Administrative False Claims Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 6, 2023 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2023
- Passed SenateMar 30, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Adminitrative False Claims Act of 2023
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 and allows the government to recoup costs for investigating and prosecuting these frauds.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2023 to Jul 25, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 6, 2023 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jul 25, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2023Discharged Mar 30, 2023 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2023Received in the House.
- Apr 6, 2023Held at the desk.
- Apr 5, 2023Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 30, 2023Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 30, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1081-1082; text: CR S1081-1082)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1081Text printed S1081 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S768 | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Mar 14, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47593 | Pandemic Oversight: The Biden Administration’s New Anti-Fraud Proposal | Report | Jun 15, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2429 | Administrative False Claims Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Nov 1, 2021 |
| S 4089 | Fraud Prevention and Recovery Act | Related bill | Apr 9, 2024 |
| HR 5009 | Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 | Related bill | Dec 23, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend chapter 38 of title 31, United States Code, relating to civil remedies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Administrative False Claims Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Administrative False Claims Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Engrossed in Senate
- Mar 6, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
