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his or her knowledge and belief: <br />No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on <br />behalf of the Sub -Recipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or <br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of <br />a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any <br />Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the <br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or <br />cooperative agreement. <br />If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will <br />be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a <br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br />connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Sub -Recipient shall <br />complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities." <br />iii. The Sub -Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the <br />award documents for all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, <br />loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all Sub -Recipients shall certify and disclose. <br />iv. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance <br />was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a <br />prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. <br />Any person who fails to file the required 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 />If this subgrant agreement amount is $100,000 or more, the Sub - <br />Recipient, and subcontractors, as applicable, shall sign Attachment L — Certification Regarding Lobbying. <br />(20) COPYRIGHT, PATENT, AND TRADEMARK <br />EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW, ANY AND ALL PATENT RIGHTS <br />ACCRUING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE <br />OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY RESERVED TO THE STATE OF <br />FLORIDA; AND, ANY AND ALL COPYRIGHTS ACCRUING UNDER OR <br />IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT <br />ARE HEREBY TRANSFERRED BY THE SUB- RECIPIENT TO THE <br />STATE OF FLORIDA. <br />(a) If the Sub -Recipient has a pre-existing patent or copyright, the Sub -Recipient shall retain <br />all rights and entitlements to that pre-existing patent or copyright unless the Agreement provides <br />otherwise. <br />(b) If any discovery or invention is developed in the course of or as a result of work or <br />services performed under this Agreement, or in any way connected with it, the Sub -Recipient shall refer <br />the discovery or invention to the Division for a determination whether the State of Florida will seek patent <br />protection in its name. Any patent rights accruing under or in connection with the performance of this <br />15 <br />147 <br />