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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 135 / Thursday, July 17, 2025 / Rules 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

10 CFR Parts 12 and 13

[NRC-2025-0019]
RIN 3150-AL31


Administrative False Claims Act of 2023

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its 
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (PFCRA) regulations to ensure 
compliance with the Administrative False Claims Act of 2023 (AFCA). The 
AFCA requires agencies to review and update existing regulations to 
ensure compliance with the AFCA amendments. This final rule includes 
changes to the NRC's PFCRA regulations required to meet the AFCA 
amendments and includes edits to correct typographical errors.

DATES: This final rule is effective on July 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0019 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may 
obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0019. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Helen Chang; telephone: 301-415-3228; 
email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact the 
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The unofficial redline strikeout 
version of the final rule changes to regulatory text is available in 
ADAMS under Accession No. ML25106A060.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy McKenna, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Background
II. Discussion
III. Rulemaking Procedure
IV. Section-by-Section Analysis
V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
VI. Regulatory Analysis
VII. Backfitting and Issue Finality
VIII. Plain Writing
IX. National Environmental Policy Act
X. Paperwork Reduction Act
XI. Regulatory Planning and Review
XII. Congressional Review Act

I. Background

    In 1986, Congress enacted the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act 
(PFCRA), a statute that provides Federal agencies, when the U.S. 
Department of Justice (DOJ) approves, a remedy to recover government 
losses resulting from false claims and fraud. Considered a ``sister 
scheme'' to the False Claims Act (FCA), a broader Federal law that 
allows the DOJ to pursue larger-scale fraud cases, PFCRA cases 
typically involved smaller claims and false statements that the DOJ may 
not otherwise select for criminal or civil enforcement. When it was 
enacted, the PFCRA required Federal agencies, including the NRC, to 
promulgate rules and regulations to implement the PFCRA's provisions 
(31 U.S.C. 3809). The NRC's implementing PFCRA regulations were 
finalized in 1991 (56 FR 47135) and are found in part 13 of title 10 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Program Fraud Civil 
Remedies.''

II. Discussion

    On December 23, 2024, the ``Servicemember Quality of Life 
Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2025'' (NDAA) was signed into law. Found at Section 5203 of the NDAA is 
the AFCA, which amends and renames the PFCRA. The AFCA, 31 U.S.C. 3801-
3812, requires Federal agencies to amend their existing regulations and 
procedures to comply with the statute no later than June 21, 2025. This 
final rule amends 10 CFR part 13, ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies,'' 
along with the references to the PFCRA contained in 10 CFR part 12, 
``Implementation of the Equal Access to Justice Act in Agency 
Proceedings,'' to implement the following statutory changes consistent 
with the AFCA:
     Replacing all references to the PFCRA with the AFCA. The 
NDAA changes the PFCRA's official short title to the AFCA and states 
that any reference to the PFCRA in any law, regulation, map, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States is now a reference to the 
AFCA. This final rule revises the statute title from the PFCRA to the 
AFCA throughout 10 CFR parts 12 and 13, including updating the 
referenced statute at Sec. Sec.  12.101, ``Purpose,'' and 12.103, 
``Proceedings covered''; retitling the part heading at 10 CFR part 13; 
and updating the referenced statute at Sec. Sec.  13.1, ``Basis and 
purpose,'' and 13.4, ``Investigation.''
     Replacing the maximum recoverable amount through an AFCA 
case from $150,000 to $1 million. Previously, the PFCRA only authorized 
Federal agencies to bring a case administratively for no more than 
$150,000 per claim (or groups of related claims). The AFCA raises the 
potential recovery amount for an AFCA claim (or groups of related 
claims) to $1 million. Accordingly, this final rule revises Sec.  13.6, 
``Prerequisities for issuing a complaint,'' to increase the amount of 
$150,000 to $1,000,000 at paragraph (a)(2). The civil penalty of not 
more than $14,308 for each such claim or statement remains the same in 
paragraphs (a)(1)(iv) and (b)(1)(ii) of

