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A. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any
<br />person 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 connection with
<br />the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the
<br />entering into of any cooperative agreement, or the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or
<br />modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.
<br />B. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for
<br />influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
<br />officer or employee of 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 the Agency shall complete
<br />and submit Standard Form-LLL, A Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying, in accordance with its instructions.
<br />C. The undersigned representative of the Agency shall require that the language of this certification be
<br />included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants and
<br />agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
<br />D. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction
<br />was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this
<br />transaction imposed by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject
<br />to a civil penalty of not less than Ten Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) and not more than One
<br />Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($100,000.00) for each such failure. All liability arising from an
<br />erroneous representation shall be borne solely by the tier filing that representation and shall not be shared by
<br />any tier to which the erroneous representation is forwarded.
<br />18. CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT Sl.&SPENSION INELIGIBILITY AND VOIXN'TAI Y
<br />EXCLUSION --LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS: A person who is debarred or suspended shall be
<br />excluded from Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits under Federal programs and activities. The
<br />Agency shall include the following clause without modification, in all proposals, agreements, contracts, proposals, or
<br />other lower tier covered 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 this proposal):
<br />" (;'ertific tio¢1_Re, rding Debarnicni, 5 g el�it r,mlalc lzg bilil'y and Volluntgry t 2„gljesion -_ LowerTier
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<br />Covered 1 µrani fiction: The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by submission of this proposal,
<br />that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or
<br />agency."
<br />19. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL RULES AND RFGULATIONS': The Agency agrees to abide by all
<br />applicable federal rules and regulations, as amended from time to time, including but not limited to those federal rules
<br />and regulations referred to in this Contract. Unearned payments under this Contract may be suspended or terminated
<br />upon refusal to accept any additional conditions that may be imposed by HUD at any time or if the grant to the City
<br />under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, is suspended or terminated.
<br />20. The Organization hereby represents and certifies that it may enter into this agreement under Indiana Code § 5-22-
<br />16.5-8 and, to the extent applicable, has executed and filed with the City a "CONTRACTOR'S NON -COLLUSION
<br />AND NON -DEBARMENT AFFIDAVIT, CERTIFICATION REGARDING INVESTMENT WITH IRAN,
<br />EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION, NON-DISCRIMINATION COMMITMENT AND
<br />CERTIFICATION OF USE OF UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTS OR FOUNDRY PRODUCTS", the form
<br />of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Appendix11 prior to the City's approval of this Agreement.
<br />21. CLAIMS AGAINST CITY: The Agency agrees to defend, indemnify and save harmless the City, its officers,
<br />agents or employees from any and all claims of any nature whatsoever which may arise from the Agency's performance
<br />of this Contract; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Contract shall be construed as rendering the Agency
<br />liable for acts of the City, its officers, agents or employees.
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