Encl. (2) to COMDTINST 5350.20A
(a) General. Either at the application stage or the award stage, Federal agencies must
ensure that applications for Federal financial assistance or awards of Federal financial
assistance contain, be accompanied by, or be covered by a specifically identified
assurance from the applicant or recipient, satisfactory to the designated agency official,
that each education program or activity operated by the applicant or recipient and to
which these Title IX regulations apply will be operated in compliance with these Title IX
regulations. An assurance of compliance with these Title IX regulations shall not be
satisfactory to the designated agency official if the applicant or recipient to whom such
assurance applies fails to commit itself to take whatever remedial action is necessary in
accordance with Sec. 17.110(a) to eliminate existing discrimination on the basis of sex or
to eliminate the effects of past discrimination whether occurring prior to or subsequent to
the submission to the designated agency official of such assurance.
(b) Duration of obligation. (1) In the case of Federal financial assistance extended to
provide real property or structures thereon, such assurance shall obligate the recipient or,
in the case of a subsequent transfer, the transferee, for the period during which the real
property or structures are used to provide an education program or activity.
(2) In the case of Federal financial assistance extended to provide personal property,
such assurance shall obligate the recipient for the period during which it retains