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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 Applicant 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
<br /> under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements)and that all subrecipients shall certify
<br /> 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 oofedor ate
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