22 CFR § 1508.965 - Legal proceedings.

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title: "22 CFR § 1508.965 - Legal proceedings."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1508.965"
section_name: "Legal proceedings."
chapter_name: "AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION"
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part_name: "GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 2455, Pub.L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3CFR, 1986 Comp., p.89; E.O. 12689, 3CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 66590, 66592, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1508.965 Legal proceedings.

*Legal proceedings* means any criminal proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding, including a proceeding under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812), to which the Federal Government or a State or local government or quasi-governmental authority is a party. The term also includes appeals from those proceedings.