---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1174.6"
title: "45"
number: "1174.6"
heading: "Prerequisites for issuing a complaint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1174.6"
---

# §1174.6. Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.


The authority may issue a complaint only if:

- (a) The Attorney General (or designee) approves the reviewing official's referral of the allegations for adjudication; and
- (b) In a case of submission of false claims, if the amount of money or the value of property or services that a false claim (or a group of related claims submitted at the same time) demanded or requested does not exceed $150,000.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2).

### Source

Source: 86 FR 44628, Aug. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.