A bill to amend chapter 38 of title 31, United States Code, relating to civil remedies, and for other purposes.
Administrative False Claims Act of 2021
This bill modifies provisions regarding fraud committed against the federal government.
Specifically, the bill raises the maximum amount of a fraud claim that may be handled administratively from $150,000 to $1 million, allows responsibilities in the administrative process assigned to the Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General to be delegated to other Department of Justice employees, and allows the government to recoup costs for investigating and prosecuting these frauds.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with amendments. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with amendments. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162.
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