45 CFR § 617.4 - General duties of recipients.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s617.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 617.4 - General duties of recipients."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "617.4"
section_name: "General duties of recipients."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
part_number: "617"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM NSF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6101,  45 CFR part 90."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 49628, Dec. 21, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "617"
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# 617.4 General duties of recipients.

Each recipient of Federal financial assistance from NSF shall comply with the Act, part 90, and this part. Each NSF award of Federal financial assistance shall contain the following provision:

****Compliance With Age Discrimination Act

The recipient agrees to comply with the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 as implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services regulations at 45 CFR part 90 and the regulations of the Foundation at 45 CFR part 617. In the event the recipient passes on NSF financial assistance to sub-recipients, this provision shall apply to the subrecipients, and the instrument under which the Federal financial assistance is passed to the subrecipient shall contain a provision identical to this provision.