Common use of PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS Clause in Contracts

PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS. (a) U.S. law prohibits a recipient (i.e., the contractor and all subcontractors) of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement from using appropriated funds 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; or the modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

PAYMENTS TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN FEDERAL TRANSACTIONS. (a) U.S. law prohibits a recipient (i.e., the contractor and all subcontractors) of a Federal contractsubcontract, grant, loan, loan or cooperative agreement from using appropriated funds 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 contractsubcontract; the making of any Federal grant; the making of any Federal loan; the entering into of any cooperative agreement; or the modification of any Federal contractsubcontract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.