29 CFR § 1471.505 - Who uses the EPLS?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1471.505"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1471.505 - Who uses the EPLS?"
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1471.505"
section_name: "Who uses the EPLS?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE"
part_number: "1471"
part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1471.505 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 § 1471.430.

(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 § 1471.320; 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.