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18 <br />Guidance is available in FEMA Policy #405-143-1, Prohibitions on Expending FEMA Award Funds for <br />Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services. <br />Additional guidance is available at Contract Provisions Guide: Navigating Appendix II to Part 200 - <br />Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts Under Federal Awards. <br />Effective August 13, 2020, FEMA recipients and subrecipients may not use any FEMA funds <br />under open or new awards to: <br />1.Procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications <br />equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical <br />technology of any system; <br />2.Enter into, extend, or renew a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service <br />that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential <br />component of any system, or as critical technology of any system; or <br />3.Enter into, extend, or renew contracts with entities that use covered telecommunications <br />equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical <br />technology as part of any system. <br />Replacement Equipment and Services: FEMA grant funding may be permitted to procure replacement <br />equipment and services impacted by this prohibition, provided the costs are otherwise consistent with the <br />requirements in this Manual and the applicable NOFO. <br />Definitions <br />Per section 889(f)(2)-(3) of the FY 2019 NDAA and 2 C.F.R. § 200.216, covered telecommunications <br />equipment or services means: <br />1.Telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE <br />Corporation, (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities); <br />2.For the purpose of public safety, security of Government facilities, physical security surveillance <br />of critical infrastructure, and other national security purposes, video surveillance and <br />telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications Corporation, Hangzhou <br />Hikvision Digital Technology Company, or Dahua Technology Company (or any subsidiary or <br />affiliate of such entities); <br />3.Telecommunications or video surveillance services provided by such entities or using such <br />equipment; or <br />4.Telecommunications or video surveillance equipment or services produced or provided by an <br />entity that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence or <br />the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes to be an entity owned or <br />controlled by, or otherwise connected to, the People’s Republic of China. <br />Examples of the types of products covered by this prohibition include phones, internet, video <br />surveillance, and cloud servers when produced, provided, or used by the entities listed in the definition of <br />“covered telecommunications equipment or services.” See 2 C.F.R. § 200.471. <br />Management and Administration (M&A) <br />M&A costs are for activities directly related to the management and administration of the award, such as <br />financial management, reporting, and program and financial monitoring. Some examples of M&A costs <br />include grants management training for M&A staff, equipment and supplies for M&A staff to administer <br />the grant award, travel costs for M&A staff to attend conferences or training related to the grant program, <br />travel costs for the M&A staff to conduct subrecipient monitoring, contractual services to support the