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vaccination or safety requirements), as well as programs that require households, businesses, nonprofits, or other entities not to use practices in line with CDC guidance as a condition of receiving funds (e.g., requiring that businesses abstain from requiring mask use or employee vaccination as a condition of receiving SLFRF funds). Second, a recipient may not use SLFRF funds in violation of the conflict of interest requirements contained in the Award Terms and Conditions or the Office of Management and Budget's Uniform Guidance, including any self -dealing or violation of ethics rules. Recipients are required to establish policies and procedures to manage potential conflicts of interest.37o Treasury may provide further guidance on the types of activities or conflicts that the recipient's policies and procedures must cover. Lastly, recipients should also be cognizant that federal, state, and local laws and regulations, outside of SLFRF program requirements, may apply. Recipients may not use revenue loss funds, for instance, to violate other background laws that limit the scope of activities that may be conducted as "government services," including other state and federal laws. State and local procurement, contracting, and conflicts -of -interest laws and regulations may include applicable requirements, including, for example, required procurement processes for contractor selection or competitive price setting. Furthermore, recipients are also required to comply with other federal, state, and local background laws, including environmental laws371 and federal civil rights and nondiscrimination requirements, which include prohibitions on 37° Specifically, the Award Terms and Conditions provide that "Recipient understands and agrees it must maintain a conflict of interest policy consistent with 2 C.F.R. § 200.318(c), and that such conflict -of -interest policy is applicable to each activity funded under this award. Recipients and subrecipients must disclose in writing to Treasury or the pass -through agency, as appropriate, any potential conflict of interest affecting the awarded funds in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.112." 371 See United States Environmental Protection Agency, Large -Scale Residential Demolition, https://www.epa.gov/large-scale-residential-demolition (last visited November 9, 2021) for a primer on requirements that may apply. 347