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CERTIFICATIONS
<br />Certification for Contracts Grants Loans and Cooperative Agreements
<br />The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
<br />(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any
<br />person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of
<br />Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection
<br />with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal
<br />loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment,
<br />or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
<br />influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
<br />officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal
<br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-
<br />LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions.
<br />(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for
<br />all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and
<br />cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. This certification
<br />is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or..
<br />entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction
<br />imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be
<br />subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
<br />Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan Insurance
<br />The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
<br />If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
<br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
<br />Member of Congress in connection with this commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee
<br />a loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL,
<br />"Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions. Submission of this statement is a
<br />prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any
<br />person who fails to file the required statement shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not
<br />more than $100,000 for each such failure.
<br />As required by Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, and implemented at 44 CFR, Part 17:
<br />A. The applicant certifies that it and its principals:
<br />(1) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, sentenced to a
<br />denial of Federal benefits by a State or Federal court, or voluntarily excluded from covered
<br />transactions by any Federal department or agency;
<br />(2) 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 with
<br />obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) transaction or
<br />contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of
<br />embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements,
<br />or receiving stolen property;
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