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Attachment K
<br />Certification Regarding Lobbying
<br />Check the appropriate box:
<br />❑ This Certification Regarding Lobbying is required because the Contract, Grant, Loan, or
<br />Cooperative Agreement will exceed $100,000 pursuant to 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II(1); 31
<br />U.S.C. § 1352; and 44 C.F.R. Part 18.
<br />❑ This Certification is not required because the Contract, Grant, Loan, or Cooperative Agreement
<br />will be less than $100,000.
<br />APPENDIX A 44 C.F.R. PART 18 — CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING
<br />Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements
<br />The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
<br />1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to
<br />any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member
<br />of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
<br />connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of
<br />any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation,
<br />renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
<br />influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress,
<br />an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this
<br />Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit
<br />Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions.
<br />3. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award
<br />documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under
<br />grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose
<br />accordingly.
<br />This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was
<br />made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this
<br />transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification
<br />shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
<br />The Sub -Recipient or subcontractor, certifies or affirms the
<br />truthfulness and accuracy of each statement of its certification and disclosure, if any. In addition, the Contractor
<br />understands and agrees that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Chap. 38, Administrative Remedies for False Claims
<br />and Statements, apply to this certification and disclosure, if any.
<br />Signature of Sub-Recipient/subcontractoes Authorized Official
<br />Name and Title of Sub-Recipient/subcontractor's Authorized Official
<br />Date
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