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Page 6 of 13 22. Assurances. The Agency, by and through the undersigned authorized representative hereby certifies that the Agency: (a) Nas the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance, and the institutional, managerial and financial capability {Including funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project costs) to ensure proper planning, management and compietion of the project described in i#s application for funds and this contract. (b) Wiil glue the awarding agency, the Comptrolier General of the United States, and if appropriate, the State, fhrougti any authorized representative, access to and the right to examine all records, books, papers, or documen#s related to the award; and will establ[sh a proper accounting system in accordance with generaily accepted accounting standards or agency directives. (c) WIII establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or personal gain. (d) Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable time frame offer receipt of approval of the awarding agency. (e) WIII comply with the intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4~28- 4763) relating to prescribed standards for merit systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes or regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900, Subpart F). (f) Pursuant to Section 1.7 of the guidance memorandum issued by the United States Office of Management and Budget on April 3, 2009, recovery funds must be distributed in accordance with all anti-discrimination and equal opportunity statutes, regulations, and Execu#ive Orders pertaining #o the expenditure of funds. These include but are not lim[ted to: (a) 71tie VI of the C[vii Rights Act of 1964 (P. L. 88-352) which prohibits ~, discrimination on the basis of rata, color or national origin; (b) Title X of fire Education ~, Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of . 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 6101- 6107), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (P. L. 92-255}, as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (P. L. 91-616), as amended, relating to t number 1 nondiscrimination on the basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism, (g) §§ 523 an age ~of 362 F-1