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Sec.  13.3, ``Basis for civil penalties and assessments.'' 
Additionally, this final rule corrects, i.e., retitles, the 
typographical error in the section heading of Sec.  13.6, from 
``Prerequisities'' to ``Prerequisites.''
     Revising the regulations to state that any money collected 
goes first to reimburse the agency or any Federal entity that expended 
costs for investigation and prosecution costs, and then any excess 
would go to the U.S. Treasury. Previously, under the PFCRA, a Federal 
agency would bear the costs of investigating and prosecuting a PFCRA 
case, and with limited exceptions not relevant to the NRC, all 
penalties or assessments would be deposited as miscellaneous receipts 
in the U.S. Treasury. The AFCA, in contrast, now provides that any 
penalty or assessment amount collected is first credited to the 
authority or other Federal entity that expended costs in support of the 
investigation or prosecution of the action, including any court or 
hearing costs, with only the remainder (if any) going to the U.S. 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. This final rule retitles the 
section heading for Sec.  13.45, ``Deposit in Treasury of United 
States,'' to ``Recovery of Costs and Deposit in Treasury of United 
States,'' to align with the AFCA changes.
     Adding definitions for ``material'' and ``obligation.'' 
The AFCA, 31 U.S.C. 3801(a), adopts by reference the definitions for 
the terms ``material'' and ``obligation'' from the False Claims Act, 
another Federal statute that allows the DOJ to pursue large-scale fraud 
cases. Previously, these terms were undefined in the PFCRA. As stated 
in the AFCA, ``obligation'' has the meaning given in the False Claims 
Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729(b), which defines the term to mean an established 
duty, whether or not fixed, arising from an express or implied 
contractual, grantor-grantee, or licensor-licensee relationship, from a 
fee-based or similar relationship, from statute or regulation, or from 
the retention of any overpayment. For purposes of determining AFCA 
liability for a false claim or statement submitted to the Government, 
materiality shall be determined in the same manner as under the False 
Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729(b), which defines material to mean having a 
natural tendency to influence, or be capable of influencing, the 
payment or receipt of money or property. Accordingly, this final rule 
adds a new definition for ``obligation'' in Sec.  13.2, 
``Definitions,'' and new paragraph (f) to Sec.  13.3 to reference the 
AFCA definition for ``material.''
     Expanding the list of claims that Federal agencies can 
pursue. The AFCA expands the list of claims that a Federal agency can 
pursue by imposing liability for submissions of ``reverse false 
claims.'' A reverse false claim is when a person acts improperly--not 
to get money from the Government--but to avoid having to pay money to 
the Government. The AFCA amends the provision defining one category of 
claims so that it now allows a Federal agency to pursue a claim against 
any person for an act that has the effect of concealing or improperly 
avoiding or decreasing an ``obligation'' (as newly defined under the 
AFCA amendments) to pay or transmit property, services, or money to the 
Government. This final rule revises the current definition of 
``Claim,'' as used in this part at Sec.  13.2, to describe concealing 
or improperly avoiding or decreasing an obligation.
     Revising the statute of limitations for an AFCA action. 
The AFCA revises the statute of limitations for when a Federal agency 
can bring an AFCA action, both by giving agencies direct control over 
whether any given action will comply with the statute of limitations 
and by extending the statute of limitations period in certain 
situations. Previously, under the PFCRA, the statute of limitations for 
an AFCA action was met if the hearing was ``commenced'' within 6 years 
after the date of the alleged violation. The new statute of limitations 
for an AFCA action is that the agency must serve notice to the person 
alleged to be liable with respect to a claim or statement no later than 
the later of either: (a) 6 years after the date on which the violation 
is committed; or (b) 3 years after the date on which facts material to 
the action are known or reasonably should have been known by the 
agency, but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the 
violation is committed. This final rule revises paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of Sec.  13.47, ``Limitations,'' to align with this change under the 
AFCA.
     Adding a notification requirement for the reviewing 
official. Under the AFCA, as was also true under the PFCRA, the 
reviewing official has the exclusive authority to compromise or settle 
any allegations of AFCA liability against a person at any time after 
the date on which the DOJ authorizes the case to move forward and prior 
to the date the presiding officer issues a decision. However, the AFCA 
now requires that the reviewing official notify the Attorney General in 
writing not later than 30 days before entering into any agreement to 
compromise or settle allegations of liability under the AFCA and before 
the date on which the reviewing official is permitted to refer the 
allegations of liability to a presiding officer. This final rule 
revises paragraph (b) of Sec.  13.46, ``Compromise or settlement,'' to 
align with the AFCA notification requirement. Additionally, this final 
rule corrects the typographical errors in Sec.  13.46(c) and (d), from 
``pendancy'' to ``pendency.''
    The NRC prepared an unofficial redline strikeout version of the 
final rule changes to regulatory text that is intended to help the 
reader identify the changes. The unofficial redline strikeout version 
of the final rule is publicly available at ADAMS Accession No. 
ML25106A060. The NRC is providing the unofficial redline for public 
information but is not seeking public comment on the unofficial 
redline.

