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authorized body;
<br />(c) Grant funds shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by the city
<br />council, governing board, or authorized body;
<br />(d) The Applicant is authorized by the city council, governing board, or authorized body
<br />to apply for federal assistance, and the institutional, managerial and financial
<br />capability (including funds sufficient to pay the non-federal share of project cost, if
<br />any) to ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project
<br />described in this application; and
<br />(e) The official executing this agreement is authorized by the Applicant.
<br />This Proof of Authority must be maintained on file and readily available upon request.
<br />2. Period of Performance
<br />The period of performance is specified in the Award. The Applicant is only authorized to
<br />perform allowable activities approved under the award, within the period of performance.
<br />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 requests
<br />or receives from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or
<br />guarantee a loan, the Applicant certifies that:
<br />(a) No federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
<br />undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
<br />employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the
<br />awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of
<br />any federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the
<br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal
<br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />(b) If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to
<br />any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any
<br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
<br />employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant,
<br />loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit
<br />Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its
<br />instructions.
<br />(c) The Applicant shall require that the language of this certification be included in the
<br />award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants,
<br />and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all
<br />subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />The Applicant will also comply with provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508
<br />and §§ 7324-7328) which limit the political activities of employees whose principle
<br />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, to
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