefings. 1Pub. L. No. 121-141, 126 Stat. 405.717-18 (2012). 2pub. L. No. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327 (1990). 3pub. L. No. 93-112, 87 Stat. 354 (1973). 4pub. L. No. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241, 252 (1964). Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, prohibits the exclusion from participation in denial of benefits of, and discrimination under federally assisted programs on the ground of race, color, or national origin. GAO-13-697R Transit Civil Rights

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most