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A TRUE COPY 'FRTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE J.R. SMITH, CLERK 4. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW, REGULATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS a. Standard. The recipient and its contractors are required to comply with all Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders. b. Applicabilitv. FEMA recommends that all non -Federal entities place into their contracts an acknowledgement that FEMA financial assistance will be used to fund the contract along with the requirement that the contractor will comply with all applicable Federal law, regulations, executive orders, and FEMA policies, procedures, anddirectives. c. Suggested Language. "This is an acknowledgement that FEMA financial assistance will be used to fund all or a portion of the contract. The contractor will comply with all applicable Federal law, regulations, executive orders, FEMA policies, procedures, and directives." 5. NO OBLIGATION BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT a. Standard. FEMA is not a party to any transaction between the recipient and its contractor. FEMA is not subject to any obligations or liable to any party for any matter relating to the contract. b. Applicability. FEMA recommends that the non -Federal entity include a provision in its contract that states that the Federal Government is not a party to the contract and is not subject to any obligations or liabilities to the non -Federal entity, contractor, or any other party pertaining to any matter resulting from the contract. c. Suggested Language. "The Federal Government is not a party to this contract and is not subject to any obligations or liabilities to the non -Federal entity, contractor, orany other party pertaining to any matter resulting from thecontract." 6. PROGRAM FRAUD AND FALSE OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENTS OR RELATED ACTS Standard. Recipients must comply with the requirements of The False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733) which prohibits the submission of false or 82