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2. Period of Performance
<br />The Applicant will initiate work after approval of the award and complete all work within the period of
<br />performance specified in the grant.
<br />3. Lobbying and Political Activities
<br />As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.), for persons entering into a
<br />contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement from an agency or requests or receives from an
<br />agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan, the Applicant
<br />certifies that:
<br />(a) No federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
<br />undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee
<br />of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee
<br />of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the
<br />making of any federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering into of any
<br />cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or
<br />modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />(b) If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any
<br />person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
<br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of
<br />Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the
<br />undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report
<br />Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions.
<br />(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award
<br />documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts
<br />under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and
<br />disclose accordingly.
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§1501-1508 and §§7324-
<br />7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose principal employment activities are
<br />funded in whole or in part with federal funds.
<br />Finally, the Applicant agrees that federal funds will not be used, directly or indirectly, to support the
<br />enactment, repeal, modification or adoption of any law, regulation or policy without the express
<br />written approval from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) or the
<br />federal awarding agency.
<br />4. Debarment and Suspension
<br />As required'by Executive Orders 12549 and 12689, and 2 CFR §200.212 and codified in 2 CFR
<br />Part 180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide protection against waste, fraud,
<br />and abuse by debarring or suspending those persons deemed irresponsible in their dealings with
<br />the federal government. The Applicant certifies that it and its principals:
<br />(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or
<br />voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal department or agency;
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