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department or agency with which this transaction originated <br />may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or <br />debarment. <br />Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, <br />Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion -Lower Tier <br />Participants: <br />1. The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by <br />submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is <br />presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, <br />declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participaUng in <br />covered transactions by any Federal department or agency. <br />2. Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to <br />certify to any of the statements in this certification, such <br />prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this <br />proposal. <br />XI. CERTIFICATION REGARDING USE OF CONTRACT <br />FUNDS FOR LOBBYING <br />This provision is applicable to all Federal -aid construction <br />contracts and to all related subcontracts which exceed <br />$100,000 (49 CFR 20), <br />1. The prospective participant certifies, by signing and <br />submitting this bid or proposal, to the best of his or her <br />- — <br />_attA�elie(. that: — - - - - <br />a. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid orwo be <br />-__-_pilk!ornnbehMni <br />�Y �ened, to art3Cpersbn for --- <br />inftnencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of <br />any Federal agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or <br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of <br />Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal <br />contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any <br />Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, <br />and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or <br />modification of any Federal contract grant, loan, or <br />cooperative agreement. <br />b. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have <br />been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or <br />attempting to influence an officer or employee of any Federal <br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of <br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br />connection with this Federal contract grant, loan, or <br />cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and <br />submit Standard Form -LLL, 'Disclosure Forth to Report <br />Lobbying,' in accordance with its instructions. <br />2. This certification is a material representation of fact upon <br />which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or <br />entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite <br />for making or entering into this transaction imposed by 31 <br />U.S.C. 1352. Any person who fails to file the required <br />certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than <br />$10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />3. The prospective participant also agrees by submitting its <br />bid or proposal that the participant shall require that the <br />language of this certification be included in all lower tier <br />subcontracts, which exceed $100,000 and that all such <br />recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. <br />11 <br />85 <br />