VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants

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VA Pamphlet 26-7 Chapter 17 governs VA sanctions and exclusion screening.

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  authority: VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants
  description: |
    VA Pamphlet 26-7 Chapter 17 governs VA sanctions and exclusion screening.
obligations:
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    section: VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — Program Participants and Excluded Parties
    description: |
      [LENDER] (as a VA program participant) may not do VA business with
      an excluded party if the type of transaction involved is prohibited
      by the terms of that party's exclusion, and may not allow an
      employed excluded party to perform prohibited duties.
    type: dont
    audit_question: For every VA-related transaction or employment decision, can [LENDER] evidence that no VA business was conducted with an excluded party in a transaction prohibited by that party's exclusion, and that no employed excluded party performed prohibited duties?
    program_review: Does the program account for the excluded-party transaction bar — no VA business with an excluded party in a transaction prohibited by that party's exclusion, and no employed excluded party performing prohibited duties?
    file_review: Spot-check transactions/employment decisions against exclusion records; confirm no prohibited dealing with, or prohibited duties by, an excluded party.
    judgment: false
    feeds: []
    workflow_phase: origination
    owner_role: compliance_officer
    secondary_owner_role: ''
    cadence: continuous
    consequence: ''
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      - sanctions
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      paragraph_quote: 'Program participants may not '
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  - id: va-m26-7-ch17-full-exclusion-no-va-business
    canonical_id: va-m26-7-ch17-full-exclusion-no-va-business
    section: VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — Full Exclusion
    description: |
      A participant who is fully excluded may not conduct any type of VA
      loan guaranty business, or have another party conduct such business
      on his or her behalf. [LENDER] must screen against the VA full-
      exclusion list before engaging any VA-related counterparty.
    type: dont
    audit_question: For every VA-related counterparty (employee, contractor, broker, agent), can [LENDER] evidence pre-engagement screening confirming the party is not fully excluded by VA from conducting VA loan-guaranty business directly or through a proxy?
    program_review: Does the program ensure pre-engagement screening against the VA full-exclusion list so no fully-excluded party conducts VA loan-guaranty business directly or through a proxy?
    file_review: Spot-check counterparties (employees, contractors, brokers, agents); confirm pre-engagement full-exclusion screening.
    judgment: false
    feeds: []
    workflow_phase: origination
    owner_role: compliance_officer
    secondary_owner_role: ''
    cadence: continuous
    consequence: ''
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      - m26-7
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  - id: va-m26-7-ch17-va-sanctioned-parties-not-on-gsa-list
    canonical_id: va-m26-7-ch17-va-sanctioned-parties-not-on-gsa-list
    section: VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — VA Sanctioned Parties Not on GSA List
    description: |
      Some VA-sanctioned parties may not appear on the GSA List of Parties
      Excluded From Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs.
      [LENDER] must therefore obtain information on such parties by
      contacting the local VA office, and may not rely on the GSA list
      alone to clear a counterparty.
    type: do
    audit_question: For every VA-related counterparty screening, can [LENDER] evidence (i) GSA EPLS/SAM check AND (ii) supplemental check with the local VA office for VA-sanctioned parties that may not appear on the GSA list?
    program_review: Does the program account for the GSA-list gap — supplement the GSA EPLS/SAM check with the local VA office for VA-sanctioned parties that may not appear on the GSA list, rather than relying on the GSA list alone?
    file_review: Spot-check counterparty screenings; confirm both the GSA EPLS/SAM check and the supplemental local-VA-office check were performed.
    judgment: false
    feeds: []
    workflow_phase: origination
    owner_role: compliance_officer
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    cadence: continuous
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      - va-only-sanctions
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      paragraph_quote: 'Some of the VA sanctioned parties may not appear on the GSA list. '
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Verbatim regulatory text (3)

Verbatim provisions from VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.

VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — Program Participants and Excluded Parties

Program participants may not

Source: VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants · source URL · snapshot a62b7e4e05493a4b

VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — Full Exclusion

A participant who is fully excluded may not

Source: VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants · source URL · snapshot a62b7e4e05493a4b

VA M26-7 Ch. 17.01 — VA Sanctioned Parties Not on GSA List

Some of the VA sanctioned parties may not appear on the GSA list.

Source: VA Lender Handbook M26-7 Chapter 17 — VA Sanctions Against Program Participants · source URL · snapshot a62b7e4e05493a4b