45 CFR § 1172.31 - Compliance reviews.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1172.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1172.31 - Compliance reviews."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1172.31"
section_name: "Compliance reviews."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1172"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 6101-6107; 45 CFR 90."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 26633, May 9, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1172"
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# 1172.31 Compliance reviews.
(a) NEH may conduct compliance reviews, pre-award reviews, and other similar procedures in order to investigate and correct violations of the Act and the regulations in this part. NEH may conduct these reviews even in the absence of a complaint against the recipient. Reviews may be as comprehensive as necessary to determine whether a recipient is in compliance with the Act and this part.
(b) If a compliance review or pre-award review indicates a violation of the Act and the regulations in this part, NEH will attempt to contact the recipient and achieve the recipient's voluntary compliance. If the recipient does not comply voluntarily, NEH may pursue enforcement efforts as described in § 1172.36.