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0825 Publ 5245 (PDF)

Federal housing law as enacted — verbatim and citable.

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2026-10-03
Last updated
2026-10-04
Jurisdiction
United States

Official source: IRS Forms, Instructions & Publications (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5245.pdf), retrieved 2026-10-03. U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. § 105).


Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE)

Program Terms and Conditions

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

The grant recipient agrees to operate a TCE program as proposed in conformity with the requirements of the following:

1. TCE Grant Program Terms and Conditions

2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

3. Form 8653 , Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program Application Plan

4. Proposed Program/Budget Plan;

5. Publication 1101, Application Package and Guidelines for Managing a TCE Program;

6. Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance;

7. List of Assurances and Certifications;

8. Section 163 of the Revenue Act of 1978, Public Law No. 95-600, 92 Stat. 2810, November 6,1978;

9. The applicable grant award administrative requirements in 2 CFR Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and other Federal regulations;

10. All additional applicable statutory requirements, including the whistleblower protections at 41 U.S.C. 4712 and rules governing allowable costs at 41 U.S.C. 4304 and 4310, and all additional applicable requirements in OMB Circulars, Department of the Treasury Circulars and Federal Management Circulars;

11. The common rule on non procurement debarment and suspension, adopted by the Department of the Treasury (31 CFR Part 19);

12. The common rule on government wide requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), adopted by the Department of the Treasury (31 CFR Part 20), which requires grant award recipients to make a good faith effort to maintain a drug-free workplace. A good faith effort requires that a grantee publish a drug-free workplace statement, establish a drug-free awareness program for employees, and take actions concerning employees who are convicted of violating drug statutes in the workplace;

13. All sub-award and executive compensation reporting, system for award management and universal identifier requirements for grant award recipients and organizations receiving sub-awards set forth as items I and II in the Terms and Conditions Addendum to this Cooperative Agreement;

14. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended at 22 U.S.C. 7104, which prohibits grant award recipients and sub-recipients from engaging in “severe forms of trafficking in persons” during the period of time that the award is in effect, procuring a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect, using forced labor in the performance of the award or sub-awards under the award, or directly supporting or advancing trafficking in persons, as set forth as item III in the Terms and Conditions Addendum to this Cooperative Agreement; and

15. All recipient integrity and performance reporting in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) required of recipients that have federal contract, grant, and cooperative agreement awards with a cumulative total value greater than $10 million, as set forth in item IV in the Terms and Conditions Addendum to this Cooperative Agreement.

16. By accepting this notice of award, you are agreeing to terms and conditions required pursuant to Executive Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, or any other executive order or implementing guidance in effect at the time of acceptance together with terms and conditions provided in prior notices of award for this budget period.

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Grant Program Terms and Conditions

These special terms and conditions neither restate all the provisions of the applicable statutes and regulations, nor represent an exhaustive listing of all requirements applicable to this award. Rather, they are emphasized by inclusion here because they represent areas where issues were identified in the past.

1. The grant recipient’s signature on Form 9661 , Cooperative Agreement, signifies the agreement to all terms and conditions.

2. The grant recipient is obligated to provide management and technical direction for their program and adhere to the provisions established by this agreement.

3. The grant recipient and any sub-recipient organizations must adopt and practice a non-discriminatory policy and practice a policy that meets all federal grant requirements.

4. Revisions to the Form 8653 , Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program Application Plan, and the Program and Budget Plans must be submitted within twenty (20) calendar days from notification of award to the IRS Grant Program Office electronically and approved by IRS prior to funding being released. In addition, Form 9661 , Cooperative Agreement, is also due within 20 calendar days from notification of award as well. Subsequent changes to the budget between object class categories may be made without pre-approval when the change is 10% or less of the total award. Approval of changes greater than 10% must be requested in advance electronically and approved before the change may be made. The maximum award amount does not change.

5. The grant recipient must notify IRS within ten (10) business days when changes in key personnel involved in the program occur. IRS will research the Excluded Parties List System to ensure they are not debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for a federal award. You may check this yourself before hiring or designating a change by searching the exclusion records from the Excluded Parties List System at SAM.gov .

6. The grant recipient must utilize the Payment Management System for withdrawal and reporting of fund expenditures. Advance funds may only be withdrawn for expenditures that will be incurred within three (3) business days of the receipt of the funds. Reimbursement funds may be withdrawn at anytime for allowable, allocable, and necessary expenditures already incurred. It is the responsibility of the grant recipient to notify both the Grant Program Office and PMS with changes in the contact or banking information.

