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f. Official Not to Benefit: No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States, or resident Commis- sioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this grant or to any benefit that may arise therefrom. g. Access to Records and Right to Audit (1) The GRANTEE agrees that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives and the Secretary of Commerce or any of his duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three (3) years after expenditure of funds under this grant, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the GRANTEE involving transactions related to this grant. The GRANTEE agrees to include the substance of this paragraph into all grants and subcontracts payable from contract funds in whole or in part. (2) The GRANTEE agrees that payment(s) made under this grant shall be subject to reduction for amount charged thereto which are found after audit examination not to constitute allowable costs under this grant. The GRANTEE shall refund by check pay- able to the DEPARTMENT the amount of such reduction of payments under completed or terminated grants. (3) GRANTEE shall meet the provisions in OMB Circular A-128 (Audit of State and Local Governments) or OMB Circular A-110 (Uniform Requirements for Grants to Universities, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Orga- nizations) if the GRANTEE received federal funds in excess of $25, 000. The GRANTEE must forward a copy of the state auditor's audit along with the GRANTEE response and the final corrective action plan as approved by the SAO to the DEPARTMENT within 90 days of the date of the audit report. h. Maintenance of Records: All required records shall be maintained until an audit is completed and all questions arising therefrom are resolved, or three (3) years after completion of a project, whichever is sooner. i. Refund of Payment: If, through any cause, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) disallows reimbursement to the DEPARTMENT for failure to fulfill the grant or stipulations of this grant, the GRANTEE will reimburse the DEPARTMENT to proportionate amount of the federal share of the total grant funds paid by the DEPARTMENT to the GRANTEE through this grant, or that portion thereof constituting NOAA reimbursement of state grant funding under the terms of this grant. 10