Lobbying Restrictions

Office of Chief Financial Officer, USDA

Pt. 3018

APPENDIX TO PART 3017—COVERED TRANSACTIONS

PART 3018—NEW RESTRICTIONS ON
LOBBYING
Subpart A—General
Sec.
3018.100
3018.105
3018.110

Subpart D—Penalties and Enforcement
3018.400
3018.405
3018.410

Penalties.
Penalty procedures.
Enforcement.

Subpart E—Exemptions

Conditions on use of funds.
Definitions.
Certification and disclosure.

3018.500

Secretary of Defense.

Subpart F—Agency Reports
Subpart B—Activities by Own Employees
3018.200
3018.205
3018.210

Agency and legislative liaison.
Professional and technical services.
Reporting.

Subpart C—Activities by Other Than Own
Employees
3018.300

Professional and technical services.

3018.600
3018.605

Semi-annual compilation.
Inspector General report.

APPENDIX A TO PART 3018—CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING
APPENDIX B TO PART 3018—DISCLOSURE FORM
TO REPORT LOBBYING
AUTHORITY: Sec. 319, Pub. L. 101–121 (31
U.S.C. 1352); 5 U.S.C. 301.
SOURCE: 55 FR 6737 and 6746, Feb. 26, 1990.

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7 CFR Ch. XXX (1–1–04 Edition)

CROSS REFERENCE: See also Office of Management and Budget notice published at 54
FR 52306, December 20, 1989.

Subpart A—General
§ 3018.100 Conditions on use of funds.
(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.
§ 3018.105

Definitions.

For purposes of this part:
(a) Agency, as defined in 5 U.S.C.
552(f), includes Federal executive departments and agencies as well as independent regulatory commissions and
Government corporations, as defined in
31 U.S.C. 9101(1).
(b) Covered Federal action means any
of the following Federal actions:
(1) The awarding of any Federal contract;
(2) The making of any Federal grant;
(3) The making of any Federal loan;
(4) The entering into of any cooperative agreement; and,
(5) The extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of
any Federal contract, grant, loan, or
cooperative agreement.
Covered Federal action does not include receiving from an agency a commitment providing for the United
States to insure or guarantee a loan.
Loan guarantees and loan insurance
are addressed independently within
this part.
(c) Federal contract means an acquisition contract awarded by an agency,
including those subject to the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and any
other acquisition contract for real or
personal property or services not subject to the FAR.
(d) Federal cooperative agreement
means a cooperative agreement entered into by an agency.
(e) Federal grant means an award of
financial assistance in the form of
money, or property in lieu of money,
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appropriation made by law to any person. The term does not include technical assistance which provides services instead of money, or other assistance in the form of revenue sharing,
loans, loan guarantees, loan insurance,
interest subsidies, insurance, or direct
United States cash assistance to an individual.
(f) Federal loan means a loan made by
an agency. The term does not include
loan guarantee or loan insurance.
(g) Indian tribe and tribal organization
have the meaning provided in section 4
of the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
450B). Alaskan Natives are included
under the definitions of Indian tribes in
that Act.
(h) Influencing or attempting to influence means making, with the intent to
influence, any communication to or appearance before an officer or employee
or any agency, a Member of Congress,
an officer or employee of Congress, or
an employee of a Member of Congress
in connection with any covered Federal
action.
(i) Loan guarantee and loan insurance
means an agency’s guarantee or insurance of a loan made by a person.
(j) Local government means a unit of
government in a State and, if chartered, established, or otherwise recognized by a State for the performance of
a governmental duty, including a local
public authority, a special district, an
intrastate district, a council of governments, a sponsor group representative
organization, and any other instrumentality of a local government.
(k) Officer or employee of an agency includes the following individuals who
are employed by an agency:
(1) An individual who is appointed to
a position in the Government under
title 5, U.S. Code, including a position
under a temporary appointment;
(2) A member of the uniformed services as defined in section 101(3), title 37,
U.S. Code;
(3) A special Government employee
as defined in section 202, title 18, U.S.
Code; and,
(4) An individual who is a member of
a Federal advisory committee, as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, title 5, U.S. Code appendix
2.

