{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-1174.36","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 1174.36","heading":"Finalizing the initial decision.","body":"(a) Thirty days after issuance, the ALJ's initial decision shall become the authority's final decision and shall bind all parties, unless any party timely files a motion for reconsideration or any defendant adjudged to have submitted a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or statement timely appeals to the authority head, as set forth in § 1174.37.\n(b) If the ALJ disposes of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision, the ALJ's order on the motion for reconsideration shall become the authority's final decision thirty days after the ALJ issues the order, unless a defendant that is adjudged to have submitted a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or statement timely appeals to the authority head, as set forth in § 1174.37.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XI—NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES","SUBCHAPTER D—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES","PART 1174—PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS","Subpart E—Decisions and Appeals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"ae4b33d0f1d8879152ce9e1c9848b8acdfda5eaad0826c558cfec372c12d7ebd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-1174.35","next":"us/45-cfr-1174.37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}