renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative <br />agreement. <br />B. If any funds other than .federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any <br />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 <br />a Member of Congress in connection with this federal contract, grant, loan, or <br />cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL. <br />"Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions. <br />C. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification .be included in the <br />award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subgrants, and. contracts and <br />subcontracts under grants, subgrants, loans, and cooperative agreements) which <br />exceed $100,000, and that all such subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. <br />D. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed <br />when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a <br />prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by Title 31, USC Section <br />1352. a <br />E. Any person who fails to fle the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of <br />not 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-2006.doc 9 <br />Rev. 7-3-2006 <br />