(l) Person means an individual, corporation, company, association, authority, firm, partnership, society,
State, and local government, regardless of whether such entity is operated
for profit or not for profit. This term
excludes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or any other Indian organization with respect to expenditures specifically permitted by other Federal
law.
(m) Reasonable compensation means,
with respect to a regularly employed
officer or employee of any person, compensation that is consistent with the
normal compensation for such officer
or employee for work that is not furnished to, not funded by, or not furnished in cooperation with the Federal
Government.
(n) Reasonable payment means, with
respect to perfessional and other technical services, a payment in an amount
that is consistent with the amount normally paid for such services in the private sector.
(o) Recipient includes all contractors,
subcontractors at any tier, and subgrantees at any tier of the recipient of
funds received in connection with a
Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. The term excludes
an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or
any other Indian organization with respect to expenditures specifically permitted by other Federal law.
(p) Regularly employed means, with
respect to an officer or employee of a
person requesting or receiving a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement or a commitment providing for the United States to insure
or guarantee a loan, an officer or employee who is employed by such person
for at least 130 working days within
one year immediately preceding the
date of the submission that initiates
agency consideration of such person for
receipt of such contract, grant, loan,
cooperative agreement, loan insurance
commitment, or loan guarantee commitment. An officer or employee who is
employed by such person for less than
130 working days within one year immediately preceding the date of the
submission that initiates agency consideration of such person shall be considered to be regularly employed as

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soon as he or she is employed by such
person for 130 working days.
(q) State means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United States,
an agency or instrumentality of a
State, and a multi-State, regional, or
interstate entity having governmental
duties and powers.
§ 3018.110 Certification and disclosure.
(a) Each person shall file a certification, and a disclosure form, if required, with each submission that initiates agency consideration of such
person for:
(1) Award of a Federal contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement exceeding $100,000; or
(2) An award of a Federal loan or a
commitment providing for the United
States to insure or guarantee a loan
exceeding $150,000.
(b) Each person shall file a certification, and a disclosure form, if required, upon receipt by such person of:
(1) A Federal contract, grant, or cooperative agreement exceeding $100,000;
or
(2) A Federal loan or a commitment
providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a loan exceeding
$150,000,
Unless such person previously filed a
certification, and a disclosure form, if
required, under paragraph (a) of this
section.
(c) Each person shall file a disclosure
form at the end of each calendar quarter in which there occurs any event
that requires disclosure or that materially affects the accuracy of the information contained in any disclosure
form previously filed by such person
under paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section. An event that materially affects
the accuracy of the information reported includes:
(1) A cumulative increase of $25,000 or
more in the amount paid or expected to
be paid for influencing or attempting
to influence a covered Federal action;
or
(2) A change in the person(s) or individual(s) influencing or attempting to
influence a covered Federal action; or,
(3) A change in the officer(s), employee(s), or Member(s) contacted to

influence or attempt to influence a
covered Federal action.
(d) Any person who requests or receives from a person referred to in
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section:
(1) A subcontract exceeding $100,000
at any tier under a Federal contract;
(2) A subgrant, contract, or subcontract exceeding $100,000 at any tier
under a Federal grant;
(3) A contract or subcontract exceeding $100,000 at any tier under a Federal
loan exceeding $150,000; or,
(4) A contract or subcontract exceeding $100,000 at any tier under a Federal
cooperative agreement,
Shall file a certification, and a disclosure form, if required, to the next tier
above.
(e) All disclosure forms, but not certifications, shall be forwarded from
tier to tier until received by the person
referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) of
this section. That person shall forward
all disclosure forms to the agency.
(f) Any certification or disclosure
form filed under paragraph (e) of this
section shall be treated as a material
representation of fact upon which all
receiving tiers shall rely. All liability
arising from an erroneous representation shall be borne solely by the tier
filing that representation and shall not
be shared by any tier to which the erroneous representation is forwarded.
Submitting an erroneous certification
or disclosure constitutes a failure to
file the required certification or disclosure, respectively. If a person fails to
file a required certification or disclosure, the United States may pursue all
available remedies, including those authorized by section 1352, title 31, U.S.
Code.
(g) For awards and commitments in
process prior to December 23, 1989, but
not made before that date, certifications shall be required at award or
commitment, covering activities occurring between December 23, 1989, and
the date of award or commitment.
However, for awards and commitments
in process prior to the December 23,
1989 effective date of these provisions,
but not made before December 23, 1989,
disclosure forms shall not be required
at time of award or commitment but
shall be filed within 30 days.