7. Timely responses and reporting are required as explained in the Grant Reporting Requirements. The submission of all requested information, as well as timely and accurate reports, is required for future consideration for a grant. Extensions for providing the requested information and filing the reports will only be granted in unusual circumstances and only for information or reports due to the Grant Program Office. Recipients may request an extension but it must be submitted in writing at least five (5) business days prior to the due date and the grantee must receive written response confirming the extension before the due date. The Grant Program Office cannot grant extensions for the Payment Management System or sub-award reporting.

8. Financial records must identify the source and application of funds for the TCE Program. Grant recipients must maintain documentation of expenditures for a minimum period of three (3) years from the end of the program period of this agreement.

9. Federal funds may not be used to pay individuals for the preparation of returns, quality review and/or screening taxpayers. Funds may be used by the grant recipient organization for salaries, wages, and benefits of personnel that provide administrative or database support; or technical personnel responsible for providing support for electronic filing for the TCE program. The value is dependent on the organization’s policies and the personnel providing 100% of their time to the TCE Program. The recipient will be asked to provide a breakdown for each person and the costs charged to the grant on their annual report.

10. The grant recipient must notify the Grant Program Office of any cash sub-awards of $1,000 or more. Notification must be within 30 days of the sub-award and include the entity name, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and amount of award. Recipients are not required to report non-cash sub-awards to the Grant Program Office, such as when the grantee purchases supplies for the entity. Sub-awards involving both cash and non-cash only need to be reported if the cash award is $1,000 or greater.

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11. The grant recipient must follow IRS conflict of interest policies for federal awards and must immediately disclose in writing any potential conflict of interest to the Grant Program Office. The grant recipient must require each sub-recipient to follow IRS conflict of interest policies for federal awards and must require each sub-recipient to immediately disclose in writing any potential conflict of interest to the grant recipient. IRS conflict of interest policies are as follows:

a. The grant recipient and all sub-recipients must maintain written standards of conduct covering conflicts of

interest and governing the performance of its employees, officers, and agents engaged in the selection, award, and administration of sub-awards and contracts as required in 2 CFR 200.318. No employee, officer, or agent of the grant recipient or any sub-recipient may participate in the selection, award, or administration of a sub-award or contract supported by a federal award if he or she has a real or apparent conflict of interest. The standards of conduct must provide for disciplinary actions to be applied for violations of such standards by employees, officers, and agents.

b. If the grant recipient or sub-recipient has a parent, affiliate, or subsidiary organization that is not a state,

local government, or Indian tribe, the grant recipient or sub-recipient must also maintain written standards of conduct covering organizational conflicts of interest. Organizational conflicts of interest means that because of relationships with a parent company, affiliate, or subsidiary organization, the grant recipient or sub-recipient is unable or appears to be unable to be impartial in conducting a procurement action involving a related organization.

12. The grant recipient must timely disclose in writing to the Grant Program Office any violation of federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations that may potentially affect the award. Failure to make required disclosures can result in a number of actions, including withholding of payments, disallowance, and suspension/ debarment from future awards. The grant recipient must require each sub- recipient to certify that the sub-recipient has not violated any federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations that may potentially affect the award or disclose in writing to the grant recipient any violation of federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations that may potentially affect the award. The grant recipient must also include in the award documents for all sub-awards a requirement that the sub-recipient timely disclose in writing to the grant recipient any violation of federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations that may potentially affect the award.

13. All contracts made by the grant recipient under the federal award must contain all applicable provisions listed in Appendix II to 2 CFR Part 200.

14. The grant recipient and any sub-recipient organizations must adhere to all Quality Site Requirements as explained in the Publication 5166, VITA/TCE Volunteer Quality Site Requirements.

15. The grant recipient agrees to remain tax compliant (file all required federal returns, information reporting documents, and pay all federal taxes) during the period of this grant. Any findings or allegation of tax noncompliance may result in the immediate termination of the grant and/or impact eligibility for future funding.

16. It is the intention that all grant recipient organizations electronically file all eligible returns. It is a goal for the TCE program that grant recipients electronically file at least sixty five percent of all returns for taxpayers aged 60 or older. Organizations failing to meet this goal may impact consideration for the subsequent grant application period.

