48 CFR § 603.204 - 603.204 Treatment of violations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s603.204"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 603.204 - 603.204 Treatment of violations."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "603.204"
section_name: "603.204 Treatment of violations."
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "603"
part_name: "IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 26163, July 11, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "603"
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# 603.204 603.204 Treatment of violations.
(a) The Procurement Executive is the agency head's designee for the purposes of FAR 3.204.
(b) Upon completion of the investigation and/or prosecution or with the consent of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations shall provide to the Procurement Executive a report, together with all pertinent documentation, concerning the suspected violation. The Office of the Procurement Executive shall provide to the contractor a written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, presenting the findings, and shall establish a schedule, including location, for an investigative hearing for the purposes described in FAR 3.204(b).
[64 FR 43620, Aug. 11, 1999, as amended at 69 FR 19330, Apr. 13, 2004]