2 CFR 200.300: Statutory and national policy requirements

What 2 CFR 200.300 requires

1. Certifications

What you must do

Expend Federal funding and implement the funded program in full accordance with the U.S. Constitution and applicable Federal statutes and regulations — including provisions protecting free speech, religious liberty, public welfare, and the environment, and those prohibiting discrimination (including, where the statute's sex-discrimination prohibition encompasses it per Bostock, discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity) — as communicated by the agency and incorporated directly or by reference into the award terms and conditions.

When it applies

All Federal awards, at acceptance and throughout the period of performance.

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2. General

What you must do

When acting as a pass-through entity, communicate all relevant requirements (including those in general appropriations provisions) to each subrecipient and incorporate them directly or by reference into the subaward terms and conditions.

When it applies

Applicant proposes to issue subawards under the Federal award.

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Sections that refer to 2 CFR 200.300

2 CFR 200.211 Information contained in a Federal award
2 CFR 200.403 Factors affecting allowability of costs
2 CFR 200.410 Collection of unallowable costs
2 CFR 200.433 Contingency provisions

Regulation text of 2 CFR 200.300

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(a) The Federal agency or pass-through entity must manage and administer the Federal award in a manner so as to ensure that Federal funding is expended and associated programs are implemented in full accordance with the U.S. Constitution, applicable Federal statutes and regulations—including provisions protecting free speech, religious liberty, public welfare, and the environment, and those prohibiting discrimination—and the requirements of this part. The Federal agency or pass-through entity must communicate to a recipient or subrecipient all relevant requirements, including those contained in general appropriations provisions, and incorporate them directly or by reference in the terms and conditions of the Federal award.

(b) In administering Federal awards that are subject to a Federal statute prohibiting discrimination based on sex, the Federal agency or pass-through entity must ensure that the award is administered in a way that does not unlawfully discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity if the statute's prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity consistent with the Supreme Court's reasoning in Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020).

(c) In administering awards in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, the Federal agency must take account of the heightened constitutional scrutiny that may apply under the Constitution's Equal Protection guarantee for government action that provides differential treatment based on protected characteristics.

Source: eCFR · checked Sep 17, 2026

Questions about 2 CFR 200.300

What does 2 CFR 200.300 require?

Expend Federal funding and implement the funded program in full accordance with the U.S. Constitution and applicable Federal statutes and regulations — including provisions protecting free speech, religious liberty, public welfare, and the environment, and those prohibiting discrimination (including, where the statute's sex-discrimination prohibition encompasses it per Bostock, discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity) — as communicated by the agency and incorporated directly or by reference into the award terms and conditions. When acting as a pass-through entity, communicate all relevant requirements (including those in general appropriations provisions) to each subrecipient and incorporate them directly or by reference into the subaward terms and conditions.

When does 2 CFR 200.300 apply?

All Federal awards, at acceptance and throughout the period of performance. Applicant proposes to issue subawards under the Federal award.

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