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<br />adoption of any law, regulation or policy, at any level of government, in order to avoid violation of 18
<br />U.S.C. § 1913. The Grantee, or any subgrantee may, however, use federal funds to collaborate with
<br />and provide information to federal, state, local, tribal and territorial public officials and agencies to
<br />develop and implement policies and develop and promote state, local, or tribal legislation or model
<br />codes designed to reduce or eliminate domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
<br />(as those terms are defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)) when such collaboration and provision of
<br />information is consistent with the activities otherwise authorized under this grant program.
<br />Another federal law generally prohibits federal funds awarded by the Office on Violence Against
<br />Women from being used by the Grantee, or any subgrantee at any tier, to pay any person to influence
<br />(or attempt to influence) a federal agency, a Member of Congress, or Congress (or an official or
<br />employee of any of them) with respect to the awarding of a federal grant or cooperative agreement,
<br />subgrant, grant, subcontract, or loan, or with respect to actions such as renewing, extending, or
<br />modifying any such award. See 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Certain exceptions to this law apply, including an
<br />exception that applies to Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
<br />Should any question arise as to whether a particular use of federal funds by the Grantee (or any
<br />subgrantee) would or might fall within the scope of these prohibitions, the Grantee is to contact
<br />COMMERCE for guidance, and may not proceed without the express prior written approval of
<br />COMMERCE.
<br />35. SERVICES TO LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT (LEP) PERSONS
<br />To ensure compliance with Title VI and the Safe Streets Act, Grantees are required to make
<br />reasonable steps to ensure that LEP persons have meaningful access to their programs. Meaningful
<br />access may entail providing language assistance services, including interpretation and translation
<br />services, where necessary. Recipients are encouraged to consider the need for language services
<br />for LEP persons served or encountered both in developing their programs and budgets and in
<br />conducting their programs and activities. Reasonable costs associated with providing meaningful
<br />access for LEP individuals are considered allowable program costs. Additional assistance regarding
<br />LEP obligations and information may be found at: www.lep.gov.
<br />36. STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
<br />The Grantee agrees to comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements which may
<br />include, among other relevant authorities, the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, P.L. 103-322,
<br />Violence Against Women Act of 2000, P.L. 106-386, the Violence Against Women and Department
<br />of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, P.L. 109-162, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization
<br />Act of 2013, P.L. 113-4, the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103,
<br />the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 34 U.S.C. §§ 10101 et seq. and OVW’s
<br />implementing regulations at 28 C.F.R. Part 90.
<br />37. SUBGRANTEE/SUBCONTRACTOR DATA COLLECTION
<br />Grantee will submit reports, in a form and format to be provided by COMMERCE and at intervals as
<br />agreed by the parties, regarding work under this Grant performed by subgrantees/subcontractors and
<br />the portion of Grant funds expended for work performed by subgrantees/subcontractors, including but
<br />not necessarily limited to minority-owned, woman-owned, and veteran-owned business
<br />subgrantees/subcontractors. “Subgrantees/subcontractors” shall mean subgrantees of any tier.
<br />38. VAWA 2013 NON-DISCRIMINATION PROVISION
<br />The Grantee acknowledges that 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(13) prohibits recipients of OVW awards from
<br />excluding, denying benefits to, or discriminating against any person on the basis of actual or perceived
<br />race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability in any
<br />program or activity funded in whole or in part by this Grant. Grantees may provide sex-segregated or
<br />sex-specific programming if doing so is necessary to the essential operations of the programs, so
<br />long as the Grantee provides comparable services to those who cannot be provided with sex-
<br />segregated or sex-specific programming. The Grantee agrees that it will comply with this provision.
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