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APPENDIX for GRANT AGREEMENTS The following stipulations apply to all projects funded in part by federal Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) moneys awarded to the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office (HPO), by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Questions about the application of these conditions to specific projects are available from the HPO project specialists or from the grants administrator, State Historic Preservation Office, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 -2807, telephone: (919) 733 -4763, FAX (919) 733- 8653. 1. PROCUREMENT: Grantees must forward to the HPO evidence of compliance with federal competitive procurement requirements for professional services and subcontracts prior to reimbursement, if applicable. 2. RETENTION OF RECORDS: Acceptable federal and nonfederal share - supporting documentation must be submitted prior to reimbursement, if applicable. Documentation includes: copies of contract, time sheets, front and back of canceled checks, invoices, etc. 3. CHANGES IN SCOPE: The approved scope of work, products, budget, and performance/ reporting milestones included in the contract cannot be changed without prior written approval from the HPO. 4. LOBBYING PROHIBITED: Grantees must conform with the following text of 18 U.S.C. 1913, which prohibits the use of the grant funds for lobbying: No pan of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of ecpress authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designated to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or its Department or agencies from communication to Members of Congress on the request of any Member or to Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business. 5. NONFEDERAL AUDIT: Grantees that receive $300,000 or more in federal financial assistance are responsible for obtaining audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984 and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, and OMB Circular A -133. The audit shall be made by an independent auditor in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards covering financial and compliance audits.