Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.

(a) A recipient of a whistleblower award is entitled to payment on the award only to the extent that a monetary sanction upon which the award is based is collected in the covered action. (b) Payment of a whistleblower award for a monetary sanction collected in connection with a covered action shall be made within a reasonable time following the later of: (1) The date on which the monetary sanction totaling over $1,000,000 is collected; or (2) The completion of the appeals process for all award determination claims arising from the Administrator's Order relating to the covered action.