17. The grant recipient must have a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and maintain current registration through the System for Award Management (SAM) at SAM.gov throughout the entire grant award cycle.

18. IRS may terminate this agreement for reasons of default or failure of the grant recipient to perform their obligations under this agreement, as well as for malfeasance, illegal conduct, and/or management practices by the grant recipient that jeopardize the ethical operations and implementation of this agreement. In any of the above cases, IRS will notify the grant recipient in writing of its intent to terminate the agreement and the causes for such a decision. Grant recipients should be aware that 2 CFR 200.340 strengthens the ability of the IRS to terminate Federal awards, to the greatest extent authorized by law, when the Federal award no longer effectuates the program goals or IRS priorities.

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19. Taxpayers utilizing volunteer program services provide Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the volunteers, such as names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, and bank account information. Therefore, partners and volunteers must keep the information confidential and protect it from unauthorized individuals and misuse. Grant recipients and any sub-recipient organizations must adhere to the requirements for protecting PII data as explained in Publication 4299, Privacy, Confidentiality, and Civil Rights – A Public Trust.

20. The Buy American Act, 41 U.S.C. 8301-8303, includes a requirement that all un-manufactured articles, materials, and supplies purchased using grant funds be mined or produced in the United States and that all manufactured articles, materials, and supplies purchased using grant funds be manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. A conviction for violating the Buy American Act causes debarment from federal grants and contracts. The requirement to Buy American does not apply to information technology that is a commercial item, products for which the expected value of the procurement is $10,000 or less, products for use outside the United States, foreign products when domestic products are unavailable or are of unacceptable quality, or foreign products excepted by certain trade agreements. The IRS may waive the requirement to Buy American if its application would be inconsistent with the public interest or the cost would be unreasonable.

21. The grant recipient agrees to comply with 2 CFR 200.216, Prohibition on Certain Telecommunication and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment, which prohibits the use of Federal assistance funding on certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment.

22. The grant recipient agrees to comply with the requirements included in the terms and conditions.

23. Grant Reporting Requirements - The grant recipient is responsible for ensuring reports are timely and accurately filed throughout the grant period and until close out of the grant. The following reports and reporting dates apply to the TCE Grant.

Item Description Method Period Due Date
1
2
3
Grant Notifcation – In order to
establish and fund the grant certain
actions must be completed in a
timely manner. The grant notifcation
package provides a list of items that
must be completed and returned.
Key Personnel Changes – Notify
your assigned grant offcer when key
program personnel change.
Standard Form 425, orFederal
Financial Report (FFR) This report is
used for reporting quarterly and fnal
period fnancial information. Quarterly
reports are due within 30 days of
end of the quarter. Once all funds
are expended and the corresponding
FFR completed, future quarterly
reporting is not required.
Due to IRS
Due to IRS – TCE Grant
Program Offce
• File electronically through
the Payment Management
Services (PMS)
• Fax copy to PMS
Annually upon
notifcation of grant
award
Throughout grant
period
Quarterly once
funds are
deposited in PMS
account
Within 20 calendar
days of grant
notifcation
Within 10 business
days of change
January 30,
April 30, July 30,
October 30
4 Form 13715, Volunteer Site
Information Sheet – List of all sites
opened or planned to open under
the grant. Notify the Territory Offce if
there are any changes made to this
list during the fling season.
Due to IRS – SPEC Territory
Offce; Report on
Form 13715
At beginning of
fling season and
when changes are
made throughout
the fling season
January 15 Ongoing
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Item Description Method Period Due Date
5
6
All volunteers must agree to the
established standards of conduct
and sign prior to assisting at the
TCE site. Form 13615, Volunteer
Standards of Conduct Agreement
Form 13206, Volunteer Assistance
Summary Report – All partners/ site
coordinators must provide a list of
all volunteers working at a TCE site,
the dates the volunteers received
certifcation and their level of training.
Accurately transfer all
required data to Form
13206, Volunteer Assistance
Summary Report (see next
item). Form 13615 no longer
needs to be maintained at
site.
Due to IRS – SPEC Territory
Offce; Report on
Form 13206
Filing Season
Filing Season
Prior to providing
assistance at TCE
Site
February 3 (Initial
Report) and
Ongoing on the 3rd
business day after
end of each month
7 Form 15272, VITA/TCE Security
Plan provides information on the
procedures used at the VITA/TCE site
location to help maintain the security
of taxpayer information and Section
1 must be completed and submitted
prior to site opening.
Due to IRS – SPEC Territory
Offce; Report on
Form 15272
Filing Season Prior to the site
opening but no later
than December 31
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9
10
11
Sub-award Reporting – Applicability
includes consideration of award
amount, whether your organization
sub-awards, and existing reporting
of executive compensation. See 2
CFR Part 170, Appendix A for full
information.
Form 8654, Tax Counseling
for the Elderly Program Semi-
Annual/Annual Program Report –
Preliminary Report & Narrative (Due
ONLY if program is in operation after
April 30th; otherwise see Number 9
below).
Unused Funds Notifcation – Provide
IRS with confrmation that all funds
awarded will be utilized; if not,
provide amount that can be released.
Form 8654, Tax Counseling for
the Elderly Program Semi-Annual/
Annual Program Report – Final
Narrative. This is the fnal report and
covers the entire grant period (10/01
– end of program). It is due 120 days
after completion of your program.
File electronically at:
SAM.gov/fsrs
Due to IRS – TCE Grant
Program Offce
Due to IRS – TCE Grant
Program Offce
Due to IRS – TCE Grant
Program Offce
Upon sub-award
of funds meeting
described
conditions
October 1 - May 31
Annually
October 1 – end of
program
By the end of the
month following the
month during which
you make the sub-
award
June 30
June 30
120 days after grant
period ends
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Terms and Conditions Addendum

