---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 919.965"
title: "5"
number: "919.965"
heading: "Legal proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/919.965"
---

# §919.965. Legal proceedings.


Legal proceedings means any criminal proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding, including a proceeding under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act ([31 U.S.C. 3801-3812](/usc/31/3801-3812.md)), to which the Federal Government or a State or local government or quasi-governmental authority is a party. The term also includes appeals from those proceedings.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p.189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p.235.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66544, 66561, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 68 FR 74161, Dec. 23, 2003.