13 CFR 142.9 - When will SBA issue a complaint?

Regulations last checked for updates: May 13, 2024

Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance last revised: May 02, 2024

View all text of Part 142 [§ 142.1 - § 142.41]

§ 142.9 - When will SBA issue a complaint?

SBA will issue a complaint:

(a) If the Attorney General (or designee) approves the referral of the allegations for adjudication; and

(b) In a case of submission of false claims, if the amount of money or the value of property or services demanded or requested in a false claim, or a group of related claims submitted at the same time, does not exceed $150,000. A group of related claims submitted at the same time includes only those claims arising from the same transaction (such as a grant, loan, application, or contract) which are submitted together as part of a single request, demand, or submission.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2)

source: 61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 13 CFR 142.9