45 CFR § 1149.5 - What is a false claim?

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title: "45 CFR § 1149.5 - What is a false claim?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
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section_name: "What is a false claim?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
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part_name: "PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS"
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# 1149.5 What is a false claim?

(a) A claim submitted to the NEA is “false” if it:

(1) Is false, fictitious or fraudulent;

(2) Includes or is supported by a written statement which asserts or contains a material fact which is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;

(3) Includes or is supported by a written statement which is false, fictitious or fraudulent because it omits a material fact that you have a duty to include in the statement; or

(4) Is for payment for the provision of property or services which you have not provided as claimed.

(b) [Reserved]