40 CFR § 34.100 - Conditions on use of funds.

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title: "40 CFR § 34.100 - Conditions on use of funds."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "34.100"
section_name: "Conditions on use of funds."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "34"
part_name: "NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Section 319; Pub. L. 101-121 (31 U.S.C. 1352); 33 U.S.C. 1251  42 U.S.C. 7401  42 U.S.C. 6901  42 U.S.C. 300f  7 U.S.C. 136  15 U.S.C. 2601  42 U.S.C. 9601  20 U.S.C. 4011  33 U.S.C. 1401"
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# 34.100 Conditions on use of funds.

(a) No appropriated funds may be expended by the recipient of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement to pay 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 any of the following covered Federal actions: the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

(b) Each person who requests or receives from an agency a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement shall file with that agency a certification, set forth in appendix A, that the person has not made, and will not make, any payment prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) Each person who requests or receives from an agency a Federal contract, grant, loan, or a cooperative agreement shall file with that agency a disclosure form, set forth in appendix B, if such person has made or has agreed to make any payment using nonappropriated funds (to include profits from any covered Federal action), which would be prohibited under paragraph (a) of this section if paid for with appropriated funds.

(d) Each person who requests or receives from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan shall file with that agency a statement, set forth in appendix A, whether that person has made or has agreed to make any payment to influence or attempt 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 that loan insurance or guarantee.

(e) Each person who requests or receives from an agency a commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan shall file with that agency a disclosure form, set forth in appendix B, if that person has made or has agreed to make any payment to influence or attempt 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 that loan insurance or guarantee.