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Attachment <br />Certification Regarding Lobbying <br />(for bids and/or awards) <br />The Grantee certifies, to the best of his or 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 />undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of <br />an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a <br />Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any <br />Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, <br />and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, <br />grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. <br />(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person <br />for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of <br />Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in <br />connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned <br />shall complete and submit Standard Form -LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in <br />accordance with its instructions. <br />(3) The Grantee shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award <br />documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under <br />grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose <br />accordingly. <br />This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this <br />transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or <br />entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file <br />the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than <br />$100,000 for each such failure. <br />Grantee's Authorized Representative: <br />0 <br />Title: <br />05/27/2015 Page 36 of 36 <br />