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C. Certification Regarding Lobbying:
<br />The Contractor certifies, to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, that:
<br />1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
<br />Contractor, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
<br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with
<br />the awarding of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement,
<br />and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any
<br />Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative, agreement.
<br />2) 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 in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan,
<br />or cooperative agreement, the Contractor shall complete and submit Standard Form -
<br />LLL, 'Disclosure Forth to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions.
<br />3) The Contractor shall require that the language of this certification be included in the
<br />award documents for all sub - awards at all tiers (including subcontracts, sub -grants
<br />and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all sub -
<br />recipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />4) The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier
<br />covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," and "voluntarily excluded," as used in
<br />this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of
<br />rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the LA for assistance
<br />in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
<br />5) The Contractor agrees by signing this Contract Document that, should the proposed
<br />covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier
<br />covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible or
<br />voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized
<br />by the DOL.
<br />6) The Contractor further agrees by signing this Contract Document that it will include
<br />the clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
<br />Voluntary Exclusion" Lower Tier Covered Transaction," without modification, in all
<br />lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered
<br />transactions.
<br />7) A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective
<br />participant in a lower tier covered transaction that is not debarred, suspended,
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that
<br />the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency
<br />by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may but is
<br />not required to check, the List of Parties Excluded from Procurement Non -
<br />procurement Programs.
<br />8) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a
<br />system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this
<br />clause. The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed
<br />that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of
<br />business dealings.
<br />9) Except for transactions authorized under paragraph (5) of this section, if a participant
<br />in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a
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