[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR636.5]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 636--COMPLAINTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 636.5  Exhaustion of grantee level procedure.

    (a) Exhaustion required. No complainant may file a complaint with 
the Department until the grantee level procedures specified in 
Sec. 636.3 have been exhausted.
    (b) Exhaustion exceptions. Complainants who have not exhausted the 
procedures at the grantee level may file the complaint at the Federal 
level, and the Department may accept such complaint if it determines 
that:
    (1) The grantee or subrecipient has not acted within the time frames 
specified in Sec. 636.3; or
    (2) The grantee's or subrecipient's procedures are not in compliance 
with Sec. 636.3; or
    (3) An emergency situation exists.