1940-Q 1.pdf
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- Rural Business Development Grant Program Federal grant opportunity
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- RDBCP-RBDG-2025
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The provided document is a Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans that must be completed for a federal grant opportunity. The certification requires the applicant to disclose if any federal appropriated funds or other funds have been or will be used to influence government officials in connection with this federal contract, grant, or loan. The applicant must also include this certification language in any subaward documents. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed for the transaction, and failure to file the required certification can result in civil penalties.
The related federal grant opportunity is the Rural Business Development Grant Program, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services. The program's purpose is to promote economic development and job creation projects in rural areas through the awarding of grant funds to eligible entities, including higher education institutions, local governments, non-profits, and tribal governments. Applications will compete in two separate categories: business opportunity grants and business enterprise grants.
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RD Instruction 1940-Q Exhibit A-1
CERTIFICATION FOR CONTRACTS, GRANTS AND LOANS
The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:
1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant or Federal loan, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant or loan.
2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant or loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form - LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," in accordance with its instructions.
3. The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including contracts, subcontracts, and subgrants under grants and loans) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into.
Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31, U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.
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