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Exhibit B <br />U.S. Government Laws and Regulations <br />U.S. GOVERNMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS. Contractor understands that this Contract will be funded by U.S. <br />Government funding and that Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that all work/travel is carried out in compliance with <br />any pertinent regulations and laws including but not limited to those listed below. <br />A. RECORD RETENTION. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to <br />this Contract shall be retained by Contractor for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure <br />report. If any litigation, claim, or audit is started before the expiration of the three-year period, the records shall be retained <br />until all litigation, claims, or audit findings involving the records have been resolved. <br />B. ACCESS TO RECORDS. TNC, the U.S. Federal entity providing the funding from which this Contract will be paid, the <br />Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have the right of timely and <br />unrestricted access to any books, documents, papers, and other records of Contractor that are pertinent to this Contract for the <br />purpose of making audits, examinations, excerpts, copies, and transcriptions. The rights of access in this paragraph are not <br />limited to the required retention period, but shall last as long as records are retained. <br />C. DEBARMENT CERTIFICATION. Contractor certifies, by signature on this Contract, that Contractor is not presently <br />debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction <br />by any U.S. Federal department or agency. Where Contractor is unable to certify to this statement, Contractor shall attach an <br />explanation to this Contract, and, at the option of TNC, this Contract shall become null and void. <br />D. CONTRACTOR LIABILITY. Contractor assumes sole responsibility for reimbursement to TNC or the U.S. Federal <br />Government, whichever is appropriate, of a sum of money equivalent to the amount of any expenditures disallowed should the <br />funding agency or any authorized agency rule, through audit exception or some other appropriate means, that expenditures <br />from funds allocated to Contractor were not made in compliance with applicable cost principles and regulations of the funding <br />agency, or the provisions of this Contract. <br />E. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. Contractor must comply with E.O. 11246, "Equal Employment <br />Opportunity," as amended by E.O. 11375, "Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity" <br />and as supplemented by regulations at 41 C.F.R. Part 60, "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal <br />Employment Opportunity, Department of Labor." <br />-I- <br />