New Reporting Requirement

Starting with the 2022 construction season, contractors are required to complete the Contractor EEO Report. This is a new reporting requirement and will continue each year. The survey contains questions about EEO training your firm provided to your management staff, and the nature of EEO complaints your firm received.

General Information

Your completion and submission of the below form is your company’s acknowledgement that applicants applying to work and employees working on Montana Federal-Aid Highway Projects are protected against discrimination based upon their membership in all Federal and State of Montana identified protected classes.

The effective dates of the EEO Policy Statement are from the date the EEO Policy Statement is issued through December 31 of the year you filed.

This web form will submit your pertinent data which we use to populate a Montana EEO Policy Statement for your company.

Directions

Complete the following fields, then click “Submit.” A confirmation notice with a unique reference number will display once you click submit. Please print this Confirmation of Submission Notice for your records. Your Montana EEO Policy Statement will be issued via email within three business days to the EEO Officer you identify. This Policy Statement must be posted on your bulletin board on the Federal-Aid Highway Project sites where you conduct business in Montana. Please see Bulletin Board Materials for a complete list of required Bulletin Board items.

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Statement Submission Form

Filing Type *

My Company's Information
My EEO Officer’s Information

The contractor must designate and make known to the contracting officers an EEO Officer who will have the responsibility for and must be capable of effectively administering and promoting an active EEO program and who must be assigned adequate authority and responsibility to do so. (23 CFR Part 230, Subpart A, Appendix A)

Electronic Signature of the person completing this form

By my typewritten name and title below: I certify that all information on this submission form is true, correct, and complete to the best of my knowledge and contains no willful falsifications or misrepresentations.

Non-Discrimination Authorities

  • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., 78 stat. 252), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin); and 49 CFR Part 21;
  • The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, (42 U.S.C. § 4601), (prohibits unfair treatment of persons displaced or whose property has been acquired because of Federal or Federal-aid programs and projects);
  • Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, (23 U.S.C. § 324 et seq.), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex);
  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq.), as amended, (prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability); and 49 CFR Part 27;
  • The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, (42 U.S.C. § 6101 et seq.), (prohibits discrimination on the basis of age);
  • Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982, (49 U.S.C. § 471, Section 47123), as amended, (prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, or sex);
  • The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, (PL 100-209), (broadened the scope, coverage, and applicability of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, by expanding the definition of the terms “programs or activities” to include all of the programs or activities of the Federal-aid recipients, sub-recipients, and contractors, whether such programs or activities are Federally funded or not);
  • Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the operation of public entities, public and private transportation systems, places of public accommodation, and certain testing entities (42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12189) as implemented by Department of Transportation regulations at 49 CFR parts 37 and 38;
  • The Federal Aviation Administration’s Non-Discrimination statute (49 U.S.C. § 47123) (prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, and sex);
  • Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, which prevents discrimination against minority populations by discouraging programs, policies, and activities with disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-income populations;
  • Executive Order 13166, Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency, and resulting agency guidance, national origin discrimination includes discrimination because of Limited English Proficiency (LEP). To ensure compliance with Title VI, you must take reasonable steps to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to your programs (70 Fed. Reg. at 74087 to 74100);
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, which prohibits you from discriminating because of sex in education programs or activities (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.).
  • Executive Order 13672 prohibits discrimination in the civilian federal workforce on the basis of gender identity and in hiring by federal contractors on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • Montana Code Annotated (MCA) § 49-3-205 Governmental services;
  • Montana Code Annotated (MCA) § 49-3-206 Distribution of governmental funds;
  • Montana Code Annotated (MCA) § 49-3-207 Nondiscrimination provision in all public contracts.