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Article IX—Use of DHS Seal, Logo and Flags Recipients must obtain DHS's approval prior to using the DHS seal(s), logos, crests or reproductions of flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials, including use of the United States Coast Guard seal, logo, crests or reproductions of flags or likeness of Coast Guard officials. Article X—Activities Conducted Abroad Recipients will comply with requirements that project activities carried on outside the United States are coordinated as necessary with appropriate government authorities and those appropriate licenses, permits, or approvals are obtained. Article XI—Fly America Act of 1974 Recipients will comply with the requirements of the Preference for U.S. Flag Air Carriers: Travel supported by U.S. Government funds requirement, which states preference for the use of U.S. flag air carriers (air carriers holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. 41102) for international air transportation of people and properly to the extent that such service is available, in accordance with the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 40118) and the interpretative guidelines issued by the Comptroller General of the united States in the March 31, 1981, amendment to Comptroller General Decision B138942. Article XII— GPD —Drug-Free Workplace Regulations .► Recipients will comply with the requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.0 707 et seq.), which requires that all organizations receiving grants from any Federal agency agree to maintain a drug-free workplace. The recipient must notify the awarding office if an employee of the recipient is convicted of violating a criminal drug statue. Failure to comply with these requirements may be cause for debarment. These regulations are codified at 2 CFR 3001. Article XIII—Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Recipients will comply with requirements of the government-wide term which implements Section 106(g)of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104), located at 2 CFR Part 175. This is implemented in accordance with OMB Interim in Final Guidance, Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 218, November 13, 2007. In accordance with the statutory requirement, in each agency award under which the funding is provided to a private entity, Section 106(g) of the TVPA, as amended, required the agency to include a condition that authorizes the agency to terminate the award, without penalty, if the recipient or a sub-recipient—(a) Engages in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of time that the award is in effect; (b) Procures a commercial sex act during the period of time the award is in effect; or(c) Uses forced labor in the performance of the award or sub-awards under the award. Full text of the award term is provided at 2 CFR 175.15. 34 141