---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 919.855"
title: "5"
number: "919.855"
heading: "Who has the burden of proof in a debarment action?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/919.855"
---

# §919.855. 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, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p.189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p.235.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66561, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 68 FR 74161, Dec. 23, 2003.