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<br />																			 	Standard Form -LLL-A
<br />	   	INSTRUCTION  FOR COMPLETION  OF  SF-LLL,  DISCLOSURE  OF  LOBBYING  ACTIVITIES
<br />  This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, whether subawardee or prime Federal  recipient, at the initiation or receipt of a
<br />  covered Federal action, or a material change to a previous filing, pursuant to title 31  U.S.C. section 1352.  The filing of a form is required for each
<br />  payment or agreement to make payment to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a
<br />  Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with a covered Federal action.
<br />  Use the SF-LLL-A Continuation Sheet for additional information if the space on the form is inadequate.  Complete all items that apply for both the
<br />  initial filing and material change report.  Refer to the implementing guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget for additional
<br />  information.
<br />  1.    	Identity the type of covered Federal action for which lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the outcome of a
<br />	 	covered Federal action.
<br />  2.    	Identify the status of the covered Federal action.
<br />  3.    	Identify the appropriate classification of this report.  If this is a followup report caused by a material change to the information
<br />	 	previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which the change occurred.  Enter the date of the last previously submitted
<br />	 	report by this reporting entity for this covered Federal action.
<br />  4.    	Enter the full name, address, city, state and ZIP Code of the reporting entity.  Include Congressional District, if known.  Check the
<br />	 	appropriate classification of the reporting entity that designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward recipient.  Identify
<br />	 	the  tier of the subawardee,  e.g.,  the first subawardee  of the  prime  is the  1st tier.  Subawards  include  but are  not limited to
<br />	 	subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under grants.
<br />  5.    	If the organization filing the report in Item 4 checks "subawardee", then enter the full name, address, city, state and zip code of
<br />	 	the prime Federal recipient.  Include Congressional District, if known
<br />  6.    	Enter the  name of the Federal agency making the award or loan commitment.  Include at least one organizational  level  below
<br />	 	agency name, if known.  For example, Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard.
<br />  7.    	Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered Federal action (item 1).  If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal
<br />	 	Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and loan commitments.
<br />  8.    	Enter the  most appropriate  Federal  identifying  number available for the  Federal  action  identified  in  item  1  (e.g.,  Request for
<br />	 	Proposal (RFP) number; Invitation for Bid (IFB) number; grant announcement number; the contract, grant, or loan award number;
<br />	 	the application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency).  Include prefixes, e.g., "RFP-DE-90-001."
<br />  9.    	For a  covered  Federal  action where there  has  been  an  award  or loan  commitment  by the  Federal  agency,  enter the  Federal
<br />	 	amount of the award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 or 5.
<br />  10.  (a)  Enter the full name, address, city, state and zip code of the lobbying entity engaged by the reporting entity identified in
<br />	 	item 4 to influence the covered Federal action.
<br />  (b)   	Enter the full  name of the  individual(s)  performing services,  and  include full address  if different from  10  (a).  Enter Last
<br />	 	Name, First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).
<br />  11.  Enter the amount of compensation paid or reasonably expected to be paid by the reporting entity (item 4) to the lobbying entity
<br />	 	(item 10).  Indicate whether the payment has been made (actual) or will be made (planned).  Check all boxes that apply.  If this is
<br />	 	a material change report, enter the cumulative amount of payment made or planned to be made.
<br />  12.  Check the appropriate  box(es).  Check all  boxes that apply.  If payment is  made through an  in-kind  contribution,  specify the
<br />	 	nature and value of the in-kind payment.
<br />  13.  Check the appropriate box(es).  Check all boxes that apply.  If other, specify nature.
<br />  14.  Provide a specific and detailed description of the services that the lobbyist has performed, or will be expected to perform, and
<br />	 	the  date(s)  of any  services  rendered.   	Include  all  preparatory and  related  activity,  not just time spent  in  actual  contact with
<br />	 	Federal  officials.   	Identify  the  Federal  official(s)  or  employee(s)  contacted  or  the  officer(s),  employee(s),  or  Member(s)  of
<br />	 	Congress that were contacted.
<br />  15.  Check whether or not a SF-LLL-A Continuation Sheet(s) is attached.
<br />  16.  The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print his/her name, title, and telephone number.
<br /> Public  reporting  burden  for this  collection  of information  is  estimated  to  average  30  minutes  per response,  including  time for reviewing
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<br /> instructions, searching existing data sources,  gathering and maintaining the data  needed, and  completing and  reviewing the collection  of
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<br /> information.  Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
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<br /> reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and Budgets.  Paperwork Reduction Project (0348-0046), Washington, D.C. 20503.
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