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A TRUE COPY CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE RYAN L. BUTLER, CLLRK Contract# IRL2024N-08 Encumbrance# GLO1-2309 multiple "Open Skies Agreements" currently in effect. For more information about the current bilateral and multilateral agreements, visit the GSA website. Information on the Open Skies agreements (U.S. Government Procured Transportation) and other specific country agreements may be accessed via the Department of State's website. 4. If a foreign air carrier is anticipated to be used for any portion of travel under a DOC financial assistance award, the non -Federal entity must receive prior approval from the Grants Officer. When requesting such approval, the non -Federal entity must provide a justification in accordance with guidance provided by 41 C.F.R. § 301-10.142, which requires the non -Federal entity to provide the Grants Officer with the following: name; dates of travel; origin and destination of travel; detailed itinerary of travel; name of the air carrier and flight number for each leg of the trip; and a statement explaining why the non -Federal entity meets one of the exceptions to the regulations. If the use of a foreign air carrier is pursuant to a bilateral agreement, the non -Federal entity must provide the Grants Officer with a copy of the agreement or a citation to the official agreement available on the GSA website. The Grants Officer must make the final determination and notify the non -Federal entity in writing (which may be done through the pass- through entity in the case of subrecipient travel). Failure to adhere to the provisions of the Fly America Act will result in the non -Federal entity not being reimbursed for any transportation costs for which any non -Federal entity improperly used a foreign air carrier. Note: When using code -sharing flights (two or more airlines having flight numbers assigned to the same flight) involving U.S. flag carriers and non -U.S. flag carriers, the airline symbol and flight number of the U.S. flag carrier must be used on the ticket to qualify as a U.S. flag carrier (e.g. "Delta Airlines Flight A70LT,, operated by KLM"). Conversely, if the ticket shows "[Foreign Air Carrier] =, operated by Delta," that travel is using a foreign air carrier and is subject to the Fly America Act and must receive prior approval from the Grants Officer as outlined in paragraph G.05.d.4. e. Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States Pursuant to E.O. 13043 (62 FR 19217), non -Federal entities should encourage employees and contractors to enforce on-the-job seat belt policies and programs when operating company-owned, rented, or personally owned vehicles. E Federal Employee Expenses and Subawards or Contracts Issued to Federal Employees or Agencies 1. Use of award funds (Federal or non -Federal) or the non -Federal entity's provision of in-kind goods or services for the purposes of transportation, travel, or any other expenses for any Federal employee may raise appropriation augmentation issues. In addition, DOC policy may prohibit the acceptance of gifts, including travel payments for federal employees, from non -Federal entities regardless of the source. Therefore, before award funds may be used by Federal employees, non -Federal entities must submit requests for approval of such action to the Federal Program Officer who must review and make a recommendation to the Grants Officer. The Grants Officer will notify the non -Federal entity in writing (generally through the pass-through entity) of the final determination. 2. A non -Federal entity or its contractor may not issue a subaward, contract or subcontract of any part of a DOC award to any agency or employee of DOC or to other Federal employee, department, agency, or instrumentality, without the advance prior written approval of the DOC Grants Officer. g. Minority Serving Institutions Initiative Pursuant to E.O.s 13555 (White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics) (75 FR 65417), 13592 (Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities) (76 FR 76603), and 13779 (White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Page 46