216.3475  Maximum rate of payment for services funded under General Appropriations Act or awarded on a noncompetitive basis.--A person or entity that is designated by the General Appropriations Act, or that is awarded funding on a noncompetitive basis, to provide services for which funds are appropriated by that act may not receive a rate of payment in excess of the competitive prevailing rate for those services unless expressly authorized in the General Appropriations Act.