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ATTACHMENT E Contract No.
<br />CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING LOBBYING; DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND OTHER
<br />RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS; AND DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
<br />Applicants should refer to the regulations cited below to determine the certification to which they are required to attest. Applicants should also review the instructions
<br />for certification included in the regulations before completing this form. Signature of this form provides for compliance with certification requirements under 34 CFR
<br />Part 82, "New Restrictions on Lobbying," and 34 CFR Part 85, "Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Government-wide Requirements
<br />for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants)." The certifications shall be treated as a material representation of fact upon which reliance will be placed when the Department of
<br />Energy detennines to award the covered transaction, grant, or cooperative agreement.
<br />not less than $10,000 and not more than
<br />LOBBYING $100,000 for each such failure.
<br />The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or
<br />her knowledge and belief, that:
<br />2. DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, AND
<br />OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS
<br />(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been
<br />paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the
<br />undersigned, to any person for influencing
<br />or attempting to influence an officer or
<br />employee of any agency, a Member of
<br />Congress, an officer or employee of
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of
<br />Congress in connection with the awarding of
<br />any Federal contract, the making of any
<br />Federal grant, the making of any Federal
<br />loan, the entering into of any cooperative
<br />agreement, and the extension, continuation,
<br />renewal, amendment, or modification of any
<br />Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
<br />agreement.
<br />(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated
<br />funds have been paid or will be paid to any
<br />person for influencing or attempting to
<br />influence an officer or employee of any
<br />agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or
<br />employee of Congress, or an employee of a
<br />Member of Congress in connection with this
<br />Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
<br />agreement, the undersigned shall complete
<br />and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure
<br />Form to Report Lobbying," in accordance
<br />with its instructions.
<br />(3) The undersigned shall require that the
<br />language of this certification be included in
<br />the award documents for all subawards at all
<br />tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and
<br />contracts under grants, loans, and
<br />cooperative agreements) and that all
<br />subrecipients shall certify and disclose
<br />accordingly.
<br />This certification is a material representation of
<br />fact upon which reliance was placed when this
<br />transaction was made or entered into.
<br />Submission of this certification is a prerequisite
<br />for making or entering into this transaction
<br />imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code.
<br />Any person who fails to file the required
<br />certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of
<br />(1) The prospective primary participant certifies
<br />to the best of its knowledge and belief, that
<br />it and its principals:
<br />(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended,
<br />proposed for debarment, declared
<br />ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
<br />covered transactions by any Federal
<br />department or agency;
<br />(b) Have not within a three-year period
<br />receding this proposal been convicted of
<br />or had a civil judgment rendered against
<br />them for commission of fraud or a
<br />criminal offense in connection with
<br />obtaining, attempting to obtain, or
<br />performing a public (Federal, State or
<br />local) transaction or contract under a
<br />public transaction; violation of Federal
<br />or State antitrust statutes or commission
<br />of embezzlement, theft, forgery,
<br />bribery, falsification or destruction of
<br />records, making false statements, or
<br />receiving stolen property;
<br />(c) Are not presently indicted for or
<br />otherwise criminally or civilly charged
<br />by a government entity (Federal, State
<br />or local) with commission of any of the
<br />offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)(b)
<br />of this certification; and
<br />(d) Have not within a three-year period
<br />preceding this application/proposal had
<br />one or more public transactions
<br />(Federal, State or local) terminated for
<br />cause or default.
<br />(2) Where the prospective primary participant is
<br />unable to certify to any of the statements in
<br />this certification, such prospective
<br />participant shall attach an explanation to this
<br />proposal.
<br />3. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE
<br />This certification is required by the Drug-Free
<br />Workplace Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-690, Title
<br />V, Subtitle D) and is implemented through
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