[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1606.4]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER XVI--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
 
PART 1606_TERMINATION AND DEBARMENT PROCEDURES; RECOMPETITION--Table of 
 
Sec.  1606.4  Grounds for debarment.

    (a) The Corporation may debar a recipient, on a showing of good 
cause, from receiving an additional award of financial assistance from 
the Corporation.
    (b) As used in paragraph (a) of this section, ``good cause'' means:
    (1) A termination of financial assistance to the recipient pursuant 
to part 1640 of this chapter;
    (2) A termination of financial assistance in whole of the most 
recent grant of financial assistance;
    (3) The substantial violation by the recipient of the restrictions 
delineated in Sec.  1610.2 (a) and (b) of this chapter, provided that 
the violation occurred within 5 years prior to the receipt of the 
debarment notice by the recipient;
    (4) Knowing entry by the recipient into:
    (i) A subgrant, subcontract, or other similar agreement with an 
entity debarred by the Corporation during the period of debarment if so 
precluded by the terms of the debarment; or
    (ii) An agreement for professional services with an IPA debarred by 
the Corporation during the period of debarment if so precluded by the 
terms of the debarment; or
    (5) The filing of a lawsuit by a recipient, provided that the 
lawsuit:
    (i) Was filed on behalf of the recipient as plaintiff, rather than 
on behalf of a client of the recipient;
    (ii) Named the Corporation, or any agency or employee of a Federal, 
State, or local government as a defendant;
    (iii) Seeks judicial review of an action by the Corporation or such 
government agency that affects the recipient's status as a recipient of 
Federal funding, except for a lawsuit that seeks review of whether the 
Corporation or agency acted outside of its statutory

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authority or violated the recipient's constitutional rights; and
    (iv) Was initiated after the effective date of this rule.