2 CFR § 3000.332 - What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

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title: "2 CFR § 3000.332 - What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?"
title_number: 2
title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "3000.332"
section_name: "What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?"
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
part_number: "3000"
part_name: "NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 2455, Public Law 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235; Public Law 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 34497, July 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3000.332 What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

You as a participant in a covered transaction must include a term or condition in any lower-tier covered transaction into which you enter, to require the participant of that transaction to—

(a) Comply with Subpart C of the OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 180; and

(b) Include a similar term or condition in any covered transaction into which it enters at the next lower tier.