FAR 3.909-1 Prohibition

Subsection Federal Acquisition Regulation

Facts

Citation
FAR 3.909-1
Type
Subsection
Last amended
82 FR 4717 Effective Jan 19, 2017
Proposed changes
1
Text as of
FAC 2026-01
Official text
acquisition.gov

Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this subsection.

Text

(a) The Government is prohibited from using fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal year funds for a contract with an entity that requires employees or subcontractors of such entity seeking to report waste, fraud, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees or subcontractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. See section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions.)

(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) of this section does not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312 (Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement), Form 4414 (Sensitive Compartmented Information Nondisclosure Agreement), or any other form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified information.

Federal Register history

Final rule Published Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements 82 FR 4717 · FAC 2005-95

Proposed changes

Proposed rule Published Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 3 and 49 91 FR 37698 · FAR Case 2026-007, Docket No. FAR-2026-0007, Sequence No. 1 Closed Jul 23, 2026No final rule found

Quick answers

What is FAR 3.909-1?

FAR 3.909-1 is a subsection of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Prohibition".

When was FAR 3.909-1 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation; Contractor Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements" (82 FR 4717), published Jan 13, 2017 and effective Jan 19, 2017.

Are changes to FAR 3.909-1 proposed?

One proposed change has no final rule yet.

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