[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 20CFR667.720]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 667--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart G--Sanctions, Corrective Actions, and Waiver of Liability
 
Sec. 667.720  How do we handle a recipient's request for waiver of liability under WIA section 184(d)(2)?

    (a) A recipient may request a waiver of liability, as described in 
WIA section 184(d)(2), and a Grant Officer may approve such a waiver 
under WIA section 184(d)(3).
    (b)(1) When the debt for which a waiver of liability is desired was 
established in a non-Federal resolution proceeding, the resolution 
report must accompany the waiver request.
    (2) When the waiver request is made during the ETA Grant Officer 
resolution process, the request must be made during the informal 
resolution period described in Sec. 667.510(c).
    (c) A waiver of the recipient's liability shall be considered by the 
Grant Officer only when:
    (1) The misexpenditure of WIA funds occurred at a subrecipient's 
level;
    (2) The misexpenditure was not due to willful disregard of the 
requirements of title I of the Act, gross negligence, failure to observe 
accepted standards of administration, or did not constitute fraud;
    (3) If fraud did exist, it was perpetrated against the recipient/
subrecipients; and
    (i) The recipient/subrecipients discovered, investigated, reported, 
and cooperated in any prosecution of the perpetrator of the fraud; and
    (ii) After aggressive debt collection action, it has been documented 
that further attempts at debt collection from the perpetrator of the 
fraud would be inappropriate or futile;
    (4) The recipient has issued a final determination which disallows 
the misexpenditure, the recipient's appeal process has been exhausted, 
and a debt has been established; and
    (5) The recipient requests such a waiver and provides documentation 
to demonstrate that it has substantially complied with the requirements 
of section 184(d)(2) of the Act, and this section.
    (d) The recipient will not be released from liability for misspent 
funds under the determination required by section 184(d) of the Act 
unless the Grant Officer determines that further collection action, 
either by the recipient or subrecipients, would be inappropriate or 
would prove futile.