A. No federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, <br />to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any federal <br />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, and <br />the extension, .continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, <br />loan, or cooperative agreement. <br />B. 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 federal agency, a <br />Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of <br />Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the <br />..undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Re >l °~ <br />Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions. <br />C. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award <br />documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subgrants, and contracts and subcontracts <br />under grants, subgrants, loans, and cooperative agreements) which exceed $100,000, and that all <br />such subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. <br />D. 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 <br />making or entering into this transaction imposed by Title 31, USC Section 1352. <br />E. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not <br />less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure. <br />Paragraphs 35, 36, and 47 are not applicable to any local agency on state highway projects. <br />STDPRO-2005.doc 9 <br />Rev. 3-22-OS <br />