---
type: "LegalText"
title: "41 U.S.C. § 8702"
description: "Prohibited conduct"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
chapter_number: "87"
chapter_name: "KICKBACKS"
section: "8702"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 8702"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc41@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t41/s8702"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-41/usc41.xml"
source_hash: "7ec355380cb5ddd2e13c94162f2ba3aa464acded9282c07e0a3025e82a865439"
raw_snapshot_hash: "0977ff7e7fefd99bbd25a86e009a9e4c2707301ec8c49233d17b6604e38702e3"
text_hash: "1f7397a074c1cec8af446d5b17a2a84ac8e7389f644478b66d86eb09377a9536"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 41 U.S.C. § 8702 - Prohibited conduct

## Text

A person may not—

(1) provide, attempt to provide, or offer to provide a kickback;

(2) solicit, accept, or attempt to accept a kickback; or

(3) include the amount of a kickback prohibited by paragraph (1) or (2) in the contract price—

(A) a subcontractor charges a prime contractor or a higher tier subcontractor; or

(B) a prime contractor charges the Federal Government.

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3839.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 870241:53.Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 80, § 3, 60 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 86–695, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 99–634, § 2(a), Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3524. In paragraph (3), before subparagraph (A), the words “directly or indirectly” are omitted as unnecessary.