{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-3485.330","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 3485.330","heading":"What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?","body":"(a) Before entering into a covered transaction with a participant at the next lower tier, you must require that participant to—\n(1) Comply with this subpart as a condition of participation in the transaction. You must do so using the method specified in paragraph (b) of this section; and\n(2) Pass the requirement to comply with this subpart to each person with whom the participant enters into a covered transaction at the next lower tier.\n(b) To communicate the requirements in this part to a participant, you must include a term or condition in the transaction that requires the participant's compliance with part 180, subpart C, of this title, as adopted at § 3485.12, and requires the participant to include a similar term or condition in lower-tier covered transactions.\n(c) The failure of a participant to include a requirement to comply with Subpart C of 2 CFR part 180 in the agreement with a lower tier participant does not affect the lower tier participant's responsibilities under this part.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle B—Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements","CHAPTER XXXIV—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","PART 3485—NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION","Subpart C—Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-2.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:42Z","sha256":"fa885e6b180f2537969ce6ef157c23b5c67afaddaa9fc976fe10a6ffd2c5eebb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-3485.315","next":"us/2-cfr-3485.415"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}