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!reclassified (that is, moved and renumbered)to a new Title 34, entitled "Crime Control and Law Enforcement."The
<br /> reclassification encompassed a number of statutory provisions pertinent to OJP awards (that is, OJP grants and
<br /> ,cooperative agreements), including many provisions previously codified in Title 42 of the U.S. Code.
<br /> Effective as of September 1, 2017, any reference in this award document to a statutory provision that has been
<br /> ;reclassified to the new Title 34 of the U.S. Code is to be read as a reference to that statutory provision as reclassified
<br /> to Title 34. This rule of construction specifically includes references set out in award conditions, references set out in
<br /> material incorporated by reference through award conditions, and references set out in other award requirements.
<br /> Condition 18
<br /> 'Restrictions and certifications regarding non-disclosure agreements and related matters
<br /> !No recipient or subrecipient ("subgrantee") under this award, or entity that receives a procurement contract or
<br /> !subcontract with any funds under this award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an internal confidentiality
<br /> ;agreement or statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, or purports to prohibit or restrict, the reporting (in
<br /> :accordance with law)of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal
<br /> „department or agency authorized to receive such information.
<br /> The foregoing is not intended, and shall not be understood by the agency making this award, to contravene
<br /> requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (which relates to classified information), Form 4414 (which relates to
<br /> 'sensitive compartmented information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency governing the
<br /> nondisclosure of classified information.
<br /> 1. In accepting this award, the recipient--
<br /> a. represents that it neither requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees
<br /> or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise currently restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or
<br /> !contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; and
<br /> .b. certifies that, if it learns or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute
<br /> agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud,
<br /> or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds, will provide prompt written
<br /> notification to the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of)such obligations only if
<br /> expressly authorized to do so by that agency.
<br /> 2. If the recipient does or is authorized under this award to make subawards ("subgrants"), procurement contracts, or
<br /> both--
<br /> la. it represents that--
<br /> (1) it has determined that no other entity that the recipient's application proposes may or will receive award funds
<br /> ;:(whether through a subaward ("subgrant"), procurement contract, or subcontract under a procurement contract)either
<br /> requires or has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently
<br /> 'prohibit or otherwise currently restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict)employees or contractors from reporting waste,
<br /> fraud, or abuse as described above; and
<br /> (2) it has made appropriate inquiry, or otherwise has an adequate factual basis, to support this representation; and
<br /> b. it certifies that, if it learns or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that receives funds
<br /> under this award is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements or statements that
<br /> ';,,prohibit or otherwise restrict(or purport to prohibit or restrict), reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it
<br /> :Will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds to or by that entity, will provide prompt written notification to
<br /> the federal agency making this award, and will resume (or permit resumption of)such obligations only if expressly
<br /> '!,authorized to do so by that agency.
<br /> Condition 19
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