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As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.), for persons entering into a contract,
<br />grant, loan or cooperative agreement from an agency or requests or receives from an agency a
<br />commitment providing for the United States to 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 employee of
<br />an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
<br />Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of
<br />any federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative
<br />agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any
<br />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 person
<br />for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of
<br />Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
<br />connection with this federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned
<br />shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying", in
<br />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 under
<br />grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose
<br />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 funded
<br />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 written
<br />approval from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) or the federal
<br />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 Part
<br />180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide protection against waste, fraud, and abuse
<br />by debarring or suspending those persons deemed irresponsible in their dealings with the federal
<br />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;
<br />(b) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application been convicted of or had a civil
<br />judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection
<br />with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, or local) transaction
<br />or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or
<br />commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records,
<br />making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
<br />(c) Are not presently Indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity
<br />(federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (2)(b)
<br />of this certification; and
<br />(d) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application had one or more public
<br />transaction (federal, state, or local) terminated for cause ordefault.
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