The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA):
A) allows payment to facilitate the performance of normal duties.
B) attempts to persuade other nations to adopt U.S. rules regarding payments to officials.
C) allows U.S. firms to prosecute foreign nationals on bribery charges.
D) allows U.S. firms to make payments to facilitate normal duties and to make payments to obtain special advantages.
E) allows foreign nationals to offer payments to U.S. government officials to expedite trade agreements.

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) allows for "facilitating payments" which are payments made to expedite or secure the performance of routine governmental actions. However, it prohibits bribery of foreign officials to obtain or retain business.