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3. Lobbying and Political Activities
<br />As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), for persons
<br />entering into a contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement from an agency or
<br />requests or receives from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to
<br />insure or guarantee a loan, the Applicant certifies that:
<br />(a) No federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf
<br />of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence
<br />an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or
<br />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
<br />federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering into of any
<br />cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,
<br />amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or
<br />cooperative agreement.
<br />(b) If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be
<br />paid 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
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this
<br />federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned
<br />shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report
<br />Lobbying", in accordance with its instructions.
<br />(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be
<br />included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including
<br />subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative
<br />agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§1501-
<br />1508 and §§7324- 7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose
<br />principal employment activities are funded in whole or in part with federal funds.
<br />Finally, the Applicant agrees that federal funds will not be used, directly or indirectly,
<br />to support the enactment, repeal, modification or adoption of any law, regulation or
<br />policy without the express written approval from the California Governor's Office of
<br />Emergency Services (Cal OES) or the federal awarding agency.
<br />4. Debarment and Suspension
<br />As required by Executive Orders 12549 and 12689, and 2 C.F.R. §200.212 and
<br />codified in 2 C.F.R. Part 180, Debarment and Suspension, the Applicant will provide
<br />protection against waste, fraud, and abuse by debarring or suspending those
<br />persons deemed irresponsible in their dealings with the federal government. The
<br />Applicant certifies that it and its principal, subgantees, recipients or subrecipients:
<br />(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal
<br />department or agency;
<br />(b) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application been
<br />convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of
<br />fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain,
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