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F. 1,,obbyin Prohibited. None of the funds provided under this Contract shall <br />be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to defeat or support <br />legislation pending before Congress. <br />17. Geri'" lcation &? Vrardingo jia� The undersigned representative of the Agency <br />certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that: <br />A. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on <br />behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence <br />an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or <br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection <br />with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the <br />making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, or the <br />extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal <br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. <br />B. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will <br />be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or <br />employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of <br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal <br />contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned representative of <br />the Agency shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, Disclosure Form to <br />Report Lobbying, in accordance with its instructions. <br />C. The undersigned representative of the Agency shall require that the <br />language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards <br />at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants and agreements) and that all <br />subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.D. This certification is a <br />material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this <br />transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a <br />prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by 31 U.S.C. 1352. <br />Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil <br />penalty of not less than Ten Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) and not <br />more than One Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($100,000.00) for each such <br />failure. All liability arising from an erroneous representation shall be borne solely <br />by the tier filing that representation and shall not be shared by any tier to which the <br />erroneous representation is forwarded. <br />18. Cerli ic4atiott _.&cga.,Ll r parr °araeaxtr Suspension, saran, iaacli ilia"lit and crlraaatcra <br />Exclusion — Lower -Tier Covered Transactions: A person who is debarred or suspended <br />shall be excluded from Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits under <br />Federal programs and activities. The Agency shall include the following clause without <br />modification, in all proposals, agreements, contracts, proposals, or other lower tier covered <br />transactions. (Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to certify to any of the <br />statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to <br />this proposal): <br />12 <br />