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influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, <br />officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with <br />obtaining any Federal contract, grant, or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Each tier shall <br />also disclose any lobbying with non -Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any <br />Federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the recipient. <br />H. Procurement of Recycled/Recovered Materials: <br />(1) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall make maximum use of products <br />containing recovered materials that are EPA -designated items unless the product cannot be <br />acquired— <br />(i) Competitively within a timeframe providing for compliance with the contract performance <br />schedule; <br />(ii) Meeting contract performance requirements; or <br />(iii) At a reasonable price. <br />(2) Information about this requirement is available at EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines <br />we b site, http://www.epa.gov/cpg/. The list of EPA -designate items is available at <br />http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products.htm. <br />I. Access to Records The following access to records requirements apply to this contract: <br />(1) The contractor agrees to provide Owner, the FEMA Administrator, the Comptroller General of the <br />United States, or any of their authorized representatives access to any books, documents, papers, and <br />records of the Contractor which are directly pertinent to this contract for the purposes of making <br />audits, examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions. <br />(2) The Contractor agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any means <br />whatsoever or to copy excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed. <br />(3) The contractor agrees to provide the FEMA Administrator or his authorized representatives access <br />to construction or other work sites pertaining to the, work being completed under the contract. <br />J. DHS Seal, Logo, and Flags: If any work under this agreement is federally -funded, the contractor shall <br />not use the DHS seal(s), logos, crests, or reproductions of flags or likenesses of DHS agency officials <br />without specific FEMA pre -approval. <br />K. Compliance with Federal Law, Regulations, and Executive Orders: This is an acknowledgement that <br />FEMA financial assistance may be used to fund work under this contract. The contractor will comply <br />will all applicable federal law, regulations, executive orders, FEMA policies, procedures, and <br />directives. <br />L. No Obligation by Federal Government: The Federal Government is not a party to this contract and is <br />not subject to any obligations or liabilities to the non -Federal entity, contractor, or any other party <br />pertaining to any matter resulting from the contract. <br />M. Program Fraud and False or Fraudulent Statements or Related Acts: The contractor acknowledges <br />that 31 U.S.C. Chap. 38 (Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements) applies to the <br />contractor's actions pertaining to this contract that may be federally -funded. <br />P. AFFIRMATIVE STEPS: CONTRACTOR shall take the following affirmative steps to ensure minority <br />business, women's business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible: <br />8 <br />