UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION,
AND EXTENSION SERVICE
Certification Regarding Lobbying
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The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her
knowledge and belief, that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or
will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any
person for influencing or attempting to influence an
officer or employee of any agency, a Member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
employee of a Member of Congress in connection with
the warding of any Federal contract, the making of
any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the
entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the
extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or
modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or
cooperative agreement;
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds
have been paid or will be paid to any person for
influencing or attempting to influence an officer of
employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an
officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a
Member of Congress in connection with this Federal
contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement the
undersigned shall complete and submit Standard
Form-LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying”, in
accordance with its instructions:
(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of
this certification be included in the award documents
for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts,
subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and
cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients
shall certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of the
fact upon which reliance was placed when this
transaction was made aor entered into. Submission of
this certification is a prerequisite for making or
entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352,
Title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the
required certification shall be subject