APPLICABILITY: This provision shall all apply to all Contracts. In the event that the Contract is for a sum exceeding $100,000.00, the Company shall also certify and file the Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment Certification.

BYRD ANTI-LOBBYING AMENDMENT

Company certifies that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352.

Company further understands and acknowledges that it shall disclose any lobbying with non–Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures shall be forwarded from tier to tier up to the non–Federal award. COPELAND “ANTI-KICKBACK” ACT Company acknowledges and understands that the awarding of this contract is conditioned upon Company’s compliance with the Federal Copeland “Anti–Kickback” Act (40 U.S.C. § 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, “Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States”). The Act provides that each Company or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is otherwise entitled. The non–Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.

BYRD ANTI-LOBBYING AMENDMENT: REQUIRED CERTIFICATION FOR AWARDS EXCEEDING $100,000

The undersigned certifies, to the best of their knowledge and belief, that:

No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,” in accordance with its instructions (Standard Form-LLL available at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/post-award-reporting-forms.html).

The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all Companies shall certify and disclose accordingly.

This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.

Bidder certifies or affirms the truthfulness and accuracy of each statement of its certification and disclosure, if any. In addition, the bidding party understands and agrees that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Ch. 38, Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements, apply to this certification and disclosure, if any.

__________________________________ Signature of Company’s authorized official		Date: _____________________
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