---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.19"
title: "11"
number: "111.19"
heading: "Civil proceedings (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(6))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.19"
---

# §111.19. Civil proceedings (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(6)).

- (a) If no conciliation agreement is finalized within the applicable minimum period specified by [11 CFR 111.18(c)](/cfr/11/111.18.md?p=c) the General Counsel may recommend to the Commission that the Commission authorize a civil action for relief in an appropriate court of the United States.
- (b) Upon recommendation of the General Counsel, the Commission may, by an affirmative vote of four (4) of its members, authorize the General Counsel to commence a civil action for relief in an appropriate court of the United States.
- (c) The provisions of [11 CFR 111.18(c)](/cfr/11/111.18.md?p=c) shall not preclude the Commission upon request of a respondent, from entering into a conciliation agreement even after a recommendation to file a civil action has been made pursuant to this section. Any conciliation agreement reached under this subsection is subject to the provisions of [11 CFR 111.18(b)](/cfr/11/111.18.md?p=b) and shall have the same force and effect as a conciliation agreement reached under [11 CFR 111.18(c)](/cfr/11/111.18.md?p=c).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.