22 CFR § 1508.505 - Who uses the EPLS?

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title: "22 CFR § 1508.505 - Who uses the EPLS?"
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title_name: "Foreign Relations"
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section_name: "Who uses the EPLS?"
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part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 2455, Pub.L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3CFR, 1986 Comp., p.89; E.O. 12689, 3CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 66590, 66592, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1508.505 Who uses the EPLS?

(a) Federal agency officials use the *EPLS* to determine whether to enter into a transaction with a person, as required under § 1508.430.

(b) Participants also may, but are not required to, use the *EPLS* to determine if—

(1) Principals of their transactions are excluded or disqualified, as required under § 1508.320; or

(2) Persons with whom they are entering into covered transactions at the next lower tier are excluded or disqualified.

(c) The *EPLS* is available to the general public.