Sec. 8007. Limitation on use of Federal funds and contracting at businesses owned by certain Government officers and employees
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Beginning in fiscal year 2020 and in each fiscal year thereafter, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for purposes of procuring goods or services at any business owned or controlled by a covered individual or any family member of such an individual, unless such obligation or expenditure of funds is necessary for the security of a covered individual or family member. No federal agency may enter into a contract with a business owned or controlled by a covered individual or any family member of such an individual.
For purposes of this section, a business shall be deemed to be owned or controlled by a covered individual or any family member of such an individual if the covered individual or member of family (as the case may be)— is a member of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business; or directly or indirectly owns or controls 51 percent or more of the voting shares of the business. In this section: The term covered individual means— the President; the Vice President; the head of any Executive department (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code); and any individual occupying a position designated by the President as a Cabinet-level position.
The term family member means an individual with any of the following relationships to a covered individual: Spouse, and parents thereof. Sons and daughters, and spouses thereof. Parents, and spouses thereof. Brothers and sisters, and spouses thereof. Grandparents and grandchildren, and spouses thereof. Domestic partner and parents thereof, including domestic partners of any individual in paragraphs
(2)through (5). The term federal agency has the meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, United States Code.