29 CFR § 1471.420 - May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?

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title: "29 CFR § 1471.420 - May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?"
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1471.420"
section_name: "May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE"
part_number: "1471"
part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
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authority: "E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a."
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# 1471.420 May I approve a transaction with an excluded or disqualified person at a lower tier?

If a transaction at a lower tier is subject to your approval, you as an agency official may not approve—

(a) A covered transaction with a person who is currently excluded, unless you obtain an exception under § 1471.120; or

(b) A transaction with a person who is disqualified from that transaction, unless you obtain a waiver or exception under the statute, Executive order, or regulation that is the basis for the person's disqualification.