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supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, "Contractors and Subcontractors on Public Buitding or Public Work Financed in Wrole or in Part by Loans or Grants ftom the United States"). The Act provides that each contractor or Subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is othenryise entitled. The non-federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the federal awarding agency. 5) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701-370S). Where applicable, all contrads awarded by the non-federal entity in excess of $100,000 that invilve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance w1h 40 U.S.C. 3702 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part S). Under 40 U.S.C. 3702 of the Act, each contractor must be required to compute the wages bf every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in lhe work week. The requirements of 40 U,S.C. 3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or rnaterials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracls for transportation or transmission of intelligence.6) Rights to lnventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. lf the federal award meets the definition of "funding agreement" under 37 CFR 5401.2 (a) and the recipient or Subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a smallbusiness firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of experimental, Oevelopmental, oi research work under that "funding agreement," the recipient or Subrecipient must comply with lhe requirements of 37 CFR Part 401, "Rrghfs to lnventions Made by Nonprcfit Organizations and Small Business Fr'rms lJnder Government Gnnts, Cohtracts- and Cooperative Agreements," and any implementing regulations issued by the awarding agency,7) Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 74O1-7671q.) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-'1387), as amended-Contrac{s and subgrants of amounts in excess of $150,000 must contain a provision that requires the non-federal award to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution ControlAct as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251-13871 Molations must be reported to the federal awarding agency and thd Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EpA). 8) Debarment and Suspension (Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)-4 contract award (see 2 CFR 180.220) must not be made to parties listed on the government-wide exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM), in accordance with tne OMB guidelines at 2 CFR 1 80 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (3 CFR part 1986 Comp., p. tgg) and 12689 (3 CFRpart 1989 Comp., p. 235), "Debarment and Suspensrbn.' SAM Exclusions contains the names of parties debarred, suspended, or othenrise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 1ZS4g.9) Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.$.C. 1352)-Contractors that apply or bid for an award exceeding $100,000 must file the required certification. Each tier certilies to the tier above that it will not and has not used federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any federal contract, grant or any other award coverea ny ft U.S.C. 1352, Each tier must also disclose any lobbying with non-federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the non-federal award. 10) Procurement of recovered materials - As required by 2 CFR 200.323, a non-federal entity that is a state agency or agency of a political subdivision of a state and its contractors must c_omply with sedion 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery AcL The requirements of Section 6002 indudC procuring only DHS-FEMA.HSGP.SHSP-FY22 Page 14 ot 44 Kittitas County, E2$116