571 - Crimes and Prohibited Activities
Several federal laws potentially apply to activities under a federal financial assistance award because of their traditional application to federal contractual relationships. Many of these laws relate to claims against the federal government in which a grant recipient might assume the same legal status as a federal contractor vis-a-vis the federal government. This section, as well as ¶573 and ¶574, summarize these laws. Anti-Kickback Act The Anti-Kickback (Copeland) Act (18 U.S.C. §874, 40 U.S.C. §276(c)) prohibits inducing any person employed by a federally assisted construction project or any work financed in whole or in part by federal financial assistance to give up any… Read More