Common use of Appropriated Funds Clause in Contracts

Appropriated Funds. Section 319 of Public Law No. 101-121 provides that none of the funds appropriated by any act of Congress 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: (a) the awarding of any Federal contract; (b) the making of any Federal grant;