{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-180.135","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 180.135","heading":"May a Federal agency grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction?","body":"(a) A Federal agency head or designee may grant an exception permitting an excluded person to participate in a particular covered transaction. If the Federal agency head or designee grants an exception, the exception must be in writing and state the reason(s) for deviating from the government-wide policy in Executive Order 12549.\n(b) An exception granted by one Federal agency for an excluded person does not extend to the covered transactions of another Federal agency.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle A—Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","PART 180—OMB GUIDELINES TO AGENCIES ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)","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":"e3327c9e904453db540277f588b9381e5245ad46fa43626ce40e43e6e2c6761e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-180.130","next":"us/2-cfr-180.140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}