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Should any provision of a requirement of this award be held to be invalid or unenforceable by its terms, that provision shall first be applied with a limited construction so as to give it the maximum effect permitted by law. Should it be held, instead, that the provision is utterly invalid or unenforceable; such provision shall be deemed severable from this award. 15.0 Employment Eligibility Verification for Hiring Under This Award — The recipient must ensure that as part of the hiring process for any position that is or will be funded (in whole or in part) with award funds, the employment eligibility of the individual being hired is properly verified in accordance with the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2). 1) All persons who are or will be involved in activities under this award must be made aware of the requirement for verification of employment eligibility, and associated provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2) that make it unlawful in the United States to hire (or recruit for employment) certain aliens. 2) The recipient must provide training (to the extent necessary) to those persons required by this condition to be notified of the requirement for employment eligibility verification and the associated provisions of 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2). 3) As part of the recordkeeping requirements of this award, the recipient must maintain records of all employment eligibility verifications pertinent to compliance with this condition and in accordance with 1-9 record retention requirements, as well as pertinent records of notifications and trainings. 4) Monitoring of compliance with the requirements of this condition will be conducted by FDLE. 5) Persons who are or will be involved in activities under this award includes any and all recipient officials or other staff who are or will be involved in the hiring process with respect to a award funded position under this award. 6) For the purposes of satisfying this condition, the recipient may choose to participate in, and use E -Verify (www.e- verify.gov), provided an appropriate person authorized to act on behalf of the recipient entity uses E -Verify to confirm employment eligibility for each position funded through this award. 7) Nothing in this condition shall be understood to authorize or require any recipient, or any person or other entity, to violate federal law, including any applicable civil rights or nondiscrimination law. 8) Nothing in this condition, including paragraph vi., shall be understood to relieve any recipient, or any person or other entity, of any obligation otherwise imposed by law, including 8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)(1) and (2). 16.0 Determination of Suitability to Interact with Minors — This condition applies if it is indicated in the application for award (at any tier) that a purpose of some or all of the activities to be carried out under the award is to benefit a set of individuals under 18 years of age. The recipient (or subrecipient at any tier), must make determinations of suitability before certain individuals may interact with participating minors. The requirement applies regardless of an individual's employment status. The details of this requirement are posted on the OJP website at https:Howp.gov/funding/Explore/Interact-Minors.htm. 17.0 Restrictions and Certifications Regarding Non -Disclosure Agreements and Related Matters - No recipient under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract with funds under this award, may require an employee to sign an internal confidentiality agreement that prohibits the reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative authorized to receive such information. The foregoing is not intended, to contravene requirements applicable to classified information. In accepting this award, the recipient: 1) Has not required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit reporting waste, fraud, or abuse; 2) Certifies that, if it learns that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements that prohibit reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written notification to OCJG, and will resume such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by OCJG. 3) Will comply with requirements of 5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-08 and 7321-26, which limit certain political activities of state or local government employees whose principal employment is in connection with an activity financed in whole or in part by federal assistance. 18.0 Safe Policing and Law Enforcement — Recipients that are state, local, college or university law enforcement agencies must be in compliance with the safe policing certification requirement outlined in Executive Order 13929. For detailed information on this certification requirement, see https://cops.usdoi.gov/SafePolicingEO. 19.0 For RSAT: State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Agency - The recipient will coordinate the design and implementation of treatment programs with the State alcohol and drug abuse agency or any appropriate local alcohol and drug abuse agency, especially when there is an opportunity to coordinate with initiatives funded through the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Page 25 of 26