45 CFR § 681.6 - When may NSF issue a complaint?

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title: "45 CFR § 681.6 - When may NSF issue a complaint?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "681.6"
section_name: "When may NSF issue a complaint?"
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part_number: "681"
part_name: "PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS"
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regulatory_source: "74 FR 26794, June 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 681.6 When may NSF issue a complaint?

NSF may 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.