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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0731.00015.] The authors consider a problem of the existence of forced oscillations of a constrained system with a periodic in \(t\) force \(\lambda f(t,x,\dot x)\), \(\lambda\) is a positive parameter. The constraint is considered as a differentiable manifold \(M\) embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). A connected set of solution pairs \((\lambda,x)\), where \(x\) is a forced oscillation, is called a bifurcating branch if its closure intersects \(\{0\}\times M\). It is proved that if \(M\) is boundaryless, compact and its Euler- Poincaré characteristic is non-zero, then the motion equation admits an unbounded bifurcating branch. If, in addition either \(\langle f(t,x,v),v\rangle\leq0\) or \(\langle f(t,x,v),v\rangle\geq0\) for \(t\in\mathbb{R}\), \(x\in M\), \(\| v\|>K\), \(K>0\), then the projection of the bifurcating branch on the half-line \((0,\infty)\) is onto. This means that forced oscillations exist for any positive value of \(\lambda\).