---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 35.173"
title: "28"
number: "35.173"
heading: "Voluntary compliance agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/35.173"
---

# §35.173. Voluntary compliance agreements.

- (a) **When the designated agency issues a noncompliance Letter of Findings, the designated agency shall—**
  - (1) Notify the Assistant Attorney General by forwarding a copy of the Letter of Findings to the Assistant Attorney General; and
  - (2) **Initiate negotiations with the public entity to secure compliance by voluntary means.**
- (b) Where the designated agency is able to secure voluntary compliance, the voluntary compliance agreement shall—
  - (1) Be in writing and signed by the parties;
  - (2) Address each cited violation;
  - (3) Specify the corrective or remedial action to be taken, within a stated period of time, to come into compliance;
  - (4) Provide assurance that discrimination will not recur; and
  - (5) **Provide for enforcement by the Attorney General.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 12134, 12131, and 12205a.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1512-91, 56 FR 35716, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.