S 3018
108th Congress
Senate
Law
Business ethics
Claims
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate accountability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Justice
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Health
Inspectors general
Medicaid
Social Welfare
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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 19, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 11/20/2004 S11646)
Nov 19, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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) related to an alleged violation of statutory provisions prohibiting major fraud or false claims against the United States; and (2) results from a claim of damages in excess of $500,000.
Specifies the required elements of each such description.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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