---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 115.72"
title: "28"
number: "115.72"
heading: "Evidentiary standard for administrative investigations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/115.72"
---

# §115.72. Evidentiary standard for administrative investigations.


The agency shall impose no standard higher than a preponderance of the evidence in determining whether allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment are substantiated.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 15601-15609.

### Source

Source: AG Order No. 3331-2012, 77 FR 37197, June 20, 2012, unless otherwise noted.