---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1471.965"
title: "29"
number: "1471.965"
heading: "Legal proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1471.965"
---

# §1471.965. 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: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.