13 CFR § 142.9 - When will SBA issue a complaint?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s142.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 142.9 - When will SBA issue a complaint?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "142.9"
section_name: "When will SBA issue a complaint?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "142"
part_name: "PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "142"
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# 142.9 When will SBA issue a complaint?
SBA will issue a complaint:
(a) If the Attorney General (or designee) approves the referral of the allegations for adjudication; and
(b) In a case of submission of false claims, if the amount of money or the value of property or services demanded or requested in a false claim, or a group of related claims submitted at the same time, does not exceed $150,000. A group of related claims submitted at the same time includes only those claims arising from the same transaction (such as a grant, loan, application, or contract) which are submitted together as part of a single request, demand, or submission.