45 CFR § 1149.19 - What happens once an answer is filed?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1149.19"
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title: "45 CFR § 1149.19 - What happens once an answer is filed?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1149.19"
section_name: "What happens once an answer is filed?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS"
part_number: "1149"
part_name: "PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1149"
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# 1149.19 What happens once an answer is filed?
(a) When the reviewing official receives an answer, he/she must simultaneously file the complaint, the answer, and a designation of the NEA's representative with the ALJ.
(b) When the ALJ receives the complaint and the answer, he/she will promptly serve a notice of hearing upon you and the NEA representative, in the same manner as the complaint. At the same time, the ALJ must send a copy of such notice to the reviewing official or his designee.