---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 225.771-2"
title: "48"
number: "225.771-2"
heading: "Prohibition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/225.771-2"
---

# §225.771-2. Prohibition.

- (a) The contracting officer shall not award a contract of $200,000 or more to a firm when a foreign government that is a state sponsor of terrorism owns or controls, either directly or indirectly, a significant interest in—
  - (i) The firm;
  - (ii) A subsidiary of the firm; or
  - (iii) **Any other firm that owns or controls the firm.**
- (b) For restrictions on subcontracting with a firm, or a subsidiary of a firm, that is identified by the Secretary of Defense as being owned or controlled by the government of a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism, see 209.405-2.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 73489, Dec. 11, 2014, as amended at 90 FR 41486, Aug. 25, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 36367, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 73489, Dec. 11, 2014, as amended at 90 FR 41486, Aug. 25, 2025]