Grant Award Federal Emergency Management Agency

Article 11 Debarment and Suspension Recipients are subject to the non-procurement debarment and suspension regulations implementing Executive Orders(E.O.) 12549 and 12689,and 2 C.F.R. Part 180 as adopted by DHS at 2 C.F.R. Part 3000.These regulations restrict federal financial assistance awards,subawards,and contracts with certain parties that are debarred, suspended,or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation in federal assistance programs or activities. Article 12 Drug-Free Workplace Regulations Recipients must comply with drug-free workplace requirements in Subpart B(or Subpart C, if the recipient is an individual)of 2 C.F.R. Part 3001,which adopts the Government-wide implementation (2 C.F.R. Part 182)of sec.5152-5158 of the Drug- Free Workplace Act of 1988(41 U.S.C.8101). Article 13 Duplication of Benefits Any cost allocable to a particular federal financial assistance award provided for in 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Subpart E may not be charged to other federal financial assistance awards to overcome fund deficiencies,to avoid restrictions imposed by federal statutes, regulations,or federal financial assistance award terms and conditions,or for other reasons. However,these prohibitions would not preclude recipients from shifting costs that are allowable under two or more awards in accordance with existing federal statutes, regulations,or the federal financial assistance award terms and conditions. Article 14 Education Amendments of 1972(Equal Opportunity in Education Act)—Title IX Recipients must comply with the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Pub. L. No.92-318 (1972) (codified as amended at 20 U.S.C.§ 1681 et seq.), which provide that no person in the United States will,on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. DHS implementing regulations are codified at 6 C.F.R. Part 17 and 44 C.F.R. Part 19. Article 15 Energy Policy and Conservation Act Recipients must comply with the requirements of The Energy Policy and Conservation Act Pub. L. No.94- 163(1975) (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C.§6201 et seq.), which contain policies relating to energy efficiency that are defined in the state energy conservation plan issued in compliance with this Act. Article 16 False Claims Act and Program Fraud Civil Remedies Recipients must comply with the requirements of The False Claims Act,31 U.S.C.§ 3729-3733,which prohibits the submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government. (See 31 U.S.C.§3801-3812 which details the administrative remedies for false claims and statements made. Article 17 Federal Debt Status All recipients are required to be non-delinquent in their repayment of any federal debt. Examples of relevant debt include delinquent payroll and other taxes, audit disallowances,and benefit overpayments.(See OMB Circular A-129.) Article 18 Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging while Driving Recipients are encouraged to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving as described in E.O. 13513, including conducting initiatives described in Section 3(a)of the Order when on official government business or when performing any work for or on behalf of the federal government.