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(h) No reporting is required for an activity paid for with appropriated funds
if that activity is allowable under either Subpart B or C.

Law 95–507 and other subsequent
amendments.
(e) Only those activities expressly authorized by this section are allowable
under this section.

Subpart B—Activities by Own
Employees

§ 3018.205 Professional and technical
services.

§ 3018.200 Agency and legislative liaison.
(a) The prohibition on the use of appropriated funds, in § 3018.100 (a), does
not apply in the case of a payment of
reasonable compensation made to an
officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a Federal contract,
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement
if the payment is for agency and legislative liaison activities not directly related to a covered Federal action.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of
this section, providing any information
specifically requested by an agency or
Congress is allowable at any time.
(c) For purposes of paragraph (a) of
this section, the following agency and
legislative liaison activities are allowable at any time only where they are
not related to a specific solicitation for
any covered Federal action:
(1) Discussing with an agency (including individual demonstrations) the
qualities and characteristics of the person’s products or services, conditions
or terms of sale, and service capabilities; and,
(2) Technical discussions and other
activities regarding the application or
adaptation of the person’s products or
services for an agency’s use.
(d) For purposes of paragraph (a) of
this section, the following agencies and
legislative liaison activities are allowable only where they are prior to formal solicitation of any covered Federal
action:
(1) Providing any information not
specifically requested but necessary for
an agency to make an informed decision about initiation of a covered Federal action;
(2) Technical discussions regarding
the preparation of an unsolicited proposal prior to its official submission;
and,
(3) Capability presentations by persons seeking awards from an agency
pursuant to the provisions of the Small
Business Act, as amended by Public

(a) The prohibition on the use of appropriated funds, in § 3018.100 (a), does
not apply in the case of a payment of
reasonable compensation made to an
officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a Federal contract,
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement
or an extension, continuation, renewal,
amendment, or modification of a Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement if payment is for professional or technical services rendered
directly in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of any bid, proposal, or application for that Federal
contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement or for meeting requirements
imposed by or pursuant to law as a
condition for receiving that Federal
contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of
this section, ‘‘professional and technical services’’ shall be limited to advice and analysis directly applying any
professional or technical discipline.
For example, drafting of a legal document accompanying a bid or proposal
by a lawyer is allowable. Similarly,
technical advice provided by an engineer on the performance or operational
capability of a piece of equipment rendered directly in the negotiation of a
contract is allowable. However, communications with the intent to influence made by a professional (such as a
licensed lawyer) or a technical person
(such as a licensed accountant) are not
allowable under this section unless
they provide advice and analysis directly applying their professional or
technical expertise and unless the advice or analysis is rendered directly
and solely in the preparation, submission or negotiation of a covered Federal action. Thus, for example, communications with the intent to influence
made by a lawyer that do not provide
legal advice or analysis directly and
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his or her client’s proposal, but generally advocate one proposal over another are not allowable under this section because the lawyer is not providing professional legal services.
Similarly, communications with the
intent to influence made by an engineer providing an engineering analysis
prior to the preparation or submission
of a bid or proposal are not allowable
under this section since the engineer is
providing technical services but not directly in the preparation, submission
or negotiation of a covered Federal action.
(c) Requirements imposed by or pursuant to law as a condition for receiving a covered Federal award include
those required by law or regulation, or
reasonably expected to be required by
law or regulation, and any other requirements in the actual award documents.
(d) Only those services expressly authorized by this section are allowable
under this section.
§ 3018.210 Reporting.
No reporting is required with respect
to payments of reasonable compensation made to regularly employed officers or employees of a person.

