A bill to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to submit semi-annual reports regarding settlements relating to false claims and fraud against the Federal Government.
Latest action · Jan 9, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S298)
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 9, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Inspector General Act to require the Inspector General (IG) of the Department of Justice (DOJ), in preparing semiannual reports on the activities of the IG's office, to describe each settlement or compromise of any claim, suit, or other action entered into with the DOJ that: (1) relates to an alleged violation of statutory provisions prohibiting major fraud or false claims against the United States (including all settlements of alternative remedies); and (2) results from a claim of damages in excess of $100,000.
Specifies the required elements of each such description.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 9, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S298)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
- Business ethics
- Claims
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporate accountability
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Department of Justice
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government contractors
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Inspectors general
- Law
- Medicaid
- Parties to actions
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2007Introduced in Senate
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