---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 1508.855"
title: "22"
number: "1508.855"
heading: "Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/1508.855"
---

# §1508.855. Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?

- (a) **We have the burden to prove that a cause for debarment exists.**
- (b) Once a cause for debarment is established, you as a respondent have the burden of demonstrating to the satisfaction of the debarring official that you are presently responsible and that debarment is not necessary.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2455, Pub.L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3CFR, 1986 Comp., p.89; E.O. 12689, 3CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66590, 66592, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.