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Article 25 Nondiscrimination in Matters Pertaining to Faith-Based <br /> Organizations <br /> It is DHS policy to ensure the equal treatment of faith-based organizations in <br /> social service programs administered or supported by DHS or its component <br /> agencies, enabling those organizations to participate in providing important <br /> social services to beneficiaries. Recipients must comply with the equal <br /> treatment policies and requirements contained in 6 C.F.R. Part 19 and other <br /> applicable statues, regulations, and guidance governing the participations of <br /> faith- based organizations in individual DHS programs. <br /> Article 26 Non-Supplanting Requirement <br /> Recipients receiving federal financial assistance awards made under <br /> programs that prohibit supplanting by law must ensure that federal funds do <br /> not replace (supplant) funds that have been budgeted for the same purpose <br /> through non-federal sources. <br /> Article 27 Notice of Funding Opportunity Requirements <br /> All the instructions, guidance, limitations, and other conditions set forth in the <br /> Notice of Funding Opportunity(NOFO) for this program are incorporated <br /> here by reference in the award terms and conditions. All recipients must <br /> comply with any such requirements set forth in the program NOFO. <br /> Article 28 Patents and Intellectual Property Rights <br /> Recipients are subject to the Bayh-Dole Act, 35 U.S.C. § 200 et seq, unless <br /> otherwise provided by law. Recipients are subject to the specific <br /> requirements governing the development, reporting, and disposition of rights <br /> to inventions and patents resulting from federal financial assistance awards <br /> located at 37 C.F.R. Part 401 and the standard patent rights clause located at <br /> 37 C.F.R. § 401.14. <br /> Article 29 Procurement of Recovered Materials <br /> States, political subdivisions of states, and their contractors must comply with <br /> Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub. L. 89-272 (1965), <br /> (codified as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 <br /> U.S.C. § 6962.) The requirements of Section 6002 include procuring only <br /> items designated in guidelines of the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) <br /> at 40 C.F.R. Part 247 that contain the highest percentage of recovered <br /> materials practicable, consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of <br /> competition. <br />