S. 2429 · 117th Congress
Administrative False Claims Act of 2021
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Chuck Grassley
- Introduced
- 2021-07-22
- Latest action
- 2021-11-01 · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin with amendments. Without written report.
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.