[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR436.205]

[Page 1137]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 436_GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)--Table 
of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Covered Transactions
 
Sec. 436.205  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 Sec. 436.310 or Sec. 436.415; or
    (2) An SSA official obtains an exception from the SSA Debarring 
Suspension/Official to allow you to be involved in the transaction, as 
permitted under Sec. 436.120.