---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 16.303"
title: "29"
number: "16.303"
heading: "Settlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/16.303"
---

# §16.303. Settlement.


The applicant and agency counsel may agree on a proposed settlement of the award before final action on the application, either in connection with a settlement of the underlying proceeding, or after the underlying proceeding has been concluded, in accordance with the agency's standard settlement procedure. If a prevailing party and agency counsel agree on a proposed settlement of an award before an application has been filed, the application shall be filed with the proposed settlement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 96-481, 94 Stat. 2327 (5 U.S.C. 504).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 63021, Dec. 29, 1981, unless otherwise noted.