---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.7"
title: "45"
number: "1149.7"
heading: "What is a false statement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.7"
---

# §1149.7. What is a false statement?

- (a) A statement submitted to the NEA is a false statement if you make the statement, or cause the statement to be made, while knowing or having reason to know that the statement:
  - (1) Asserts a material fact that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent; or
  - (2) Is false, fictitious, or fraudulent because it omits a material fact that you have a duty to include in the statement and contains or is accompanied by an express certification or affirmation of the truthfulness and accuracy of the contents of the statement.
- (b) **Each written representation, certification, or affirmation constitutes a separate statement.**

## 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.