[lstac] [External] Re: certifications for lobbying activities

Fri May 8 10:25:06 PDT 2026

Thank you so much!

I went into a "Am I doing enough?" spiral and this was very reassuring as I am currently doing the same as NC and OR.

Lyndsay Forbes

Project Manager and Grants Specialist

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252

Mobile: 857-488-6616

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Similar in Oregon. We just include it in our list of certifications, whether or not the grant is over $100K. Never had anyone question it.
-Tamara

Tamara Ottum (she/her)

LSTA & Grants Coordinator

State Library of Oregon

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Subject: Re: [lstac] [External] Re: certifications for lobbying activities

We don’t have a large amount over $100k but we treat each award as if it was essentially. We have an appendix of our agreement that is for certifications and includes Lobbying as one of the certifications.  It states:

1. LOBBYING

As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the United States Code, and implemented for persons entering into a grant or cooperative agreement over $100,000, the grantee certifies to the best of his or her knowledge and belief that:

(a) 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 a Federal contract, the making of a Federal grant, the making of a Federal loan, the entering into of a cooperative agreement, or the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

(b)If any funds other than appropriated Federal funds have been paid or will be paid to any person (other than a regularly employed officer or employee of the grantee) 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, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall request, complete, and submit Standard Form LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," in accordance with its instructions.

(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.

And here is the certification before the authorizing official signs.

The undersigned further provides assurance that it will include the language of these certifications in all subawards and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.

As the duly authorized representative of the grantee, I hereby certify that the grantee will comply with the above certifications.

Never had anyone come back and say we aren’t receiving an award of this size why do I have to certify this.

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Library of North Carolina

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We don’t offer grants that large so we haven’t dealt with that level of certification. Sorry.

Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

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Hi all,

I'm updating our Agreements, Assurances and Certification documents for subgrants. The certifications and assurances the SLAA signs includes this line: Applicants requesting more than $100,000 in grant funds must also certify regarding lobbying activities and may be required to submit a "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities" form. Further down there is a whole certification section within the document.

I am wondering how others handle the lobbying certification for subgrants.

Thank you!

Lyndsay Forbes

Project Manager and Grants Specialist

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Office: 617-725-1860 ext. 252

Mobile: 857-488-6616

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