Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act means assistance that non-Federal entities described in § 170.105 receive or administer in the form of—
Grants;
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));
Loans;
Loan guarantees;
Subsidies;
Insurance;
Food commodities;
Direct appropriations;
Assessed and voluntary contributions; and
Other financial assistance transactions that authorize the non-Federal entities' expenditure of Federal funds.
Does not include—
Technical assistance, which provides services in lieu of money;
A transfer of title to Federally owned property provided in lieu of money, even if the award is called a grant;
Any classified award; or
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).
At 75 FR 55669, Sept. 14, 2010, § 170.320 was added with two paragraph (b)s.