[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1264.145]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1264--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL PENALTIES ACT OF 1986--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1264.145  Compromise or settlement.

    (a) Parties may make offers of compromise or settlement at any time, 
including proposals for alternative dispute resolution.
    (b) The reviewing official has the exclusive authority to compromise 
or settle a case under this part at any time after the date on which the 
reviewing official is permitted to refer allegations of liability to a 
presiding officer and before the date on which the presiding officer 
issues an initial decision.
    (c) The authority head has exclusive authority to compromise or 
settle a case under this part at any time after the date on which the 
presiding officer issues an initial decision, except during the pendency 
of any judicial review under Sec. 1264.141 or during the pendency of any 
civil action to collect penalties and assessments under Sec. 1264.142.
    (d) The Attorney General has exclusive authority to compromise or 
settle a case under this part during the pendency of any judicial review 
under 31 U.S.C. 3805 or of any civil action to recover penalties and 
assessments under 31 U.S.C. 3806.
    (e) The investigating official may recommend settlement terms to the 
reviewing official, the authority head, or the Attorney General, as 
appropriate. The reviewing official may recommend settlement terms to 
the authority head, or the Attorney General, as appropriate.
    (f) Any compromise or settlement must be in writing.