Updating the False Claims Act
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on amending the False Claims Act to "explicitly empower federal workers" to file lawsuits to recover money "when the federal government is the victim of fraud or contracting overcharges."
The law, initially enacted to attack war profiteering during the Civil War, returned more than $20 billion to the U.S. government in the last twenty years, according to Senator Leahy, but has been narrowly construed by recent federal court decisions.
The law, initially enacted to attack war profiteering during the Civil War, returned more than $20 billion to the U.S. government in the last twenty years, according to Senator Leahy, but has been narrowly construed by recent federal court decisions.
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