{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-513.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 513.12","heading":"Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.","body":"(a) A recipient of a whistleblower award is entitled to payment on the award only to the extent that a monetary sanction upon which the award is based is collected in the covered action.\n(b) Payment of a whistleblower award for a monetary sanction collected in connection with a covered action shall be made within a reasonable time following the later of:\n(1) The date on which the monetary sanction totaling over $1,000,000 is collected; or\n(2) The completion of the appeals process for all award determination claims arising from the Administrator's Order relating to the covered action.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER V—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 513—WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"cdc21da830c6163c6f5e5ed237943d372395bab75f70eb6857bce0867d5115f7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-513.11","next":"us/49-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}