Subpart C—Activities by Other
Than Own Employees
§ 3018.300 Professional and technical
services.
(a) The prohibition on the use of appropriated funds, in § 3018.100 (a), does
not apply in the case of any reasonable
payment to a person, other than an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a covered Federal action, if the payment is for professional
or technical services rendered directly
in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of any bid, proposal, or application for that Federal contract, grant,
loan, or cooperative agreement or for
meeting requirements imposed by or
pursuant to law as a condition for receiving that Federal contract, grant,
loan, or cooperative agreement.
(b) The reporting requirements in
§ 3018.110 (a) and (b) regarding filing a
disclosure form by each person, if required, shall not apply with respect to
professional or technical services ren-

dered directly in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of any commitment providing for the United States
to insure or guarantee a loan.
(c) For purposes of paragraph (a) of
this section, ‘‘professional and technical services’’ shall be limited to advice and analysis directly applying any
professional or technical discipline.
For example, drafting or a legal document accompanying a bid or proposal
by a lawyer is allowable. Similarly,
technical advice provided by an engineer on the performance or operational
capability of a piece of equipment rendered directly in the negotiation of a
contract is allowable. However, communications with the intent to influence made by a professional (such as a
licensed lawyer) or a technical person
(such as a licensed accountant) are not
allowable under this section unless
they provide advice and analysis directly applying their professional or
technical expertise and unless the advice or analysis is rendered directly
and solely in the preparation, submission or negotiation of a covered Federal action. Thus, for example, communications with the intent to influence
made by a lawyer that do not provide
legal advice or analysis directly and
solely related to the legal aspects of
his or her client’s proposal, but generally advocate one proposal over another are not allowable under this section because the lawyer is not providing professional legal services.
Similarly, communications with the
intent to influence made by an engineer providing an engineering analysis
prior to the preparation or submission
of a bid or proposal are not allowable
under this section since the engineer is
providing technical services but not directly in the preparation, submission
or negotiation of a covered Federal action.
(d) Requirements imposed by or pursuant to law as a condition for receiving a covered Federal award include
those required by law or regulation, or
reasonably expected to be required by
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(e) Persons other than officers or employees of a person requesting or receiving a covered Federal action include consultants and trade associations.
(f) Only those services expressly authorized by this section are allowable
under this section.

United States from seeking any other
remedy that may apply to the same
conduct that is the basis for the imposition of such civil penalty.

Subpart D—Penalties and
Enforcement
§ 3018.400 Penalties.
(a) Any person who makes an expenditure prohibited herein shall be subject
to a civil penalty of not less than
$10,000 and not more than $100,000 for
each such expenditure.
(b) Any person who fails to file or
amend the disclosure form (see Appendix B) to be filed or amended if required herein, shall be subject to a civil
penalty of not less than $10,000 and not
more than $100,000 for each such failure.
(c) A filing or amended filing on or
after the date on which an administrative action for the imposition of a civil
penalty is commenced does not prevent
the imposition of such civil penalty for
a failure occurring before that date. An
administrative action is commenced
with respect to a failure when an investigating official determines in writing
to commence an investigation of an allegation of such failure.
(d) In determining whether to impose
a civil penalty, and the amount of any
such penalty, by reason of a violation
by any person, the agency shall consider the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation, the
effect on the ability of such person to
continue in business, any prior violations by such person, the degree of culpability of such person, the ability of
the person to pay the penalty, and such
other matters as may be appropriate.
(e) First offenders under paragraphs
(a) or (b) of this section shall be subject
to a civil penalty of $10,000, absent aggravating circumstances. Second and
subsequent offenses by persons shall be
subject to an appropriate civil penalty
between $10,000 and $100,000, as determined by the agency head or his or her
designee.
(f) An imposition of a civil penalty
under this section does not prevent the

§ 3018.405

Penalty procedures.

Agencies shall impose and collect
civil penalties pursuant to the provisions of the Program Fraud and Civil
Remedies Act, 31 U.S.C. sections 3803
(except subsection (c)), 3804, 3805, 3806,
3807, 3808, and 3812, insofar as these provisions are not inconsistent with the
requirements herein.
§ 3018.410

Enforcement.

