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<br />employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction;
<br />e. Taking one of the following actions, within 30 days of receiving notice under
<br />subparagraph (c)(2), with respect to any employee who is so convicted –
<br />1. Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including
<br />termination;
<br />2. Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or
<br />rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law
<br />enforcement, or other appropriate agency;
<br />f. Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through
<br />implementation of all of the paragraphs above.
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<br />POLITICAL ACTIVITY (HATCH ACT)
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
<br />The State will comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. 1501-1508), which limits the political activities
<br />of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in whole or in part with Federal funds.
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<br />CERTIFICATION REGARDING FEDERAL LOBBYING
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
<br />Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements
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<br />The signed certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
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<br />1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to
<br />any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member
<br />of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
<br />connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making
<br />of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,
<br />continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or
<br />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,
<br />an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with
<br />this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and
<br />submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its
<br />instructions;
<br />3. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award
<br />documents for all sub-award at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under
<br />grant, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose
<br />accordingly.
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<br />This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was
<br />made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this
<br />transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification
<br />shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
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<br />RESTRICTION ON STATE LOBBYING
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
<br />None of the funds under this program will be used for any activity specifically designed to urge or influence a
<br />State or local legislator to favor or oppose the adoption of any specific legislative proposal pending before
<br />any State or local legislative body. Such activities include both direct and indirect (e.g., "grassroots") lobbying
<br />activities, with one exception. This does not preclude a State official whose salary is supported with NHTSA
<br />funds from engaging in direct communications with State or local legislative officials, in accordance with
<br />customary State practice, even if such communications urge legislative officials to favor or oppose the
<br />adoption of a specific pending legislative proposal.
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<br />CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION
<br />(applies to all subrecipients as well as States)
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