---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1471.505"
title: "29"
number: "1471.505"
heading: "Who uses the EPLS?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1471.505"
---

# §1471.505. Who uses the EPLS?

- (a) Federal agency officials use the EPLS to determine whether to enter into a transaction with a person, as required under [§ 1471.430](/cfr/29/1471.430.md).
- (b) **Participants also may, but are not required to, use the <I>EPLS</I> to determine if—**
  - (1) Principals of their transactions are excluded or disqualified, as required under [§ 1471.320](/cfr/29/1471.320.md); or
  - (2) Persons with whom they are entering into covered transactions at the next lower tier are excluded or disqualified.
- (c) **The <I>EPLS</I> is available to the general public.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.