III. Rulemaking Procedure

    This final rule is being issued without prior public notice or 
opportunity for public comments. The Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B)) does not require an agency to use the public notice 
and comment process ``when the agency for good cause finds (and 
incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in 
the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' In 
this instance, the NRC finds, for good cause, that solicitation of 
public comment on this final rule is unnecessary. This final rule is 
limited to changes to implement the AFCA amendments to NRC's PFCRA 
regulations. Public comments on these rule revisions could not result 
in changes to the revisions because the rule revisions implement 
statutory changes. Accordingly, seeking comment on these rule revisions 
would not be necessary and, therefore, is not required under the 
Administrative Procedure Act. For these same reasons, the NRC also 
finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the effective date under 
5 U.S.C. 553(d).

IV. Section-by-Section Analysis

    The following paragraphs describe the specific changes in this 
final rule:

Nomenclature Change

    Throughout 10 CFR part 12, this final rule removes the title of the 
statute ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act'' and replaces it with the 
new name of the statute, ``Administrative False Claims Act.''

10 CFR Part 13 Basis and Purpose

    This final rule revises the heading of 10 CFR part 13 from 
``Program Fraud Civil Remedies'' to ``Administrative Remedies for False 
Claims and Statements.''

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Section 13.1 Basis and Purpose

    This final rule replaces the reference to ``Program Fraud Civil 
Remedies Act'' with the new name of the statute, ``Administrative False 
Claims Act.''

Section 13.2 Definitions

    This final rule revises the definition for ``Claim'' to include any 
request, demand, or submission made to the authority which has the 
effect of concealing or improperly avoiding or decreasing an obligation 
to pay or transmit property, services, or money. This final rule also 
adds a definition for ``Obligation,'' which was previously undefined in 
the PFCRA, to mean an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising 
from an express or implied contractual, grantor-grantee, or licensor-
licensee relationship, from a fee-based or similar relationship, from 
statute or regulation, or from the retention of any overpayment.

Section 13.3 Basis for Civil Penalties and Assessments

    This final rule adds Sec.  13.3(f) which states that for purposes 
of determining AFCA liability for a false claim or statement submitted 
to the Government, materiality shall be determined in the same manner 
as under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, which defines material 
to mean having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of 
influencing, the payment or receipt of money or property.

Section 13.4 Investigation

    This final rule replaces the reference to ``Program Fraud Civil 
Remedies Act'' in Sec.  13.4(b) with the new name of the statute, 
``Administrative False Claims Act.''

Section 13.6 Prerequisities for Issuing a Complaint

    This final rule replaces the $150,000 amount listed in Sec.  
13.6(a)(2) with $1,000,000, the expanded recovery amount available to 
agencies who pursue a false claim or statement under the AFCA. This 
final rule also corrects, i.e., retitles, the typographical error in 
the section heading of Sec.  13.6, from ``Prerequisities'' to 
``Prerequisites.''

Section 13.45 Deposit in Treasury of United States

    This final rule renames Sec.  13.45 from ``Deposit in Treasury of 
United States'' to ``Recovery of Costs and Deposit in Treasury of 
United States,'' to reflect the updates made by the AFCA. This rule 
also replaces the language in Sec.  13.45 to include the statutory 
language in the AFCA, which states that any amount collected for AFCA 
liability shall be credited first to reimburse the authority or other 
Federal entity that expended costs in support of the investigation or 
prosecution of the action, including any court or hearing costs, and 
any amount remaining after reimbursements shall be deposited as 
miscellaneous receipts in the U.S. Treasury, except as provided in 31 
U.S.C. 3806(g).

Section 13.46 Compromise or Settlement

    This final rule adds a new sentence to Sec.  13.46(b) which states 
that before compromising or settling a case under part 13, a reviewing 
official shall notify the Attorney General in writing not later than 30 
days before entering any agreement to compromise or settle allegations 
under part 13 and before the date on which the reviewing official is 
permitted to refer AFCA allegations of liability to a presiding 
officer. This final rule also corrects the typographical errors in 
Sec.  13.46(c) and (d), from ``pendancy'' to ``pendency.''

