[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR185.106]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 185_PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 185.106  Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.

    (a) The reviewing official may issue a complaint under Sec. 185.107 
only if:
    (1) The Department of Justice approves the issuance of a complaint 
in a written statement described in section 3803(b)(1) of title 31 of 
the United States Code, and
    (2) In the case of allegations of liability under Sec. 185.103(a) 
with respect to a claim, the reviewing official determines that, with 
respect to such claim or a group of related claims submitted at the same 
time such claim is submitted (as defined in paragraph (b) of this 
section), the amount of money, or the value of property or services, 
demanded or requested in violation of Sec. 185.103(a) does not exceed 
$150,000.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, a related group of claims 
submitted at the same time shall include only those claims arising from 
the same transaction (e.g., grant, loan, application, or contract) that 
are submitted simultaneously as part of a single request, demand, or 
submission.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
reviewing official's authority to join in a single complaint against a 
person, claims that are unrelated or were not submitted simultaneously, 
regardless of the amount of money, or the value of property or services, 
demanded or requested.