DOD Compliance With Lobbying Restrictions Imposed by the Byrd Amendment
Abstract
Public Law 101-121, section 319, commonly referred to as the Byrd Amendment, prohibits recipients of Federal contracts, grants, loans, and cooperative agreements from using appropriated funds for lobbying activities and requires the filing of a disclosure form if other funds are used for lobbying activities subject to the amendment. The Byrd Amendment also requires persons or companies that request or receive a contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement to certify that no prohibited payments were or will be made. DoD is required to report semiannually to Congress the number of lobbying activity disclosure forms received. For the 12-month period ending September 30,1992, DoD contracting activities forwarded 12 lobbying activity disclosure forms to the Director of Defense Procurement for the semiannual reports to Congress. Objectives. The primary audit objective was to evaluate DoD compliance with the requirements imposed by the Byrd Amendment. The audit also followed up on the recommendations in Inspector General, DoD, Report No. 91-122, "Final Report on the Review of Lobbying Activities," September 25, 1991, and evaluated a DoD Hotline allegation that a company violated the Byrd Amendment by not disclosing certain lobbying activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 30, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA375809
Entities
People
- Eugene E. Kissner
- Garold E. Stephenson
- George A. Ford
- Keith A. Yancey
- Timothy A. Bulman
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense