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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
<br />period of performance specified in the grant.
<br />3. Lobbying and Political Activities
<br />As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), for persons
<br />entering into a contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement from an agency or
<br />requests or receives from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to
<br />insure or guarantee a loan, the Applicant 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
<br />employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the
<br />awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of
<br />any federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the
<br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal
<br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />(b) If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to
<br />any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
<br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
<br />employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant,
<br />loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit
<br />Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying", in accordance with its
<br />instructions.
<br />(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in
<br />the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts,
<br />subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that
<br />all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508
<br />and §§ 7324-7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose principal
<br />employment activities are 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
<br />support the enactment, repeal, modification or adoption of any law, regulation or policy
<br />without the express written approval from the California Governor's Office of
<br />Emergency Services (Cal OES) or the federal awarding agency.
<br />4. Debarment and Suspension
<br />As required by Executive Orders 12549 and 12689, and 2 C.F.R. § 200.213 and codified in
<br />2 C.F.R. Part 180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide protection
<br />against waste, fraud, and abuse by debarring or suspending those persons deemed
<br />irresponsible in their dealings with the federal government. The Applicant certifies that it
<br />and its principals, subgrantees, recipients or subrecipients:
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