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applies the regulations in 45 CFR Part 1170 in determining compliance with section 504 as it applies to recipients of Federal assistance); (c) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. § 1681 -83, § 1685 -86), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs; and (d) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. §6101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age. (b) Debarment and Suspension Grantees are prohibited from doing business with any organization or person (as a recipient, subrecipient, contractor, or key employee) if they have been debarred or suspended by any Federal department or agency. The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Governmentivide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) contained in 2 CFR Part 180 and the corresponding IMLS regulations contained in 2 CFR Part 3185 apply to IMLS grants. The grantee, as a primary tier participant, is required to comply with 2 CFR Part 180 subpart C (Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions Doing Business with Other Persons) as a condition of participation in the award. The grantee is also required to communicate the requirement to comply with 2 CFR Part 180 subpart C (Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions Doing Business with Other Persons) to persons at the next lower tier with whom the grantee enters into covered transactions. (c) Drug -Free Workplace The grantee must provide a ding -free workplace by complying with the requirements in 2 CFR Part 3186 (Requirements for Drug -Free Workplace (Financial Assistance)). In particular, the grantee must comply with drug -free workplace requirements in subpart B (or subpart C, if the recipient is an individual) of 2 CFR Part 3186, This includes, but is not limited to: making a good faith effort, on a continuing basis, to maintain a drug -free workplace; publishing a drug -free workplace statement; establishing a drug -free awareness program for the grantee's employees; taking actions concerning employees who are convicted of violating drug statutes in the workplace; and identifying (either at the time of application or upon award, or in documents the grantee keeps on file in its offices) all known workplaces under the grantee's Federal awards. (d) Trafficking in Persons The grantee must comply with Federal law pertaining to trafficking in persons. Under 22 U.S.C, §7104(g), any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement entered into by Federal agency and a private entity shall include a condition that authorizes the Federal agency (IMLS) to terminate the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement if the grantee, subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor engages in trafficking in persons, procures a commercial sex act, or uses forced labor. 2 CFR Part 175 requires IMLS to include the following award term, which is made a part of these General Terms and Conditions: a. Provisions applicable to a recipient that is a private entity. 18