Procurement Integrity Act of 1985
Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and title 10, United States Code, to provide for civil and criminal penalties for … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and title 10, United States Code, to provide for civil and criminal penalties for prime contractors and subcontractors who submit false cost data, and for certain officers of such prime contractors and subcontractors.
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Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.
Procurement Integrity Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that a civil action may be brought by an individual or by the United States against: (1) any person who submits any false cost or pricing datum in connection with a Government contract and who knew or should have known that such datum, was false; and (2) the chief executive officer of any prime contractor or subcontractor that submits any false cost or pricing datum if such officer knew or should have known that such datum was false.
Provides that any person against whom a judgment is rendered in such a civil action shall be liable to the Government for: (1) a civil penalty of not more than $500,000; (2) two times the amount of the damage sustained by the Government because of such false datum; and (3) the costs of such civil action.
Allows similar civil actions and provides for identical penalties in connection with military procurement contracts.
Subjects to criminal penalties for the filing of false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims any person or the chief executive officer of a prime contractor who submits false cost or pricing datum in connection with a Government contract or a military procurement contract.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2441: Procurement Integrity Act of 1985. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2441/
"H.R. 2441: Procurement Integrity Act of 1985." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2441/.
H.R. 2441, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-2441/.
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