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Page 7 of 11 <br />Federal and State <br />Provisions Exhibit C <br /> <br />participate in work on or under the contract. <br />The applicant agrees that it will assist and cooperate actively with the administering agency and the <br />Secretary of Labor in obtaining the compliance of consultants and subconsultants with the equal <br />opportunity clause and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, that it will <br />furnish the administering agency and the Secretary of Labor such information as they may require for <br />the supervision of such compliance, and that it will otherwise assist the administering agency in the <br />discharge of the agency's primary responsibility for securing compliance. <br /> <br />The applicant further agrees that it will refrain from entering into any contract or contract modification <br />subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, with a consultant debarred from, or who has <br />not demonstrated eligibility for, Government contracts and federally assisted construction contracts <br />pursuant to the Executive Order and will carry out such sanctions and penalties for violation of the <br />equal opportunity clause as may be imposed upon consultants and subconsultants by the administering <br />agency or the Secretary of Labor pursuant to Part II, Subpart D of the Executive Order. In addition, the <br />applicant agrees that if it fails or refuses to comply with these undertakings, the administering agency <br />may take any or all of the following actions: Cancel, terminate, or suspend in whole or in part this grant <br />(contract, loan, insurance, guarantee); refrain from extending any further assistance to the applicant <br />under the program with respect to which the failure or refund occurred until satisfactory assurance of <br />future compliance has been received from such applicant; and refer the case to the Department of <br />Justice for appropriate legal proceedings. <br /> <br />XV. COMPLIANCE WITH THE COPELAND “ANTI-KICKBACK” ACT <br />a. Consultant agrees to comply with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act (18 U.S.C. 874) as <br />supplemented in Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3), as may be applicable, which <br />are incorporated by reference into the Contract. <br />b. Consultant or subconsultant shall insert in any subcontracts the clause above and such other clauses <br />as FEMA may by appropriate instructions require, and also a clause requiring the subconsultants to <br />include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime consultant shall be responsible for the <br />compliance by any subconsultant or lower tier subconsultant with all of these contract clauses. <br />c. A breach of the contract clauses above may be grounds for termination of the Contract, and for <br />debarment as a consultant or subconsultant as provided in 29 C.F.R. § 5.12. <br /> <br />XVI. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING FOR COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR <br />SERVICES <br />a. Definitions. As used in this clause, the terms backhaul; covered foreign country; covered <br />telecommunications equipment or services; interconnection arrangements; roaming; substantial or <br />essential component; and telecommunications equipment or services have the meaning as defined in <br />FEMA Policy 405-143-1, Prohibitions on Expending FEMA Award Funds for Covered <br />Telecommunications Equipment or Services (Interim), as used in this clause— <br />b. Prohibitions. <br />(1) Section 889(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, <br />Pub. L. No. 115-232, and 2 C.F.R. § 200.216 prohibit the head of an executive agency on or after <br />Aug.13, 2020, from obligating or expending grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee <br />funds on certain telecommunications products or from certain entities for national security reasons. <br />(2) Unless an exception in paragraph (c) of this clause applies, the consultant and its <br />subconsultants may not use grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee funds from the <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency to: <br />(i) Procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 9D598DAC-5F24-41FA-B827-97D013A47ECADocuSign Envelope ID: CEB20404-63F8-4DC5-AE6A-C5FC89DB6F87