19.965—Legal proceedings.
        
            Legal proceedings means any criminal
 proceeding or any civil judicial proceeding,
 including a proceeding under the Program Fraud
 Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. 3801-381 2), to which
 the Federal Government or a State or local
 government or quasi-governmental authority is a
 party. The term also includes appeals from those
 proceedings.