---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.5"
title: "45"
number: "1149.5"
heading: "What is a false claim?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.5"
---

# §1149.5. What is a false claim?

- (a) **A claim submitted to the NEA is “false” if it—**
  - (1) Is false, fictitious or fraudulent;
  - (2) Includes or is supported by a written statement which asserts or contains a material fact which is false, fictitious, or fraudulent;
  - (3) Includes or is supported by a written statement which is false, fictitious or fraudulent because it omits a material fact that you have a duty to include in the statement; or
  - (4) **Is for payment for the provision of property or services which you have not provided as claimed.**
- (b) [Reserved]

## 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.