45 CFR § 1174.36 - Finalizing the initial decision.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1174.36"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1174.36 - Finalizing the initial decision."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1174.36"
section_name: "Finalizing the initial decision."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1174"
part_name: "PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2)."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 44628, Aug. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1174"
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# 1174.36 Finalizing the initial decision.
(a) Thirty days after issuance, the ALJ's initial decision shall become the authority's final decision and shall bind all parties, unless any party timely files a motion for reconsideration or any defendant adjudged to have submitted a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or statement timely appeals to the authority head, as set forth in § 1174.37.
(b) If the ALJ disposes of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision, the ALJ's order on the motion for reconsideration shall become the authority's final decision thirty days after the ALJ issues the order, unless a defendant that is adjudged to have submitted a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or statement timely appeals to the authority head, as set forth in § 1174.37.