36 CFR §223.142
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- (a)The suspending official may suspend a purchaser suspected, upon adequate evidence, of the following:
- (1)Commission of:
- (i)Theft, forgery, bribery, embezzlement, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
- (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
- (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.
- (2)Indictment for any of the causes listed in paragraph (a) of this section constitutes adequate evidence for suspension.
- (3)A purchaser's suspension from the purchaser of timber by another Federal agency which sells timber.
- (1)Commission of:
- (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.