(a) No appropriated funds may be expended by the recipient of a
Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative ageement 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.
