ALJ means an Administrative Law Judge in the authority appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105 or detailed to the authority pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3344 .
Authority means the Department of the Treasury.
Authority head means the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management.
Benefit, when used in the context of false statements made with respect to a benefit, means anything of value including but not limited to any advantage, preference, privilege, license, permit, favorable decision, ruling, status, or loan guarantee. This definition should be distinguished from the limitations on coverage of these regulations with respect to beneficiaries of specific benefit programs which are found in § 16.3(c) of this part.
Claim means any request, demand, or submission-
Complaint means the administrative complaint served by the reviewing official on the defendant under § 16.7 of this part.
Defendant means any person alleged in a complaint under § 16.7 to be liable for a civil penalty or assessment under § 16.3 .
Department means the Department of the Treasury.
Government means the United States Government.
Individual means a natural person.
Initial decision means the written decision of the ALJ required by § 16.10 or § 16.37 , and includes a revised initial decision issued following a remand or a motion for reconsideration.
Investigating official means any Inspector General, including any Special Inspector General, with investigatory authority over programs of the Department of the Treasury, as applicable.
Knows or has reason to know, means that a person, with respect to a claim or statement-
Makes, wherever it appears, shall include the terms "presents," "submits," and "causes to be made, presented," or "submitted." As the context requires, making or made, shall likewise include the corresponding forms of such terms.
Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, private organization, State, political subdivision of a State, municipality, county, district, and Indian tribe, and includes the plural of that term.
Presiding officer means an administrative law judge appointed in the authority pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105 or detailed to the authority pursuant to section 3344 of such title.
Representative means an attorney designated in writing by a defendant to appear on his or her behalf in administrative hearings before the Department and to represent a defendant in all other legal matters regarding a complaint made pursuant to these regulations.
Reviewing official means the General Counsel, or another individual in the Legal Division of the Department designated by the General Counsel, who is-
Statement means any representation, certification, affirmation, document, record, or accounting or bookkeeping entry made-
31 C.F.R. §16.2