Section 13.47 Limitations

    This final rule revises the language relating to the statute of 
limitations for an AFCA case in Sec.  13.47(a) and (b). Specifically, 
this final rule revises the limitations language in Sec.  13.47(a) to 
state that a notice to the person alleged to be liable under part 13 
with respect to a claim or statement shall be served in the manner 
specified in Sec.  13.8 not later than the later of 6 years after the 
date on which the violation is committed; or 3 years after the date on 
which facts material to the action are known or reasonably should have 
been known by the authority head, but in no event more than 10 years 
after the date on which the violation is committed. The final rule also 
adds language from the statute in Sec.  13.47(b) that states that a 
civil action to recover a penalty or assessment under this part shall 
be commenced within 3 years after the date on which the determination 
of liability for such penalty or assessment becomes final.

V. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act does not apply to regulations for 
which a Federal agency is not required by law, including the rulemaking 
provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b), to 
publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking (5 U.S.C. 604). As 
discussed in this document under Section III, ``Rulemaking Procedure,'' 
the NRC is not publishing this final rule for notice and comment. 
Accordingly, the NRC has determined that the requirements of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act do not apply to this final rule.

VI. Regulatory Analysis

    A regulatory analysis has not been prepared for this final rule. As 
discussed in this document under Section III, ``Rulemaking Procedure,'' 
the AFCA requires that the NRC perform this rulemaking to align the 
NRC's regulations with the AFCA amendments. This final rule does not 
involve an exercise of Commission discretion. Direct monetary impacts 
fall only upon those licensees or persons subjected to liability 
pursuant to the provisions of the AFCA (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812) and the 
NRC's implementing regulations (10 CFR part 13).

VII. Backfitting and Issue Finality

    The NRC has not prepared a backfit analysis for this final rule. 
This final rule does not involve any provision that would impose a 
backfit, nor is it inconsistent with any issue finality provision, as 
those terms are defined in 10 CFR chapter I. The changes in this final 
rule update the NRC's regulations to implement statutory changes in the 
AFCA to align the NRC's regulations with the AFCA amendments. The final 
rule does not modify any licensee systems, structures, components, 
designs, approvals, or procedures required for the construction or 
operation of any facility.

VIII. Plain Writing

    The Plain Writing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-274) requires Federal 
agencies to write documents in a clear, concise, and well-organized 
manner. The NRC has written this document to be consistent with the 
Plain Writing Act as well as the Presidential Memorandum, ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing,'' published June 10, 1998 (63 FR 
31885).

IX. National Environmental Policy Act

    The NRC has determined that this final rule is the type of action 
described in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(1) that is categorically excluded from 
environmental review. Therefore, neither an environmental impact 
statement nor an environmental assessment has been prepared for this 
final rule.

X. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This final rule does not contain a collection of information as 
defined in the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
and, therefore, is not subject to the requirements of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

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XI. Regulatory Planning and Review

    Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, as amended by E.O. 14215, provides 
that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) will 
determine whether a regulatory action is significant as defined by E.O. 
12866 and will review all significant regulatory actions. OIRA 
determined that this final rule is not a significant regulatory action 
under E.O. 12866.

XII. Congressional Review Act

    This final rule is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review 
Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget 
has not found it to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional 
Review Act.

List of Subjects

10 CFR Part 12

    Adversary adjudications, Award, Claims, Equal access to justice, 
Final disposition, Fraud, Net worth, Party, Penalties.

10 CFR Part 13

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Fraud, Organization 
and functions (Government agencies), Penalties.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble and under the authority of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; the Energy Reorganization 
Act of 1974, as amended; and 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553, the NRC amends 10 
CFR parts 12 and 13 as set forth below:

PART 12--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT IN 
AGENCY PROCEEDINGS

0
1. The authority citation for part 12 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1).


Sec.  12.101  [Amended]

0
2. In Sec.  12.101, remove the term ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies 
Act'' and add in its place the term ``Administrative False Claims 
Act''.


Sec.  12.103   [Amended]

0
3. In Sec.  12.103, remove the term ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies 
Act'' and add in its place the term ``Administrative False Claims 
Act''.

PART 13--ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR FALSE CLAIMS AND STATEMENTS

0
4. The authority citation for part 13 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  31 U.S.C. 3801 through 3812; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
    Section 13.3 also issued under 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.
    Section 13.13 also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3730.


0
5. Revise the heading of part 13 to read as set forth above.


Sec.  13.1  [Amended]

0
6. In Sec.  13.1(a), remove ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, 
Public Law 99-509, Sec.  6101-6104, 100 Stat. 1874 (October 21, 1986)'' 
and add in its place ``Administrative False Claims Act of 2023''.

