Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act means assistance that non-Federal entities described in Sec. 170.105 receive or administer in the form of--
(a) Grants;
(b) Cooperative agreements (which does not include cooperative research and development agreements pursuant to the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, as amended (15 U.S.C. 3710a));
(c) Loans;
(d) Loan guarantees;
(e) Subsidies;
(f) Insurance;
(g) Food commodities;
(h) Direct appropriations;
(i) Assessed and voluntary contributions; and
(j) Other financial assistance transactions that authorize the non-Federal entities' expenditure of Federal funds.
(b) Does not include--
(1) Technical assistance, which provides services in lieu of money;
(2) A transfer of title to Federally owned property provided in lieu of money, even if the award is called a grant;
(3) Any classified award; or
(4) Any award funded in whole or in part with Recovery funds, as defined in section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5).
Editorial Note: At 75 FR 55669, Sept. 14, 2010, Sec. 170.320 was added with two paragraph (b)s.