Contractors who apply or bid for an award of $100,000 or more must file the certification required by 49 CFR part 20, “New Restrictions on Lobbying.” Each level of FTA fund recipient certifies to the level above it that it will not and has not used Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Each FTA fund recipient must also disclose the name of any registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 who has made lobbying contacts on its behalf with non-Federal funds with respect to that specific Federal contract, grant or award covered by 31 U.S.C. 1352. Such disclosures are forwarded from each level of fund recipient to the next level of fund recipient until it reaches the grantor. See “Lobbying” as provided in http://www.fta.dot.gov/library/admin/BPPM/appA1.html#BM10.