{"data":{"id":"us/2-cfr-180.965","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"2 CFR 180.965","heading":"Legal proceedings.","body":"Legal proceeding means any criminal proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding, including a proceeding under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812), to which the Federal Government or a State or local government or quasi-governmental authority is a party. The term also includes appeals from those proceedings.","path":["Title 2—Federal Financial Assistance","Subtitle A—Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","PART 180—OMB GUIDELINES TO AGENCIES ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)","Subpart I—Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-2.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:42Z","sha256":"f2e0abf1ef744a841c309b8ef3155cc07ec5ac606b0ab5d3e236a7b0cfc787d6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/2-cfr-180.960","next":"us/2-cfr-180.970"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}