{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-19.110","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 19.110","heading":"What is the purpose of the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system?","body":"(a) To protect the public interest, the Federal Government ensures the integrity of Federal programs by conducting business only with responsible persons.\n(b) A Federal agency uses the nonprocurement debarment and suspension system to exclude from Federal programs persons who are not presently responsible.\n(c) An exclusion is a serious action that a Federal agency may take only to protect the public interest. A Federal agency may not exclude a person or commodity for the purposes of punishment.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 19—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"43d4a5b3ac73e5b32b18c2b7a5472cbc3825b414bad57e2a01e3bf2010fd14d4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-19.105","next":"us/31-cfr-19.115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}