TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

SUBTITLE A - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

PART 26 - GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)

subpart b - COVERED TRANSACTIONS

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

The importance of a covered transaction depends upon who you are.

  (a) As a participant in the transaction, you have the responsibilities laid out in Subpart C of this part. Those include responsibilities to the person or Federal agency at the next higher tier from whom you received the transaction, if any. They also include responsibilities if you subsequently enter into other covered transactions with persons at the next lower tier.

  (b) As a Federal official who enters into a primary tier transaction, you have the responsibilities laid out in subpart D of this part.

  (c) As an excluded person, you may not be a participant or principal in the transaction unless (1) The person who entered into the transaction with you allows you to continue your involvement in a transaction that predates your exclusion, as permitted under 26.310 or 26.415; or (2) A(n) DoC official obtains an exception from the Secretary of Commerce or designee to allow you to be involved in the transaction, as permitted under 26.120.