45 CFR § 1177.23 - Enforcement policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1177.23"
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title: "45 CFR § 1177.23 - Enforcement policy."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1177.23"
section_name: "Enforcement policy."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES"
part_number: "1177"
part_name: "CLAIMS COLLECTION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-3719; Pub. L. 104-134; 31 CFR 900-904."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 66965, Nov. 24, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1177.23 Enforcement policy.

Pursuant to this subpart, NEH may compromise statutory penalties, forfeitures, or claims that it established as an aid to enforcement and to compel compliance, if NEH's enforcement policy in terms of deterrence and securing compliance, present and future, will be adequately served by the agency's acceptance of the compromise offer.