§9054 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

§9054 Conflicts of interest

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 116— - CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY › Part Part A— - Coronavirus Economic Stabilization › § 9054

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An entity that is 20% or more controlled by certain senior officials or their close family cannot get any transaction under section 9042. "Controlling interest" means owning at least 20% of any class of equity. "Covered individuals" are the President, Vice President, a head of an Executive department (as defined in section 101 of title 5), and members of Congress (Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), plus their spouse, child, son‑in‑law, or daughter‑in‑law. Family members’ holdings are added together when checking control. "Equity interest" means shares, ownership in an LLC or partnership, or certain purchase rights. Before a 9042 transaction is approved, the entity’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (or people in similar roles) must certify to the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that the entity is eligible and is not a covered entity.

Title 15, §9054

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(a)In this section:

(1)The term “controlling interest” means owning, controlling, or holding not less than 20 percent, by vote or value, of the outstanding amount of any class of equity interest in an entity.

(2)The term “covered entity” means an entity in which a covered individual directly or indirectly holds a controlling interest. For the purpose of determining whether an entity is a covered entity, the securities owned, controlled, or held by 2 or more individuals who are related as described in paragraph (3)(B) shall be aggregated.

(3)The term “covered individual” means—

(A)the President, the Vice President, the head of an Executive department, or a Member of Congress; and

(B)the spouse, child, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law, as determined under applicable common law, of an individual described in subparagraph (A).

(4)The term “Executive department” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 5.

(5)The term “member of Congress” means a member of the Senate or House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

(6)The term “equity interest” means—

(A)a share in an entity, without regard to whether the share is—

(i)transferable; or

(ii)classified as stock or anything similar;

(B)a capital or profit interest in a limited liability company or partnership; or

(C)a warrant or right, other than a right to convert, to purchase, sell, or subscribe to a share or interest described in subparagraph (A) or (B), respectively.

(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no covered entity may be eligible for any transaction described in section 9042 of this title.

(c)The principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, or individuals performing similar functions, of an entity seeking to enter a transaction under section 9042 of this title shall, before that transaction is approved, certify to the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that the entity is eligible to engage in that transaction, including that the entity is not a covered entity.

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This part, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 4001–4029) of title IV of div. A of Pub. L. 116–136, known as the Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020, which is classified principally to this part. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see section 4001 of Pub. L. 116–136, set out as a

Short Title

note under section 9001 of this title, and Tables.