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.