If a recipient is determined to have violated this part, as described in  § 84.500 or  § 84.505, the Department of Education may take one or more of the following actions—
     
    
        
        (a) 
         Suspension of payments under the award;
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Suspension or termination of the award; and
     
    
        
        (c) 
         Suspension or debarment of the recipient under  34 CFR Part 85, for a period not to exceed five years.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        (Authority: E.O.s 12549 and 12689; 
                20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474
            ; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327)