{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-1125.137","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 1125.137","heading":"Who in the Department of Defense may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?","body":"Within the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of a Military Department, Head of a Defense Agency, Head of the Office of Economic Adjustment, and Head of the Special Operations Command have the authority to grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction, as provided in the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.135.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle B—Federal Agency Regulations for Grants and Agreements","CHAPTER XI—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","SUBCHAPTER C—AWARD FORMAT AND NATIONAL POLICY TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ALL GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS","PART 1125—NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-2.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:42Z","sha256":"c5db82fd987941f94fbda7e42bd1451af0cc20fc30876014b01c20edad762ece","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-1125.40","next":"us/2-cfr-1125.220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}