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Article XX
<br />Act of 1977
<br />Article XXI
<br />Protection of Human Subjects
<br />Article XXII
<br />National Environmental Policy Act
<br />(NEPA) of 1969
<br />Article XXIII
<br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
<br />Article XXIV
<br />Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
<br />Article XXV
<br />Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection,
<br />and Restoration Act of 1990
<br />Article XXVI
<br />USA Patriot Act of 2001
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<br />Article I - Administrative Requirements
<br />The administrative requirements that apply to most DHS award recipients through a grant or cooperative
<br />agreement arise from two sources: - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A -102, Uniform
<br />Administrative Requirements forGrants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments (also
<br />known as the "A -102 Common Rule "), found under FEMA regulations at Title 44, Code of Federal Regulations
<br />(CFR) Part 13, "Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and
<br />Local Governments." - OMB Circular A -110, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements
<br />with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non -Profit Organizations, relocated to 2 CFR Part
<br />215. The requirements for allowable costs/cost principles are contained in the A -102 Common Rule, OMB
<br />Circular A -110 (2 CFR § 215.27), DHS program legislation, Federal awarding agency regulations, and the terms
<br />and conditions of the award. The fourcosts principles circulars are as follows: - OMB Circular A -21, Cost
<br />Principles for Educational Institutions, relocated to 2 CFR Part 220. - OMB Circular A-87, Cost Principles for
<br />State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments, relocated to 2 CFR Part 225. - OMB Circular A -122, Cost
<br />Principles for Non- Profit Organizations, relocated to 2 CFR Part 230. — OMB Circular A -133, Audits of States,
<br />.local Governments and Non -Profit Organizations.
<br />Article II - Lobbying Prohibitions
<br />None of the funds provided under an award may be expended by the recipient to pay any person to influence, or
<br />attempt to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer oremployee of
<br />Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with any Federal action concerning the
<br />award or renewal of any Federal contract, rant, loan, cooperative agreement. These lobbying prohibitions ran be
<br />found at 31 U.S.C. § 1352.
<br />Article 111 - Financial Reporting
<br />Recipients will be required to submit a semi- annual Federal Financial Report (FFR), Standard Form {SF -425)
<br />through the AFG online a -grant system. The FFR is intended to provide Federal agencies and grant recipients
<br />with a standard format and consistent reporting requirements throughout the government. The fFR is due semi-
<br />annually based on the calendar year beginning with the period after the award is made. Recipients are required
<br />to submit an FFR throughout the entire period of performance of the grant. The reporting periods for the FFR are
<br />January 1 through June 30 (report due by July 31), and July 1 through December 31 (report due by January 31).
<br />At the end of the grant's period of performance, all recipients are required to produce a final report on how the
<br />grant funding was used and the benefits realized from the award. Recipients must submit a final financial report
<br />and a final performance report within 90 days after the end of the period of performance.
<br />Article IV - GPD - Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
<br />All recipients of financial assistance will comply with the requirements of the government -wide award term which
<br />implements Section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. §
<br />7104), located at 2 CFR Part 175. This is implemented in accordance with OMB Interim Final Guidance, Federal
<br />Register, Volume 72, No. 218, November 13, 2007. In accordance with the statutory requirement, in each
<br />agency award under which funding is provided to a private entity, Section 106(g) of the TVPA, as amended,
<br />requires the agency to include a condition that authorizes the agency to terminate the award, without penalty, if
<br />the recipient or a subrecipient - (a) Engages in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of time
<br />that the award is in effect; (b) Procures a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect;
<br />or (c) Uses forced labor in the performance of the award or subawards under the award. Full text of the award
<br />term is provided at 2 CFR § 175.15.
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