Subpart D: Post-award requirements 2024 Uniform Guidance · effective Oct 1, 2024

2 CFR 200.343: Effects of suspension and termination

2 CFR 200.343 sets one requirement for organizations that receive federal grants and cooperative agreements. Applies while you manage a federal award.

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What 2 CFR 200.343 requires

1. Allowable costs

What you must do

Costs from financial obligations incurred during a suspension or after termination are unallowable unless expressly authorized in the suspension/termination notice or afterward; exception: costs are allowable if the obligation was properly incurred before the effective date, not in anticipation of suspension/termination, and would have been allowable had the award run to normal expiration.

When it applies

Award suspended or terminated while financial obligations are outstanding or contemplated

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Regulation text of 2 CFR 200.343

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Costs to the recipient or subrecipient resulting from financial obligations incurred by the recipient or subrecipient during a suspension or after the termination of a Federal award are not allowable unless the Federal agency or pass-through entity expressly authorizes them in the notice of suspension or termination or subsequently. However, costs during suspension or after termination are allowable if:

(a) The costs result from financial obligations which were properly incurred by the recipient or subrecipient before the effective date of suspension or termination, and not in anticipation of it; and

(b) The costs would be allowable if the Federal award was not suspended or expired normally at the end of the period of performance in which the termination takes effect.

Source: eCFR · checked Sep 17, 2026

Questions about 2 CFR 200.343

What does 2 CFR 200.343 require?

Costs from financial obligations incurred during a suspension or after termination are unallowable unless expressly authorized in the suspension/termination notice or afterward; exception: costs are allowable if the obligation was properly incurred before the effective date, not in anticipation of suspension/termination, and would have been allowable had the award run to normal expiration.

When does 2 CFR 200.343 apply?

Award suspended or terminated while financial obligations are outstanding or contemplated.

Plain-English summaries for information only, not legal advice. Always check the regulation text, your award terms and your agency’s guidance.