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(h) The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this Agreement is contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to any modification in accordance with Chapter 216 , Fla. Stat. or the Florida Constitution. (i) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in detail sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof. (j ) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112 .061 , Fla . Stat. (k) The Department of Community Affairs reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Recipient refuses to allow public access to all documents, papers, letters, or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Fla . Stat. , which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement. (1) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this Agreement, any interest income shall either be returned to the Department or be applied against the Department' s obligation to pay the contract amount. (m) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any contractor who knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers, constituting a violation of the employment provisions contained in 8 U. S . C . Section 1324a(e) [ Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA")] . The Department shall consider the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A(e) of the INA . Such violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in Section 274A(e) of the INA shall be grounds for unilateral cancellation of this Agreement by the Department. (n) The Recipient is subject to Florida ' s Government in the Sunshine Law ( Section 286. 011 , Fla. Stat) with respect to the meetings of the Recipient ' s governing board or the meetings of any subcommittee making recommendations to the governing board . All of these meetings shall be publicly noticed, open to the public, and the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records, available to the public in accordance with Chapter 119, Fla . Stat. (o) All unmanufactured and manufactured articles, materials, and supplies which are acquired for public use under this Agreement must have been produced in the United States as required under 41 U . S . C . 10a , unless it would not be in the public interest or unreasonable in cost. (20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION (a) No funds or other resources received from the Department under this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or any state agency . (b) The Recipient certifies, by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief: 1 . No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid , by or on behalf of the Recipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency , a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement. Rev 07/31 /2009 Page 11