2006 NS EMS - Grant Agreements - 2005 Buffer Zone Protection Program (BZPP) Grant Funds

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I IV. BACKGROUND The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Domestic Preparedness has made funds available through the FY 2005 Buffer Zone Protection Program Grants. The Grantee and the Sub - grantee enter into an arrangement by which the Division of EM will provide Federal reimbursement funding to the Sub - grantee for the purchase of equipment as agreed upon in Annex A. V. AUTHORITY The parties enter into this MOA under the authority of the following: 1) Public Law 105 -277, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Div. A, Sec. 101 (B) at 112 Stat. 2681 -50); 2) Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1999 (Div. A, Sec. 101(B), Title I at 112 Stat. 2681 -50; 3) Public Law 107 -56, the U.S. Patriot Act of 2001; 4) Public Law 107 -296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002; 5) Public Law 108 -11, the Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003; 6) FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act; 7) the implementing regulations of each Act or Law; 8) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Office of Domestic Preparedness Fiscal Year 2005 State Homeland Security Grant Program Guidelines and Application Kit available at httT)://www.ojp,.usdoj.aov/gMide.linesinfo.htm ; 9) DHS FY 2005 -GR -T5 -0021 BZPP; 10) applicable ODP Information Bulletins; and 11) The N.C. Emergency Management Act, Chapter 166A of the North Carolina General Statutes. 12) The SUB - GRANTEE further agrees to comply with current federal suspension and debarment regulations pursuant to OMB Circular A -133 which states in pertinent part that [e]ffective November 26, 2003, when a non - federal entity enters into a covered transaction with an entity at a lower tier, the non - federal entity must verify that the entity is not suspended or debarred or otherwise excluded. SUB - GRANTEE shall be responsible to ensure that it has checked the federal Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) to verify that contractors or subrecipients have not been suspended or debarred from doing business with the federal government. VI. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY, DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT The Grantee agrees to provide reimbursement to the Sub - grantee for the cost of equipment as described in Annex A. VII. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUB - GRANTEE Sub - grantee agrees to: A. Procure equipment as indicated in Annex A under the applicable USDHS, SLGCP, ODP Program Guidelines and Application Kits incorporated by reference herein, of this MOA for the enhancement of the BZPP. Page 2 of 10