{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-16.40","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 16.40","heading":"Stays ordered by the Department of Justice.","body":"If at any time the Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General designated by the Attorney General transmits to the authority head a written finding that continuation of the administrative process described in this part with respect to a claim or statement may adversely affect any pending or potential criminal or civil action related to such claim or statement, the authority head shall stay the process immediately. In such a case, the authority head may order the process resumed only upon receipt of the written authorization of the Attorney General.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 16—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT OF 1986"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"c9247e405d93452bb81c84170309e66365e615acaf721a66fb2590ac92cc612c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-16.39","next":"us/31-cfr-16.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}