§513.12. Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.
49 C.F.R. § 513.12
A recipient of a whistleblower award is entitled to payment on the award only to the extent that a monetary sanction upon which the award is based is collected in the covered action.
Payment of a whistleblower award for a monetary sanction collected in connection with a covered action shall be made within a reasonable time following the later of:
The date on which the monetary sanction totaling over $1,000,000 is collected; or
The completion of the appeals process for all award determination claims arising from the Administrator's Order relating to the covered action.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322 and 49 U.S.C. 30172; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95.
Source
Source: 89 FR 101972, Dec. 17, 2024, unless otherwise noted.