I. Reporting Sub-Awards and Executive Compensation

a. Reporting of First-Tier Sub-Awards

1. Applicability. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, you must report each action that equals or exceeds $30,000 in Federal funds for a sub-award to a non-Federal entity or Federal agency (see definitions in paragraph e. of this award term).

2. Where and when to report.

i. The non-Federal entity or Federal agency must report each obligating action described in paragraph a.1.

of this award term to SAM.gov/fsrs .

ii. For sub-award information, report no later than the end of the month following the month in which the

obligation was made. (For example, if the obligation was made on November 7, 2025, the obligation must be reported by no later than December 31, 2025.)

3. What to report. You must report the information about each obligating action that the submission instructions posted at SAM.gov/fsrs specify.

b. Reporting Total Compensation of Recipient Executives for Non-Federal Entities

1. Applicability and what to report. You must report total compensation for each of your five most highly compensated executives for the preceding completed fiscal year, if:

i. The total Federal funding authorized to date under this Federal award equals or exceeds $30,000 as

defined in 2 CFR 170 Appendix A;

ii. In the preceding fiscal year, you received:

A. 80 percent or more of your annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and

subcontracts) and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.300 (and sub-awards), and

B. $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts)

and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.300 (and sub-awards); and

iii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through

periodic reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm ).

2. Where and when to report. You must report executive total compensation described in paragraph b.1. of this award term:

i. As part of your registration profile at SAM.gov .

ii. By the end of the month following the month in which this award is made, and annually thereafter.

c. Reporting of Total Compensation of Sub-Recipient Executives

1. Applicability and what to report. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, for each first-tier non-Federal entity sub-recipient under this award, you shall report the names and total compensation of each of the sub-recipient’s five most highly compensated executives for the sub-recipient’s preceding completed fiscal year, if:

i. In the sub-recipient’s preceding fiscal year, the sub-recipient received:

A. 80 percent or more of its annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and

subcontracts) and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.300 (and sub-awards), and

B. $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts),

and Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act (and sub-awards); and

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ii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through

periodic reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm ).

2. Where and when to report. You must report sub-recipient executive total compensation described in paragraph c.1. of this award term:

i. To the recipient.

ii. By the end of the month following the month during which you make the sub-award. For example, if a sub award is obligated on any date during the month of October of a given year (i.e., between October 1 and 31), you must report any required compensation information of the sub-recipient by November 30 of that year.

d. Exemptions

If, in the previous tax year, you had gross income, from all sources, under $300,000, you are exempt from the requirements to report:

i. Sub-awards, and

ii. The total compensation of the five most highly compensated executives of any sub-recipient.

e. Definitions

For purposes of this award term:

1. Federal Agency means a Federal agency as defined at 5 U.S.C. 551(1) and further clarified by 5 U.S.C. 552(f).

2. Non-Federal entity means all of the following, as defined in 2 CFR part 25:

i. A Governmental organization, which is a State, local government, or Indian tribe;

ii. A foreign public entity;

iii. A domestic or foreign nonprofit organization; and

iv. A domestic or foreign for-profit organization.

3. Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other employees in management positions.

4. Sub-award:

i. This term means a legal instrument to provide support for the performance of any portion of the

substantive project or program for which you received this award and that you as the recipient award to an eligible sub-recipient.

ii. The term does not include your procurement of property and services needed to carry out the project or

program (for further explanation, see 2 CFR 200.331).

iii. A sub-award may be provided through any legal agreement, including an agreement that you or a sub recipient considers a contract.

5. Sub-recipient means a non-Federal entity or Federal agency that:

i. Receives a sub-award from you (the recipient) under this award; and

ii. Is accountable to you for the use of the Federal funds provided by the sub-award.

6. Total compensation means the cash and non-cash dollar value earned by the executive during the recipient’s or sub-recipient’s preceding fiscal year and includes the following (for more information see 17 CFR 229.402(c)(2)).

II. System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements

a. Requirement for System for Award Management

Unless you are exempted from this requirement under 2 CFR 25.110, you as the recipient must maintain current information in the SAM. This includes information on your immediate and highest level owner and subsidiaries, as well as on all of your predecessors that have been awarded a Federal contract or Federal financial assistance within the last three years, if applicable, until you submit the final financial report required under this Federal award or receive the final payment, whichever is later. This requires that you review and update the information at least annually after the initial registration, and more frequently if required by changes in your information or another Federal award term.

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b. Requirement for Unique Entity Identifier

If you are authorized to make sub-awards under this Federal award, you:

1. Must notify potential sub-recipients that no entity (see definition in paragraph C of this award term) may receive a sub-award from you until the entity has provided its Unique Entity Identifier to you.

2. May not make a sub-award to an entity unless the entity has provided its Unique Entity Identifier to you. Your Sub-recipients are not required to obtain an active SAM registration, but must obtain a Unique Entity Identifier.

c. Definitions

For purposes of this term:

1. System for Award Management (SAM) means the Federal repository into which a recipient must provide information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Additional information about registration procedures may be found at the SAM internet site (currently at SAM.gov ).

2. Unique Entity Identifier means the identifier assigned by SAM to uniquely identify business entities.

i. A foreign organization;

ii. A foreign public entity;

iii. A domestic for-profit organization

iv. A domestic or foreign for-profit organization; and

v. A Federal agency.

3. Sub-award has the meaning given in 2 CFR 200.1.

4. Sub-recipient has the meaning given in 2 CFR 200.1

III. Trafficking in Persons

a. Provisions Applicable to a Recipient that is a Private Entity

1. You as the recipient, your employees, sub-recipients under this award, and sub-recipients’ employees may not:

i. Engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the period of time that the award is in effect;

ii. Procure a commercial sex act during the period of time that the award is in effect; or

iii. Use forced labor in the performance of the award or sub-awards under the award.

2. We as the Federal awarding agency may unilaterally terminate this award, without penalty, if you or a subrecipient that is a private entity:

i. Is determined to have violated a prohibition in paragraph a.1 of this award term; or

ii. Has an employee who is determined by the agency official authorized to terminate the award to have

violated a prohibition in paragraph a.1 of this award term through conduct that is either:

A. Associated with performance under this award; or

B. Imputed to you or the sub-recipient using the standards and due process for imputing the conduct of

an individual to an organization that are provided in 2 CFR part 180, “OMB Guidelines to Agencies on government wide Debarment and Suspension (non procurement),” as implemented by the Department of Treasury at 31 CFR part 19.

b. Provision Applicable to a Recipient Other than a Private Entity

We as the Federal awarding agency may unilaterally terminate this award, without penalty, if a sub-recipient that is a private entity:

1. Is determined to have violated an applicable prohibition in paragraph a.1 of this award term; or

2. Has an employee who is determined by the agency official authorized to terminate the award to have violated an applicable prohibition in paragraph a.1 of this award term through conduct that is either:

i. Associated with performance under this award; or

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ii. Imputed to the sub-recipient using the standards and due process for imputing the conduct of an

individual to an organization that are provided in 2 CFR part 180, “OMB Guidelines to Agencies on government wide Debarment and Suspension (non procurement),” as implemented by the Department of Treasury at 31 CFR part 19.

c. Provisions Applicable to Any Recipient

1. You must inform us immediately of any information you receive from any source alleging a violation of a prohibition in paragraph a.1 of this award term.

