---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 513.12"
title: "49"
number: "513.12"
heading: "Procedures applicable to the payment of awards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/513.12"
---

# §513.12. Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.

- (a) 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.
- (b) 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:
  - (1) The date on which the monetary sanction totaling over $1,000,000 is collected; or
  - (2) The completion of the appeals process for all award determination claims arising from the Administrator's Order relating to the covered action.

## Notes

### 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.