---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 200.208"
title: "2"
number: "200.208"
heading: "Specific conditions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/200.208"
---

# §200.208. Specific conditions.

- (a) Federal agencies are responsible for ensuring that specific Federal award conditions and performance expectations are consistent with the program design (See [§ 200.202](/cfr/2/200.202.md) and [§ 200.301](/cfr/2/200.301.md)).
- (b) The Federal agency or pass-through entity may adjust specific conditions in the Federal award based on an analysis of the following factors:
  - (1) Review of OMB-designated repositories of government-wide data (for example, SAM.gov) or review of its risk assessment (See [§ 200.206](/cfr/2/200.206.md));
  - (2) The recipient's or subrecipient's history of compliance with the terms and conditions of Federal awards;
  - (3) The recipient's or subrecipient's ability to meet expected performance goals as described in [§ 200.211](/cfr/2/200.211.md); or
  - (4) A determination of whether a recipient or subrecipient has inadequate financial capability to perform the Federal award.
- (c) Specific conditions may include the following:
  - (1) Requiring payments as reimbursements rather than advance payments;
  - (2) Withholding authority to proceed to the next phase until receipt of evidence of acceptable performance;
  - (3) Requiring additional or more detailed financial reports;
  - (4) Requiring additional project monitoring;
  - (5) Requiring the recipient or subrecipient to obtain technical or management assistance; or
  - (6) **Establishing additional prior approvals.**
- (d) Prior to imposing specific conditions, the Federal agency or pass-through entity must notify the recipient or subrecipient as to:
  - (1) The nature of the specific condition(s);
  - (2) The reason why the specific condition(s) is being imposed;
  - (3) The nature of the action needed to remove the specific condition(s);
  - (4) The time allowed for completing the actions; and
  - (5) The method for requesting the Federal agency or pass-through entity to reconsider imposing a specific condition.
- (e) Any specific conditions must be promptly removed once the conditions that prompted them have been satisfied.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 503; 31 U.S.C. 6101-6106; 31 U.S.C. 6307; 31 U.S.C. 7501-7507.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 30136, Apr. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted.