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3-53-0026-013-2018 <br />1. Checking the excluded parties list system (EPLS) as maintained within the System for Award <br />Management (SAM) to determine if the non-federal entity is excluded or disqualified; or <br />2. Collecting a certification statement from the non-federal entity attesting they are not excluded or <br />disqualified from participating; or <br />3. Adding a clause or condition to covered transactions attesting individual or firm are not excluded <br />or disqualified from participating. <br />B. Require prime contractors to comply with 2 CFR §180.330 when entering into lower-tier transactions <br />(e.g. Sub-contracts). <br />C. Immediately disclose to the FAA whenever the Sponsor (1) learns they have entered into a covered <br />transaction with an ineligible entity or (2) suspends or debars a contractor, person, or entity. <br />16. Ban OFl Texting While Driving. <br />A. In accordance with Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While <br />Driving, October 1, 2009, and DOT Order 3902.10, Text Messaging While Driving, December 30, 2009, <br />the Sponsor is encouraged to: <br />1. Adopt and enforce workplace safety policies to decrease crashes caused by distracted drivers <br />including policies to ban text messaging while driving when performing any work for, or on behalf <br />of, the Federal government, including work relating to a grant or subgrant. <br />2. Conduct workplace safety initiatives in a manner commensurate with the size of the business, such <br />as: <br />a. Establishment of new rules and programs or re-evaluation of existing programs to <br />prohibit text messaging while driving; and <br />b. Education, awareness, and other outreach to employees about the safety risks associated <br />with texting while driving. <br />B. The Sponsor must insert the substance of this clause on banning texting while driving in all subgrants, <br />contracts and subcontracts. <br />17. Exhibit "A" Property Map. The Exhibit "A" Property Map dated December 31, 2013, is incorporated herein <br />by reference or is submitted with the project application and made part of this grant agreement. <br />18. Employee Protection from Reprisal. <br />A. Prohibition of Reprisals - <br />1. In accordance with 41 U.S.C. § 4712, an employee of a grantee or subgrantee may not be <br />discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing to a person or <br />body described in sub-paragraph (A)(2), information that the employee reasonably believes is <br />evidence of: <br />i. Gross mismanagement of a Federal grant; <br />ii. Gross waste of Federal funds; <br />iii. An abuse of authority relating to implementation or use of Federal funds; <br />iv. A substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or <br />v. A violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a Federal grant. <br />2 . Persons and bodies covered: The persons and bodies to which a disclosure by an employee is <br />covered are as follows: <br />i. A member of Congress or a representative of a committee of Congress; <br />if. An Inspector General; <br />liL The Government Accountability Office; <br />4 <br />March, 2014