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Purpose of this Order.

This Order describes how the FAA acts to ensure that airport sponsors over which the agency has jurisdiction, including those that receive Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, meet their Federal nondiscrimination obligations. The Order provides the policies, standards, procedures, and roles and responsibilities by which to implement Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.); the nondiscrimination provision (49 U.S.C. § 47123) in the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended; and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. § 6102) in its Federally-assisted programs (hereafter, "the Nondiscrimination Statutes"). This Order also implements the FAA's responsibilities under Department of Transportation (DOT) Order 1000.12C, "The U.S. DOT Title VI Program." This Order helps ensure standardization and uniformity in the application of these requirements so that beneficiaries have non-discriminatory access to services, activities, and programs that are provided by FAA recipients, and there are no discriminatory effects or treatment under the services, activities, and programs.