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DEFINITIONS\n\nThe terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meaning:  \na.“Assistant Attorney General”means the Assistant Attorney General for theOffice of Civil Rights within the United States Department of Justice.  \nb.“Columbia”or “University”means Columbia University,the legal name offwhich is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.  \nc.\"Ed.\"means the United States Department of Education.  \nd.“Ed.OCR\"means the United States Department of Education's Office of CivilRights.  \ne.“EEOC”means the United States Equal Employment OpportunityCommission.  \nf.“GSA”means the General Services Administration.  \ng.\"HHS\"means the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  \nh.\"HHS OCR\"means United States Department of Health and Human Services'Office for Civil Rights.  \ni.\"Investigations\"means those inquiries opened by HHS OCR,Ed.OCR,and theUnited States Department of Justice.  \nj.“Parties”means Columbia and the United States of America.  \nk.\"NIH\"means the National Institutes of Health.  \n1.“Non-Terminated Grants”means those grants awarded to Columbia or itsresearchers and faculty which were not enumerated in the United States'March 7,  \n1  \n10,or 14,2025 correspondence notifying Columbia of certain grant and contractterminations but upon which Columbia has nevertheless not received payment.  \nm.\"SIPA”means Columbia's School for International and Public Affairs.  \nn.“Released Claims”means any claim or liability under any statute or at common lawrelated to the allegations in the March 7,10,and 14,2025 grant and contracttermination letters,the May 22,2025 Notice of Violation,or the facts and eventsunder review in the Investigations arising under Title VI,Title VII,Title IX of theEducation Amendments of 1972,20 U.S.C.§1681 et seq.,the Americans withDisabilities Act,42U.S.C.§12101 et seq.,Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act,42 U.S.C.§18116,or the False Claims Act,31 U.S.C.§3729 et seq.\"ReleasedClaims”also incorporates by reference the separate agreement between Columbiaand the U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(“EEOC”)regardingColumbia's potential liabilities for violation of Title VII (attached and incorporatedherein as Exhibit A)(“EEOC Agreement”).  \n0.“Title VI”means Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C.§2000d,etseq.  \np.“Title VII”means Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C.§2000e,etseq.  \nq.“Title IX”means Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,20 U.S.C.§§1681,et seq.  \nr.“Terminated Grants”means awards made to Columbia or its faculty and researchersand enumerated in or covered by the United States'March 7,10,and 14,2025correspondence notifying Columbia of certain award terminations.  \ns.“UJB”means the University Judicial Board,a disciplinary body comprised of  \nfaculty and administrative staff members,housed within Columbia's Office of theProvost.  \nt.\"United States\"means the United States of America.  \n## Ⅱ.  INTRODUCTION\n\n1.    The United States and Columbia(collectively,the “Parties”)desire to avoid the burdensand risks of protracted litigation.This Agreement is not an admission in whole or in part by eitherparty,and Columbia expressly denies liability regarding the United States'allegations or findings.  \n2.   This Agreement shall become effective upon execution by all the Parties(the “EffectiveDate”).  \n3.   The duration of this Agreement will be three years to the day from the Effective Date.  \n## Ⅲ.  RELIEF\n\n4.   This Agreement applies to the relationship between the United States and Columbiaand does not bind Columbia or the United States with regard to any other person or entity.  \n5.   No provision of this Agreement,individually or taken together,shall be construed asgiving the United States authority to dictate faculty hiring,University hiring,admission decisions,orthe content of academic speech.  \n6.This Agreement represents the entire agreement of t","cbCaim1ExytyV1uE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim1ExytyV1uE","pdf",2048714,22,"English","# I. Definitions\n# II. Introduction\n## 1.\n## 2.\n## 3.\n# III. 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