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FY15 Emergency Management Performance Grant
<br />Agreement Articles, Assurances, Certifications, Terms, and Conditions
<br />FEDERAL AGREEMENT ARTICLES
<br />Article I – Assurances, Administrative Requirements, and Cost Principles
<br />Recipients of DHS Federal financial assistance must complete OMB Standard Form 424B Assurances – Non -
<br />Construction Programs. Certain assurances in this document may not be applicable to your program, and the
<br />awarding agency may require applicants to certify additional assurances. Please contact the program awarding
<br />office if you have any questions.
<br />The administrative and audit requirements and cost principles that apply to DHS award recipients originate from
<br />2 C.F.R. Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
<br />Awards, as adopted by DHS at 2 C.F.R. Part 3002.
<br />Article II - DHS Specific Acknowledgements and Assurances
<br />All recipients must acknowledge and agree —and require any subrecipients, contractors, successors, transferees,
<br />and assignees acknowledge and agree —to comply with applicable provisions governing DHS access to records,
<br />accounts, documents, information, facilities, and staff.
<br />1. Recipients must cooperate with any compliance review or complaint investigation conducted by DHS.
<br />2. Recipients must give DHS access to and the right to examine and copy records, accounts, and other
<br />documents and sources of information related to the grant and permit access to facilities, personnel, and
<br />other individuals and information as may be necessary, as required by DHS regulations and other
<br />applicable laws or program guidance.
<br />3. Recipients must submit timely, complete, and accurate reports to the appropriate DHS officials and
<br />maintain appropriate backup documentation to support the reports.
<br />4. Recipients must comply with all other special reporting, data collection, and evaluation requirements, as
<br />prescribed by law or detailed in program guidance.
<br />5. If, during the past three years, the recipient has been accused of discrimination on the grounds of race,
<br />color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), sex, age, disability, religion, or familial
<br />status, the recipient must provide a list of all such proceedings, pending or completed, including outcome
<br />and copies of settlement agreements to the DHS awarding office and the DHS Office of Civil Rights and
<br />Civil Liberties.
<br />6. In the event any court or administrative agency makes a finding of discrimination on grounds of race, color,
<br />national origin (including limited English proficiency), sex, age, disability, religion, or familial status
<br />against the recipient, or the recipient settles a case or matter alleging such discrimination, recipients must
<br />forward a copy of the complaint and findings to the DHS Component and /or awarding office.
<br />The United States has the right to seek judicial enforcement of these obligations.
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