---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 4284.1106"
title: "7"
number: "4284.1106"
heading: "Conflict of interest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/4284.1106"
---

# §4284.1106. Conflict of interest.

- (a) **General.** A situation in which a person has competing personal, professional, or financial interests that prevents the person from acting impartially.
- (b) **Assistance to employees, relatives, and associates.** The Agency will process any requests for assistance under this subpart in accordance with [7 CFR part 1900](/cfr/7/part1900.md), subpart D.
- (c) **Member/Delegate clause.** No member of or delegate to Congress shall receive any share or part of this grant or any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to bar, as a contractor under the grant, a publicly held corporation whose ownership might include a member of Congress.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 31589, June 15, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 7 U.S.C. 1989. Subpart F also issued under 7 U.S.C 1932(e). Subpart J also issued under 7 U.S.C. 1627c. Subpart K also issued under 7 U.S.C. 1632b.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 42387, Aug. 7, 1997, unless otherwise noted.