---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 1508.965"
title: "22"
number: "1508.965"
heading: "Legal proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/1508.965"
---

# §1508.965. Legal proceedings.


Legal proceedings means any criminal proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding, including a proceeding under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act ([31 U.S.C. 3801-3812](/usc/31/3801-3812.md)), to which the Federal Government or a State or local government or quasi-governmental authority is a party. The term also includes appeals from those proceedings.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2455, Pub.L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3CFR, 1986 Comp., p.89; E.O. 12689, 3CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66590, 66592, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.