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|   | Award AdministrationCrediting Requirement
      Grantees must clearly acknowledge support from the National Endowment for the Arts in their programs and related promotional material including publications and web sites. Additional acknowledgment requirements may be provided later.
Award Notices
Grant decisions for *The**Arts in Media*category are expected to be announced in April 2012. 

Note that "announcement" is likely to take the form of a preliminary congratulatory note, a request for revisions, or a rejection letter. Official grant award notification (i.e., the grant award letter that is signed by the Arts Endowment Chairman) is the only legal and valid confirmation of award. This can take several months to reach you depending on a number of factors such as whether a revised budget is needed for your project, the number of awards to be processed, whether the agency has its appropriation from Congress, etc.      
General Terms & Conditions
Federal and agency requirements that relate to grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts are highlighted in our ***General         Terms & Conditions***. Included is information on U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirements, matching funds, reporting requirements, and lobbying prohibitions.
Legal Requirements
By law, the National Endowment for the Arts may support only those organizations that:
-  **Are tax-exempt**. Organizations qualifying for this             status must meet the following criteria: 
No part of net earnings may benefit a private stockholder or individual.
Donations to the organization must be allowable as a charitable               contribution under Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of               1954, as amended.

For further information, go to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)             web site at **www.irs.gov**.
-  **Compensate all professional performers and related or supporting             professional personnel on Arts Endowment-supported projects at no             less than the prevailing minimum compensation**. [This requirement             is in accordance with regulations that have been issued by the Secretary             of Labor in **part             505 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations**. Part             505 does not provide information on specific compensation levels.] 
-  **Assure that no part of any Arts Endowment-supported project             will be performed or engaged in under working conditions which are             unsanitary or hazardous or dangerous** to the health and safety             of the employees involved. 
-  **Comply with the federal requirements that are outlined in             the "Assurance of Compliance"** below. 
Assurance of Compliance
**By signing the application form, the Applicant certifies that it is in         compliance with the statutes outlined below and all related Arts Endowment         regulations and will maintain records and submit the reports that are         necessary to determine compliance**. The Applicant further certifies that         it will obtain assurances of compliance from all subrecipients and will         require all subrecipients of Arts Endowment funds to comply with these         requirements. The Arts Endowment may conduct a review of your organization         to ensure that it is in compliance. If the Arts Endowment determines that         a grantee has failed to comply with these statutes, it may suspend, terminate,         and/or recover funds. This assurance is subject to judicial enforcement.
- Nondiscrimination Statutes  The Applicant certifies that it does not discriminate:    -  On the grounds of race, color, or national origin (including                 limited English proficiency), in accordance with **Title                 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964**, as amended (42                 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). 
  -  On the grounds of disability, in accordance with **Section 504 of the                 Rehabilitation Act of 1973** (29 U.S.C. 794) and the                 **Americans                 with Disabilities Act of 1990** ("ADA") (42 U.S.C.                 12101-12213). The ADA's requirements apply regardless of whether                 you receive federal funds. 
  -  On the basis of age, in accordance with the **Age Discrimination                 Act of 1975** (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.). 
  -  On the basis of sex, in any education program or activity, in                 accordance with **Title IX of the Education                 Amendments of 1972** (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).  For further information and copies of the nondiscrimination regulations             identified above, contact the Arts Endowment's Office of Civil Rights             at 202/682-5454 or 202/682-5695 Voice/T.T.Y. For inquiries about limited             English proficiency, go to www.lep.gov             or contact the Office of General Counsel at ogc@arts.gov             or 202/682-5418.  
**Regulations relating to Debarment             and Suspension** (2 C.F.R. pt. 3254) in which the Applicant             certifies that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred,             suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily             excluded from participation in covered transactions by any federal             department or agency, nor has, within the three years preceding the             submission of this application, been convicted of or had a civil judgment             rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense             in connection with a public (federal, state, or local) transaction             or a contract under a public transaction; for violation of federal             or state antitrust statutes; for commission of embezzlement, theft,             forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making             false statements, or receiving stolen property; had any public transactions             terminated for cause or default; or is presently indicted for or otherwise             criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with any of             the preceding offenses.
  
**Federal Debt Status** (**OMB             Circular A-129**). The applicant certifies that it is not             delinquent in the repayment of any federal debt. Examples of relevant             debt include delinquent payroll or other taxes, audit disallowances,             and benefit overpayments.
  
**Labor Standards** (29 C.F.R. pt. 505). The applicant             certifies that, if awarded a grant, it will comply with the labor             standards set out in **Labor             Standards on Projects or Productions Assisted by Grants from the National             Endowments for the Arts and Humanities**.
  
**The Drug-Free Workplace             Act of 1988** (41 U.S.C. 701 et seq. and 45 C.F.R. pt.             1154) requires grantee organizations, within 30 days of receiving             a grant, to make a continuing, good faith effort to maintain a drug-free             workplace through implementation of the following:
-  Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture,                 distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance                 is prohibited in the grantee’s workplace, and specifying                 the actions that will be taken against employees for violation                 of the prohibition. (For the purposes of this Act, alcohol is                 not considered a controlled substance.) The grantee shall give                 a copy of the statement to each employee who will be involved                 in grant-supported activities and notify those employees that                 they are expected to abide by the statement. For the purposes                 of this law, "employees" include consultants and temporary                 personnel (but not volunteers), who are directly engaged in work                 under the grant and who are on the grantee’s payroll. The                 grantee should maintain on file the address of each site where                 work is performed under the grant.  
-  Establish a drug-free awareness program that will inform employees                 about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the grantee’s                 policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug                 counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs,                 and the penalties that might be imposed for workplace drug abuse                 violations. Employees should be informed that any conviction for                 a violation of a criminal drug statute that occurs in the workplace                 must be reported to the employer, in writing, no later than five                 calendar days after such a conviction. The grantee, in turn, must                 notify the Arts Endowment’s Grants & Contracts Officer,                 in writing, within ten calendar days of receiving such notice                 from its employee. The grantee’s notice to the Arts Endowment                 must include the convicted individual’s position title and                 the number(s) of each affected grant.  
-  Within 30 calendar days of receiving notice of an employee’s                 criminal drug conviction a grantee should take appropriate personnel                 action against the convicted employee, up to and including termination,                 consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of                 1973, as amended; or require the employee to participate satisfactorily                 in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program that has                 been approved for such purposes by a federal, state, or local             health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency.            -  **The             Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990**             (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) which applies to any organization which controls             or possesses Native American human remains and associated funerary             objects, and which receives federal funding, even for a purpose unrelated             to the Act. 
Other
If your project, including the planning stage, has environmental implications         (e.g., an arts festival in a park or the commissioning and installation         of an outdoor sculpture), you may be requested to provide information         to the Arts Endowment in response to specific questions in accordance         with the **National         Environmental Policy Act**.

If your project includes the planning for major renovation of any structure         that is eligible for or on the National Register of Historic Places, you         may be requested to provide additional information on your project to         ensure compliance with the **National Historic Preservation         Act**. This law also applies to planning for new construction         that would affect historic properties. If a structure for your proposed         project is more than fifty years old, contact your state historic preservation         office for more information.

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