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The United States has the right to seek judicial enforcement of these obligations. <br /> Article XXXIV-Assurances,Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements <br /> DHS financial assistance recipients must complete either the OMB Standard Form 424B Assurances- Non-Construction <br /> Programs, or OMB Standard Form 424D Assurances -Construction Programs as applicable. Certain assurances in these <br /> documents may not be applicable to your program, and the DHS financial assistance office may require applicants to certify <br /> additional assurances. Applicants are required to fill out the assurances applicable to their program as instructed by the <br /> awarding agency. Please contact the financial assistance office if you have any questions. <br /> DHS financial assistance recipients are required to follow the applicable provisions of the Uniform Administrative <br /> Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards located at 2 C.F.R. Part 200, and adopted by <br /> DHS at 2 C.F.R. Part 3002. <br /> Article XXXV -Patents and Intellectual Property Rights <br /> Unless otherwise provided by law, recipients are subject to the Bayh-Dole Act, Pub. L. No. 96-517, as amended, and codified <br /> in 35 U.S.C. section 200 et seq.All recipients are subject to the specific requirements governing the development, reporting, <br /> and disposition of rights to inventions and patents resulting from financial assistance awards located at 37 C.F.R. Part 401 and <br /> the standard patent rights clause located at 37 C.F.R. section 401.14. <br /> Article XXXVI -Notice of Funding Opportunity Requirements <br /> All of the instructions, guidance, limitations, and other conditions set forth in the Notice of Funding Opportunity(NOFO)for <br /> this program are incorporated here by reference in the award terms and conditions.All recipients must comply with any such <br /> requirements set forth in the program NOFO. <br /> Article XXXVII -Non-supplanting Requirement <br /> All recipients receiving federal financial assistance awards made under programs that prohibit supplanting by law must <br /> ensure that federal funds do not replace (supplant)funds that have been budgeted for the same purpose through non-federal <br /> sources. <br /> Article XXXVIII -Nondiscrimination in Matters Pertaining to Faith-Based Organizations <br /> It is DHS policy to ensure the equal treatment of faith-based organizations in social service programs administered or <br /> supported by DHS or its component agencies, enabling those organizations to participate in providing important social <br /> services to beneficiaries. All recipients must comply with the equal treatment policies and requirements contained in 6 C.F.R. <br /> Part 19 and other applicable statues, regulations, and guidance governing the participations of faith-based organizations in <br /> individual DHS programs. <br /> Article XXXIX -National Environmental Policy Act <br /> All recipients must comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and the Council on <br /> Environmental Quality(CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA, which requires recipients to <br /> use all practicable means within their authority, and consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to create <br /> and maintain conditions under which people and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and <br /> other needs of present and future generations of Americans. <br /> Article XL -Lobbying Prohibitions <br /> All recipients must comply with 31 U.S.C. section 1352, which provides that none of the funds provided under an federal <br /> financial assistance award may be expended by the recipient to pay any person to influence, or attempt to influence an officer <br /> or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of <br /> Congress in connection with any federal action concerning the award or renewal. <br /> Article XLI -Limited English Proficiency (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI) <br /> All recipients must comply with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) prohibition against discrimination on <br /> the basis of national origin, which requires that recipients of federal financial assistance take reasonable steps to provide <br /> meaningful access to persons with limited English proficiency(LEP)to their programs and services. For additional assistance <br /> and information regarding language access obligations, please refer to the DHS Recipient Guidance https://www.dhs.gov/ <br />