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retention value. <br />ProIhibited and l eg laActivities &rid Expenditures <br />A. Funds may not be used to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not <br />otherwise qualify under the statute. Revenue replacement is not a permissible use of these grant <br />funds. In accordance with Section 3.1 all record and expenditures are subject to review. <br />B. Damages covered by insurance. <br />C. Payroll or benefits expenses for employees whose work duties are not substantially dedicated to <br />mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. <br />D. Duplication of benefits including expenses that have been or will be reimbursed under any other <br />federal program. <br />E. Reimbursement to donors for donated items or services. <br />F. Workforce bonuses other than hazard pay or overtime. <br />G. Severance pay. <br />H. Legal settlements. <br />Grant funds may not be used in connection with the following acts by agencies or individuals employed by <br />grant funds: <br />A. Unless specifically authorized to do so by federal law, grant recipients or their grantees or <br />contractors are prohibited from using grant funds directly or indirectly for political purposes, <br />including lobbying or advocating for legislative programs or changes; campaigning for, endorsing, <br />contributing to, or otherwise supporting political candidates or parties; and voter registration or <br />get -out -the -vote campaigns. Generally, organizations or entities which receive federal funds by <br />way of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements do not lose their rights as organizations to <br />use their own, private, non-federal resources for "political" activities because of or as a <br />consequence of receiving such federal funds. These recipient organizations must thus use private <br />or other non-federal money, receipts, contributions, or dues for their political activities, and may <br />not charge off to or be reimbursed from federal contracts or grants for the costs of such activities. <br />B. Grant officials or grant funded employees may not use official authority or influence or permit the <br />use of a program administered by the grantee agency of which the person is an officer or employee <br />to interfere with or affect the result of an election or nomination of a candidate or to achieve any <br />other political purpose. <br />C. Grant -funded employees may not coerce, attempt to coerce, command, restrict, attempt to <br />restrict, or prevent the payment, loan, or contribution of anything of value to a person or political <br />organization for a political purpose. <br />D. Grant funds may not be used to employ, as a regular full-time or part-time or contract employee, <br />a person who is required by Chapter 305 of the Government Code to register as a lobbyist. <br />Furthermore, grant funds may not be used to pay, on behalf of the agency or an officer or <br />employee of the agency, membership dues to an organization that pays part or all of the salary of <br />