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<br /> any federal agency,a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of
<br /> a member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any federal funds pursuant to a
<br /> contract, the making of any federal grant, the making of any federal loan, the entering into of any
<br /> cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of
<br /> any federal contract, grant,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 member
<br /> of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in
<br /> connection with this contract, a grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall
<br /> complete and submit the Standard Form - LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying," in
<br /> 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 under
<br /> grants, subgrants, loans, and cooperative agreements) which exceed $100,000, and that all such
<br /> subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly. This certification is a material representation
<br /> of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into.
<br /> Submission of this certification as a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction
<br /> imposed by Section 1352, Title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required
<br /> certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than
<br /> $100,000 for each such failure.
<br /> XVII
<br /> Suspension and Debarment ..
<br /> The Contractor agrees to comply, and assures the compliance of each sub-recipient, lessee, third-
<br /> party contractor, or other participant at any tier of the project, with the requirements of Executive
<br /> Orders Numbers 12549 and 12689, "Debarment and Suspension, "31 USC § 6101 note, and U.S.
<br /> DOT regulations, "Non-procurement Suspension and Debarment" 2 CFR Part 1200, which adopts
<br /> and supplements the provisions of U.S. Office of Management and Budget(U.S. OMB) "Guidelines
<br /> to Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement)," 2 CFR Part 180.
<br /> The Contractor agrees to,and assures that its subrecipients, lessees,third-party contractors, and other
<br /> participants at any tier of the Project will, search the Excluded Parties Listing System records at
<br /> www.sam.gov before entering into any subagreement, lease, third-party contract, or other
<br /> arrangement in connection with the Project, and will include a similar term or condition in each of its
<br /> lower-tier covered transactions.
<br /> XVI
<br /> Execution and Acceptance
<br /> This Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
<br /> deemed to be an original having identical legal effect. The Contractor does hereby ratify and adopt
<br /> all statements, representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements and their supporting
<br /> materials contained and/or mentioned herein, and does hereby accept WSDOT's grant and agrees
<br /> to all of the terms and conditions thereof that are set forth in this Agreement.
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