| 2. Period of Performance 
<br />The period of performance is specified in the Award. The Applicant is only authorized to 
<br />perform allowable activities approved under the award, within the period of performance. 
<br />3. Lobbying and Political Activities 
<br />As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), for persons entering 
<br />into a contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement from an agency or requests or receives 
<br />from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan, the 
<br />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 Congress, or 
<br />an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal 
<br />contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering 
<br />into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, 
<br />amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative 
<br />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 
<br />of Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative 
<br />agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure 
<br />Form to Report Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions. 
<br />(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the 
<br />award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and 
<br />contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients 
<br />shall certify and disclose accordingly. 
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508 and §§ 
<br />7324-7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose principal employment 
<br />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 support 
<br />the enactment, repeal, modification or adoption of any law, regulation or policy without the 
<br />express written approval from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal 
<br />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 2 
<br />C.F.R. Part 180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide protection against 
<br />waste, fraud, and abuse by debarring or suspending those persons deemed irresponsible in 
<br />their dealings with the federal government. The Applicant certifies that it and its principals, 
<br />recipients, or subrecipients: 
<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 
<br />a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in 
<br />connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, 
<br />or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of federal or state 
<br />Initials 
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