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from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a
<br />loan, the Applicant certifies that:
<br />(a) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of
<br />the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer
<br />or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the
<br />awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of
<br />any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the
<br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal
<br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />(b) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid
<br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of
<br />any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
<br />employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant,
<br />loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit
<br />Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying ", in accordance with its
<br />instructions.
<br />(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in
<br />the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts,
<br />subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and
<br />that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. § §1501 -1508
<br />and § §7324 -7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose principal
<br />employment 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
<br />support the enactment, repeal, modification or adoption of any law, regulation or policy
<br />without the express written approval from the California Governor's Office of Emergency
<br />Services (Cal OES) or the Federal awarding agency.
<br />4. Debarment and Suspension
<br />As required by Executive Orders (EO) 12549 and 12689, and 2 CFR §200.212 and
<br />codified in 2 CFR Part 180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide
<br />protection against waste, fraud and abuse by debarring or suspending those persons
<br />deemed irresponsible in their dealings with the Federal government. The Applicant
<br />certifies that it and its principals:
<br />(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any Federal
<br />department or agency;
<br />(b) Have not within a three -year period preceding this application been convicted of or
<br />had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal
<br />offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public
<br />(Federal, State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction;
<br />violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement,
<br />theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false
<br />statements, or receiving stolen property;
<br />(c) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
<br />governmental entity (Federal, State, or local) with commission of any of the
<br />offenses enumerated in paragraph (2)(b) of this certification; and
<br />(d) Have not within a three -year period preceding this application had one or more
<br />public transaction (Federal, State, or local) terminated for cause or default.
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