{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-180.315","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 180.315","heading":"May I use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction?","body":"(a) As a participant, you may continue to use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction if you were using that person's services in the transaction before the person was excluded. However, you are not required to continue using that person's services as a principal. You should decide whether to discontinue that person's services only after a thorough review to ensure that the action is proper and appropriate.\n(b) You may not begin to use the services of an excluded person as a principal under a covered transaction unless the Federal agency responsible for the transaction grants an exception under § 180.135.","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 C—Responsibilities of Participants Regarding Transactions Doing Business With Other Persons"],"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":"c96739a0ff8be9b0feb8202d33805e71c82758fd6001329584023b9558ef0097","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-180.310","next":"us/2-cfr-180.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}