10 CFR § 4.45 - Intimidatory or retaliatory acts prohibited.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s4.45"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 4.45 - Intimidatory or retaliatory acts prohibited."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "4.45"
section_name: "Intimidatory or retaliatory acts prohibited."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "4"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMISSION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 401 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5891); 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 12101 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4"
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# 4.45 Intimidatory or retaliatory acts prohibited.
No recipient or other person shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or discriminate against any individual for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by the Act or this subpart, or because he has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this subpart. The identity of complainants shall be kept confidential, except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of this subpart including the conduct of any investigation, hearing, or judicial proceeding arising thereunder.
[29 FR 19277, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended at 40 FR 8778, Mar. 3, 1975]