§1304.7. Legal fees.
45 C.F.R. § 1304.7
An agency is not authorized to charge to its grant legal fees or other costs incurred to appeal terminations, reductions of funding, or denials of applications of refunding decisions.
If a program prevails in a termination, reduction, or denial of refunding decision, the responsible HHS official may reimburse the agency for reasonable and customary legal fees, incurred during the appeal, if:
The Departmental Appeals Board overturns the responsible HHS official's decision;
The agency can prove it incurred fees during the appeal; and,
The agency can prove the fees incurred are reasonable and customary.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.
Source
Source: 81 FR 61412, Sept. 6, 2016, unless otherwise noted.