The head of each agency shall take
such actions as are necessary to ensure
that the provisions herein are vigorously implemented and enforced in
that agency.

Subpart E—Exemptions
§ 3018.500

Secretary of Defense.

(a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The
Secretary shall transmit a copy of each
such written exemption to Congress
immediately after making such a determination.
(b) The Department of Defense may
issue supplemental regulations to implement paragraph (a) of this section.

Subpart F—Agency Reports
§ 3018.600 Semi-annual compilation.
(a) The head of each agency shall collect and compile the disclosure reports
(see appendix B) and, on May 31 and
November 30 of each year, submit to
the Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House of Representatives a
report containing a compilation of the
information contained in the disclosure reports received during the sixmonth period ending on March 31 or
September 30, respectively, of that
year.
(b) The report, including the compilation, shall be available for public
inspection 30 days after receipt of the
report by the Secretary and the Clerk.

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(c) Information that involves intelligence matters shall be reported only
to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives, and the
Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with procedures
agreed to by such committees. Such information shall not be available for
public inspection.
(d) Information that is classified
under Executive Order 12356 or any successor order shall be reported only to
the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives or the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives (whichever such committees have jurisdiction of matters
involving such information) and to the
Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with procedures
agreed to by such committees. Such information shall not be available for
public inspection.
(e) The first semi-annual compilation
shall be submitted on May 31, 1990, and
shall contain a compilation of the disclosure reports received from December 23, 1989 to March 31, 1990.
(f) Major agencies, designated by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), are required to provide machine-readable compilations to the
Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives no
later than with the compilations due
on May 31, 1991. OMB shall provide detailed specifications in a memorandum
to these agencies.
(g) Non-major agencies are requested
to provide machine-readable compilations to the Secretary of the Senate
and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
(h) Agencies shall keep the originals
of all disclosure reports in the official
files of the agency.
§ 3018.605 Inspector General report.
(a) The Inspector General, or other
official as specified in paragraph (b) of
this section, of each agency shall prepare and submit to Congress each year,
commencing with submission of the

President’s Budget in 1991, an evaluation of the compliance of that agency
with, and the effectiveness of, the requirements herein. The evaluation may
include any recommended changes that
may be necessary to strengthen or improve the requirements.
(b) In the case of an agency that does
not have an Inspector General, the
agency official comparable to an Inspector General shall prepare and submit the annual report, or, if there is no
such comparable official, the head of
the agency shall prepare and submit
the annual report.
(c) The annual report shall be submitted at the same time the agency
submits its annual budget justifications to Congress.
(d) The annual report shall include
the following: All alleged violations relating to the agency’s covered Federal
actions during the year covered by the
report, the actions taken by the head
of the agency in the year covered by
the report with respect to those alleged
violations and alleged violations in
previous years, and the amounts of
civil penalties imposed by the agency
in the year covered by the report.
APPENDIX A TO PART 3018—
CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING
Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and
Cooperative Agreements
The undersigned certifies, to the best of his
or her knowledge and belief, that:
(1) No Federal appropriated funds have
been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of
the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer
or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or
an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with 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.
(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid
to 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 this
Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative
agreement, the undersigned shall complete

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and submit Standard Form–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its instructions.
(3) The undersigned shall require that the
language of this certification be included in
the award documents for all subawards at all
tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and
contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients
shall certify and disclose accordingly.
This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed
when this transaction was made or entered
into. Submission of this certification is a
prerequisite for making or entering into this
transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,
U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the
required certification shall be subject to a
civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not
more than $100,000 for each such failure.

Pt. 3018, App. A
Statement for Loan Guarantees and Loan
Insurance
The undersigned states, to the best of his
or her knowledge and belief, that:
If any funds have been paid or will be paid
to 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 this
commitment providing for the United States
to insure or guarantee a loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard
Form–LLL, ‘‘Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,’’ in accordance with its instructions.
Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for making or entering into this
transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,
U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the
required statement shall be subject to a civil
penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more
than $100,000 for each such failure.

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