{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-223.142","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 223.142","heading":"Causes for suspension.","body":"(a) The suspending official may suspend a purchaser suspected, upon adequate evidence, of the following:\n(1) Commission of:\n(i) Theft, forgery, bribery, embezzlement, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;\n(ii) Fraud, a criminal offense, or violation of Federal or State antitrust laws, any of which occurred in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain; or performing a public contract or subcontract; or\n(iii) Any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty that seriously and directly affects the present responsibility of a purchase of Government timber.\n(2) Indictment for any of the causes listed in paragraph (a) of this section constitutes adequate evidence for suspension.\n(3) A purchaser's suspension from the purchaser of timber by another Federal agency which sells timber.\n(b) The suspending official may, upon adequate evidence, also suspend a purchaser for any other cause so serious or compelling that it affects the present responsibility or a purchaser of Government timber.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER II—FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 223—SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER","Subpart C—Suspension and Debarment of Timber Purchasers"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"8ea9addc0aaa2e298ce09821838769efdf8a9953b35a8c53871b703bc167f523","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-223.141","next":"us/36-cfr-223.143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}