As an agency official, you must check to see if a person is excluded or disqualified before you—
(a)
Enter into a primary tier covered transaction;
(b)
Approve a principal in a primary tier covered transaction;
(c)
Approve a lower tier participant if agency approval of the lower tier participant is required; or
(d)
Approve a principal in connection with a lower tier transaction if agency approval of the principal is required.
Code of Federal Regulations
(Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235);
20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474
; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327)