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15 C.F.R. PART 26--GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)

TITLE 15--Commerce and Foreign Trade

Subtitle A--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

PART 26--GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)

§26.25

How is this part organized?

§26.50

How is this part written?

§26.75

Do terms in this part have special meanings?

Subpart A--GENERAL

§26.100

What does this part do?

§26.105

Does this part apply to me?

§26.110

What is the purpose of the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system?

§26.115

How does an exclusion restrict a person's involvement in covered transactions?

§26.120

May we grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?

§26.125

Does an exclusion under the nonprocurement system affect a person's eligibility for Federal procurement contracts?

§26.130

Does exclusion under the Federal procurement system affect a person's eligibility to participate in nonprocurement transactions?

§26.135

May the Department of Commerce exclude a person who is not currently participating in a nonprocurement transaction?

§26.140

How do I know if a person is excluded?

§26.145

Does this part address persons who are disqualified, as well as those who are excluded from nonprocurement transactions?

Subpart B--COVERED TRANSACTIONS

§26.200

What is a covered transaction?

§26.205

Why is it important if a particular transaction is a covered transaction?

§26.210

Which nonprocurement transactions are covered transactions?

§26.215

Which nonprocurement transactions are not covered transactions?

§26.220

Are any procurement contracts included as covered transactions?

§26.225

How do I know if a transaction in which I may participate is a covered transaction?

Subpart C--RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS REGARDING TRANSACTIONS

§26.300

What must I do before I enter into a covered transaction with another person at the next lower tier?

§26.305

May I enter into a covered transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?

§26.310

What must I do if a Federal agency excludes a person with whom I am already doing business in a covered transaction?

§26.315

May I use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction?

§26.320

Must I verify that principals of my covered transactions are eligible to participate?

§26.325

What happens if I do business with an excluded person in a covered transaction?

§26.330

What requirements must I pass down to persons at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business?

§26.335

What information must I provide before entering into a covered transaction with the Department of Commerce?

§26.340

If I disclose unfavorable information required under 26.335, will I be prevented from participating in the transaction?

§26.345

What happens if I fail to disclose information required under 26.335?

§26.350

What must I do if I learn of information required under 26.335 after entering into a covered transaction with the Department of Commerce?

§26.355

What information must I provide to a higher tier participant before entering into a covered transaction with that participant?

§26.360

What happens if I fail to disclose the information required under 26.355?

§26.365

What must I do if I learn of information required under 26.355 after entering into a covered transaction with a higher tier participant?

Subpart D--RESPONSIBILITIES OF DOC OFFICIALS REGARDING TRANSACTIONS

§26.400

May I enter into a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person?

§26.405

May I enter into a covered transaction with a participant if a principal of the transaction is excluded?

§26.410

May I approve a participant's use of the services of an excluded person?

§26.415

What must I do if a Federal agency excludes the participant or a principal after I enter into a covered transaction?

§26.420

May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?

§26.425

When do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?

§26.430

How do I check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified?

§26.435

What must I require of a primary tier participant?

§26.440

What method do I use to communicate those requirements to participants?

§26.445

What action may I take if a primary tier participant knowingly does business with an excluded or disqualified person?

§26.450

What action may I take if a primary tier participant fails to disclose the information required under 26.335?

§26.455

What may I do if a lower tier participant fails to disclose the information required under 26.355 to the next higher tier?

Subpart E--EXCLUDED PARTIES LIST SYSTEM

§26.500

What is the purpose of the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)?

§26.505

Who uses the EPLS?

§26.510

Who maintains the EPLS?

§26.515

What specific information is in the EPLS?

§26.520

Who places the information into the EPLS?

§26.525

Whom do I ask if I have questions about a person in the EPLS?

§26.530

Where can I find the EPLS?

Subpart F--GENERAL PRINCIPLES RELATING TO SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT ACTIONS

§26.600

How do suspension and debarment actions start?

§26.605

How does suspension differ from debarment?

§26.610

What procedures does the Department of Commerce use in suspension and debarment actions?

§26.615

How does the Department of Commerce notify a person of a suspension or debarment action?

§26.620

Do Federal agencies coordinate suspension and debarment actions?

§26.625

What is the scope of a suspension or debarment?

§26.630

May the Department of Commerce impute conduct of one person to another?

§26.635

May the Department of Commerce settle a debarment or suspension action?

§26.640

May a settlement include a voluntary exclusion?

§26.645

Do other Federal agencies know if the Department of Commerce agrees to a voluntary exclusion?

Subpart G--SUSPENSION

§26.700

When may the suspending official issue a suspension?

§26.705

What does the suspending official consider in issuing a suspension?

§26.710

When does a suspension take effect?

§26.715

What notice does the suspending official give me if I am suspended?

§26.720

How may I contest a suspension?

§26.725

How much time do I have to contest a suspension?

§26.730

What information must I provide to the suspending official if I contest a suspension?

§26.735

Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which the suspension is based?

§26.740

Are suspension proceedings formal?

§26.745

How is fact-finding conducted?

§26.750

What does the suspending official consider in deciding whether to continue or terminate my suspension?

§26.755

When will I know whether the suspension is continued or terminated?

§26.760

How long may my suspension last?

Subpart H--DEBARMENT

§26.800

What are the causes for debarment?

§26.805

What notice does the debarring official give me if I am proposed for debarment?

§26.810

When does a debarment take effect?

§26.815

How may I contest a proposed debarment?

§26.820

How much time do I have to contest a proposed debarment?

§26.825

What information must I provide to the debarring official if I contest a proposed debarment?

§26.830

Under what conditions do I get an additional opportunity to challenge the facts on which a proposed debarment is based?

§26.835

Are debarment proceedings formal?

§26.840

How is fact-finding conducted?

§26.845

What does the debarring official consider in deciding whether to debar me?

§26.850

What is the standard of proof in a debarment action?

§26.855

Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?

§26.860

What factors may influence the debarring official's decision?

§26.865

How long may my debarment last?

§26.870

When do I know if the debarring official debars me?

§26.875

May I ask the debarring official to reconsider a decision to debar me?

§26.880

What factors may influence the debarring official during reconsideration?

§26.885

May the debarring official extend a debarment?

Subpart I--DEFINITIONS

Adequate evidence.

Affiliate.

Agency.

Agent or representative.

Civil judgment.

Conviction.

Debarment.

Debarring official.

Disqualified.

Excluded or exclusion.

§26.950

Excluded Parties List System.

§26.955

Indictment.

§26.960

Ineligible or ineligibility.

§26.965

Legal proceedings.

§26.970

Nonprocurement transaction.

Notice.

Participant.

Person.

Preponderance of the evidence.

Principal.

Respondent.

State.

Suspending official.

Suspension.

Voluntary exclusion or voluntarily excluded.

Subpart J--[RESERVED]

Appendix

Appendix to Part 26--Covered Transactions

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