S 2429 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Administrative False Claims Act of 2021

Summary
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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 22, 2021 Last action Nov 1, 2021
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5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Nov 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with amendments. Without written report.
upper
Oct 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Jul 22, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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