---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.13"
title: "45"
number: "1149.13"
heading: "When may the NEA issue a complaint?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.13"
---

# §1149.13. When may the NEA issue a complaint?


The NEA may issue a complaint:

- (a) If the Attorney General, or his/her designee, approves the referral of the allegations for adjudication in a written statement; and
- (b) In a case of submission of false claims, if the amount of money or the value of property or services demanded or requested in a false claim, or a group of related claims submitted at the same time, does not exceed $150,000.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted.