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"Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United
<br />States, or of any State or Territory, or whoever, whether a
<br />Person, association, Brm, or corporation, knowingly makes any
<br />false statement, false representation, or false report as to the
<br />character, quality, quantity, or cost of the material used or to
<br />be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to
<br />be performed, or the cost thereof In connection with the
<br />submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs
<br />of construction on any highway or related project submitted for
<br />approval to the Secretary of Transportation; or
<br />Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false.
<br />representation, false report or false Claim with respect to the
<br />character, quality, quantity, or cost of any work performed or to
<br />be performed, or materials furnished or to be furnished, in
<br />connection with the construction of any highway or related
<br />project approved by the Secretary of Transportation; or
<br />Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or false
<br />representation as to material fact In any statement, certificate,
<br />or report submitted pursuant to provisions of the Federal -aid
<br />Roads Act approved July 1, 1916, (39 Stat. 355), as amended
<br />and supplemented;
<br />Shall be fined under this title or Imprisoned not more than 5
<br />Years or both."
<br />IX. IMPLEMENTATION OF CLEAN AIR ACT AND FEDERAL
<br />WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT
<br />This provision is applicable to all Federal -aid construction
<br />contracts and to all related subcontracts.
<br />By submission of this bld/proposal or the execution of this
<br />contract, or subcontract, as appropriate, the bidder, proposer,
<br />Federalaid construction contractor, or subcontractor, as
<br />appropriate, will be deemed to have stipulated as follows:
<br />1. That any person who is orwill be utilized in the
<br />Performance of this contract is not prohibited from receiving an
<br />award due to a vtafation of Section 608 of the Clean Water Act
<br />or Section 306 of the Clean Air Act.
<br />2. That the contractor agrees to include or cause to be
<br />Included the requirements of paragraph (1)ofthis Section X In
<br />every subcontract, and further agrees to take such action as
<br />the contracting agency may direct as a means of enforcing
<br />such requirements.
<br />X. CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT,
<br />SUSPENSION, INELIGIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY
<br />EXCLUSION
<br />This provision Is applicable to all Federal -aid Construction
<br />contracts, design -build contracts, subcontracts, lower -tier
<br />subcontracts, purchase orders, lease agreements, consultant
<br />contracts or any other covered transaction requiring FHWA
<br />approval or that Is estimated to cost $25,000 or more — as
<br />defined In 2 CFR Parts 180 and 1200,
<br />1. Instructions for Certification — First Tier Participants;
<br />a. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective
<br />first tier participant Is providing the certification set out below.
<br />b. The Inability of a person to provide the certification set out
<br />below will not necessarily result in dental of participation In this
<br />covered transaction. The prospective first tier participant shall
<br />submit an explanation of why It cannot provide the certification
<br />set out below. The certification or explanation will be
<br />considered in connection with the department or agency's
<br />determination whether to enter Into this transaction. However,
<br />failure of the prospective first tier participant to furnish a
<br />certlficatlon or an explanation shall disqualify such a person
<br />from participation In this transaction.
<br />o. The certification In this clause is a material representation
<br />of fact upon which reliance was placed when the contracting
<br />agency determined to enter into this transaction. If It is later
<br />determined that the prospective participant knowingly rendered
<br />an erroneous certification, In addition to other remedies
<br />available to the Federal Government, the contracting agency
<br />may terminate this transaction for cause of default.
<br />d. The prospective first tier participant shall provide
<br />Immediate written notice to the contracting agency to whom
<br />this proposal Is submitted If any time the prospective first tier
<br />participant learns that Its Certification was erroneous when
<br />submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed
<br />circumstances.
<br />e. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred,"
<br />suspended,""ineligible,""participant,""person," "principal,"
<br />and "voluntarily excluded," as used In this clads. are defined
<br />in 2 CFR Parts 180 and 1200. "First Tfer Covered
<br />Transactions" refers to any covered transaction between a
<br />grantee or subgrantee of Federal funds and a participant (such
<br />as the prime or general contract). "Lower Tier Covered
<br />Transactions" refers to any covered transaction under a First
<br />Tier Covered Transaction (such as subcontracts). "First Tier
<br />Pardelpanr refers to the participant who has entered Into a
<br />covered transaction with a grantee or subgrantee of Federal
<br />funds (such as the prime or general contractor). "Lower Tler
<br />Participant" refers any participant who has entered Into a
<br />covered transaction with a First Tier Participant or other Lower
<br />Tier Participants (such as subcontractors and suppliers).
<br />If. The prospective first tier participant agrees by submitting
<br />this proposal that, should the proposed covered transaction be
<br />entered into, it shall not knowingly enter Into any lower tier
<br />covered transaction with a person who Is debarred,
<br />suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
<br />Participation In this covered transaction, unless authorized by
<br />the department or agency entering Into this transaction,
<br />g. The prospective first tier participant further agrees by
<br />submitting this proposal that It will Include the clause titled
<br />"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility
<br />and Voluntary Exeluslon-Lower Tier Covered Transactions,"
<br />provided by the department or contracting agency, entering
<br />Into this covered transaction, without modification, in all lower
<br />tier covered transactions and In all solicitations for lower tier
<br />covered transactions exceeding the $26,000 threshold.
<br />h. A participant In a covered transaction may rely upon a
<br />certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered
<br />transaction that is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or
<br />voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it
<br />knows that the certification is erroneoue, A participant is
<br />responsible for ensuring that Its principals are not suspended,
<br />debarred, or otherwise ineligible to participate In covered
<br />transactions, To verify the eligibility of its principals, as well as
<br />the eligibility of any lower tier prospective participants, each
<br />Participant may, but Is not required to, check the Excluded
<br />Parties List System webske (httna•/fwww eols oov/), which Is
<br />complied by the General Services Administration,
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