---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 31.1"
title: "49"
number: "31.1"
heading: "Basis and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/31.1"
---

# §31.1. Basis and purpose.

- (a) **Basis.** This part implements the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, Public Law No. 99-509, sections [6101-6104](/cfr/49/6101-6104.md), [100](/cfr/49/100.md) Stat. 1874 (October 21, 1986), to be codified at [31 U.S.C. 3801-3812](/usc/31/3801-3812.md). [31 U.S.C. 3809](/usc/31/3809.md) of the statute requires each authority head to promulgate regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the statute.
- (b) **Purpose.** This part (1) establishes administrative procedures for imposing civil penalties and assessments against persons who make, submit, or present, or cause to be made, submitted, or presented, false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims or written statements to the authority or to certain others, and (2) specifies the hearing and appeal rights of persons subject to allegations of liability for such penalties and assessments.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 881, Jan. 14, 1988, unless otherwise noted.