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(n) 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 . (o) This Agreement may not be renewed or extended . (21 ) LOBBYING PROHIBITION (a) No funds or other resources received from the Department in connection with this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or an 3 F 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 e paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned , 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 . 2 . If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds ha e been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer oremployee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress , or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, " Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying , " in accordance with its instructions . 3 . The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts , subgrants , and contracts under grants, loans , and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into . Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352 , Title 31 , U . S . Code . Any 19