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627.601—Complaints and allegations at the Federal level.

(a) The types of complaints and allegations that may be received at the Federal level for review include:

(1) Complaints for which the recipient has failed to issue a timely decision as required by § 627.503 of this part ;

(2) Alleged violations of the Act and/or the regulations promulgated thereunder resulting from Federal, State, and/or SDA and SSG monitoring and oversight reviews;

(3) Alleged violations of the labor standards provisions at section 143 of the Act;

(4) Alleged violations of the relocation provisions in section 141(c) of the Act; and

(5) Other allegations of violations of the Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) Upon receipt of a complaint or allegation alleging any of the violations listed in paragraph (a) of this section, the Secretary may:

(1) Direct the recipient to handle a complaint through local grievance procedures established under § 627.502 of this part; or

(2) Investigate and determine whether the recipient or subrecipient(s) are in compliance with the Act and regulations promulgated thereunder ( section 163(b) and (c) ).

(3) Allegations of violations of sections 141(c) or 143 of the Act and § 627.503 of this part shall be handled under paragraph (b)(2) of this section.

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