45 CFR § 1172.21 - General responsibilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1172.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1172.21 - General responsibilities."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1172.21"
section_name: "General responsibilities."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1172"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6101-6107; 45 CFR 90."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 26633, May 9, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1172"
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# 1172.21 General responsibilities.

A recipient has responsibility to ensure that its programs or activities are in compliance with the Act and the regulations in this part and to take steps to eliminate violations of the Act and the regulations in this part. A recipient also has responsibility to maintain records, provide information, and afford NEH access to its records to the extent NEH finds necessary to determine whether the recipient is in compliance with the Act and the regulations in this part.