0
7. In Sec.  13.2:
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a. Revise the definition of ``Claim''; and
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b. Add the definition of ``Obligation'' in alphabetical order.
    The revision and addition read as follows:


Sec.  13.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Claim means any request, demand, or submission--
    (1) Made to the authority for property, services, or money 
(including money representing grants, loans, insurance, or benefits);
    (2) Made to a recipient of property, services, or money from the 
authority or to a party to a contract with the authority--
    (i) For property or services if the United States--
    (A) Provided such property or services;
    (B) Provided any portion of the funds for the purchase of such 
property or services; or
    (C) Will reimburse such recipient or party for the purchase of such 
property or services; or
    (ii) For the payment of money (including money representing grants, 
loans, insurance, or benefits) if the United States--
    (A) Provided any portion of the money requested or demanded; or
    (B) Will reimburse such recipient or party for any portion of the 
money paid on such request or demand; or
    (3) Made to the authority which has the effect of concealing or 
improperly avoiding or decreasing an obligation to pay or transmit 
property, services, or money.
* * * * *
    Obligation means an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising 
from an express or implied contractual, grantor-grantee, or licensor-
licensee relationship, from a fee-based or similar relationship, from 
statute or regulation, or from the retention of any overpayment.
* * * * *

0
8. In Sec.  13.3, add paragraph (f) to read as follows:


Sec.  13.3  Basis for civil penalties and assessments.

* * * * *
    (f) For purposes of this section, materiality shall be determined 
in the same manner as under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, which 
defines material to mean having a natural tendency to influence, or be 
capable of influencing, the payment or receipt of money or property.


Sec.  13.4  [Amended]

0
9. In Sec.  13.4(b), remove the reference ``Program Fraud Civil 
Remedies Act'' and add in its place ``Administrative False Claims 
Act''.


Sec.  13.6  [Amended]

0
10. Amend Sec.  13.6 by:
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a. Removing ``Prerequisities'' and add in its place ``Prerequisites'' 
in the section heading; and
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b. Removing the amount ``$150,000'' and add in its place ``$1,000,000'' 
in paragraph (a)(2).

0
11. Revise Sec.  13.45 to read as follows:


Sec.  13.45  Recovery of Costs and Deposit in Treasury of United 
States.

    (a) Any amount collected under this part shall be credited first to 
reimburse the authority or other Federal entity that expended costs in 
support of the investigation or prosecution of the action, including 
any court or hearing costs.
    (b) Any amount reimbursed under paragraph (a) of this section shall 
be deposited in the appropriations account of the authority or other 
Federal entity from which the costs described in paragraph (a) of this 
section were obligated, a similar appropriations account of the 
authority or other Federal entity; or if the authority or other Federal 
entity expended nonappropriated funds, another appropriate account; and 
remain available until expended.
    (c) Any amounts remaining after reimbursements described in 
paragraph (a) of this section pursuant to this part shall be deposited 
as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury of the United States, except 
as provided in 31 U.S.C. 3806(g).

0
12. In Sec.  13.46:
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a. Revise paragraph (b); and
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b. Amend paragraphs (c) and (d) by removing ``pendancy'' and adding in 
its place ``pendency'', wherever it appears.
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  13.46  Compromise or settlement.

* * * * *

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    (b) The reviewing official has the exclusive authority to 
compromise or settle a case under this part at any time after the date 
on which the reviewing official is permitted to issue a complaint and 
before the date on which the ALJ issues an initial decision. Before 
compromising or settling a case under this part, a reviewing official 
shall notify the Attorney General in writing not later than 30 days 
before entering into any agreement to compromise or settle allegations 
of liability under this part and before the date on which the reviewing 
official is permitted to refer allegations of liability to a presiding 
officer.
* * * * *

0
13. In Sec.  13.47, revise paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  13.47  Limitations.

    (a) A notice to the person alleged to be liable under this part 
with respect to a claim or statement shall be served in the manner 
specified in Sec.  13.8 not later than the later of:
    (1) 6 years after the date on which the violation is committed; or
    (2) 3 years after the date on which facts material to the action 
are known or reasonably should have been known by the authority head, 
but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the 
violation is committed.
    (b) A civil action to recover a penalty or assessment under this 
part shall be commenced within 3 years after the date on which the 
determination of liability for such penalty or assessment becomes 
final.
* * * * *

    Dated: July 15, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrea Kock,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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