2. Our right to terminate unilaterally that is described in paragraph a.2 or b of this section:

i. Implements section 106(g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), as amended (22 U.S.C.

7104(g)), and

ii. Is in addition to all other remedies for noncompliance that are available to us under this award.

3. You must include the requirements of paragraph a.1 of this award term in any sub-award you make to a private entity.

d. Definitions

For purposes of this award term:

1. “Employee” means either:

i. An individual employed by you or a sub-recipient who is engaged in the performance of the project or

program under this award; or

ii. Another person engaged in the performance of the project or program under this award and not

compensated by you including, but not limited to, a volunteer or individual whose services are contributed by a third party as an in-kind contribution toward cost sharing or matching requirements.

2. “Forced labor” means labor obtained by any of the following methods: the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

3. “Private entity”:

i. Means any entity other than a State, local government, Indian tribe, or foreign public entity, as those terms

are defined in 2 CFR 175.300.

ii. Includes:

A. A nonprofit organization, including any nonprofit institution of higher education, hospital, or tribal

organization other than one included in the definition of Indian tribe at 2 CFR 175.300.

B. A for-profit organization.

C. “Severe forms of trafficking in persons,” “commercial sex act,” and “coercion” have the meanings given

at section 103 of the TVPA, as amended (22 U.S.C. 7102).

IV. Reporting of Matters Related to Recipient Integrity and Performance

a. General Reporting Requirement

If the total value of your currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from all Federal awarding agencies exceeds $10,000,000 for any period of time during the period of performance of this Federal award, then you as the recipient during that period of time must maintain the currency of information reported to the System for Award Management (SAM) that is made available in the designated integrity and performance system (currently the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)) about civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings. This is a statutory requirement under section 872 of Public Law 110-417, as amended (41 U.S.C. 2313). As required by section 3010 of Public Law 111-212, all information posted in the designated integrity and performance system on or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews required for Federal procurement contracts, will be publicly available.

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b. Proceedings About Which You Must Report

Submit the information required about each proceeding that:

1. Is in connection with the award or performance of a grant, cooperative agreement, or procurement contract from the Federal Government;

2. Reached its final disposition during the most recent five year period; and

3. Is one of the following:

i. A criminal proceeding that resulted in a conviction;

ii. A civil proceeding that resulted in a finding of fault and liability and payment of a monetary fine, penalty,

reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more;

iii. An administrative proceeding that resulted in a finding of fault and liability and your payment of either

a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more or reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000; or

iv. Any other criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding if:

A. It could have led to an outcome described previously within this award term and condition;

B. It had a different disposition arrived at by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault on

your part; and

C. The requirement in this award term and condition to disclose information about the proceeding does

not conflict with applicable laws and regulations.

c. Reporting Procedures

Enter in the SAM Entity Management area the information that SAM requires about each proceeding described in paragraph 2 of this award term and condition. You do not need to submit the information a second time under assistance awards that you received if you already provided the information through SAM because you were required to do so under Federal procurement contracts that you were awarded.

d. Reporting Frequency

During any period of time when you are subject to the requirement of this award term and condition, you must report proceedings information through SAM for the most recent five year period, either to report new information about any proceeding(s) that you have not reported previously or affirm that there is no new information to report. Recipients that have Federal contract, grant, and cooperative agreement awards with a cumulative total value greater than $10,000,000 must disclose semiannually any information about the criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings.

e. Definitions

For purposes of this award term and condition:

1. Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals proceedings). This includes proceedings at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. It does not include audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.

2. Conviction, for purposes of this award term and condition, means a judgment or conviction of a criminal offense by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether entered upon a verdict or a plea, and includes a conviction entered upon a plea of nolo contendere.

3. Total value of currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts includes:

i. Only the Federal share of the funding under any Federal award with a recipient cost share or match; and

ii. The value of all expected funding increments under a Federal award and options, even if not yet exercised.

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10 — Publication 5245 (Rev

Publication 5245 (Rev. 8-2025) Catalog Number 68574Z Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov

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