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19 <br />Federal Program Definitions and Requirements <br />This Application Packet references various federal requirements. While most of these <br />requirements apply primarily to projects receiving federal funding (e.g., CDBG and <br />HOME), the City follows the same general policies for HHSG projects that use only local <br />funding sources. <br /> <br />The primary federal citations referenced in the HHSG program are listed below. <br /> <br />• 24 CFR Part 44 - Non-Federal Government Audit Requirements <br />Congress passed the Single Audit Act of 1984 to improve auditing and <br />management for federal funds provided to state and local governments. Before <br />the act, each federal agency had the authority to require an audit of each <br />federally funded program or activity; there was no coordination among them, <br />causing audit overlaps and organizational inefficiencies. For example, a state <br />receiving funds from five different federal agencies could have been subjected to <br />five different audits. <br /> <br />• 24 CFR Part 75 - Economic Opportunities for Low- And Very Low-Income Persons <br />The purpose of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 <br />(12 USC 1701u) (Section 3) is to ensure that employment and other economic <br />opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest <br />extent feasible and consistent with existing Federal, State and local laws and <br />regulations, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly those <br />who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business <br />concerns which provide economic opportunities to low- and very low-income <br />persons. <br /> <br />• 24 CFR Part 570 - Community Development Block Grants <br />This part of the CFR describes in detail the policies and procedures applicable to <br />the Community Development Block Grant entitlement grants program authorized <br />under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. <br /> <br />• Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 - Payment of Prevailing Wages <br />The Davis-Bacon Act requires the payment of prevailing wage rates (which are <br />determined by the U.S. Department of Labor) to all laborers and mechanics on <br />Federal government and District of Columbia construction projects in excess of <br />$2,000. Construction includes alteration and/or repair, including painting and <br />Page 31 of 43