118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
S. 659: Administrative False Claims Act of 2023
Passed Senate
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Richard Durbin D-ILOriginal
- Gary Peters D-MI
Who scored on this bill
- 1Charles Grassley SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, discharged, passed Senate4 events+60
- 2Richard DurbinCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Gary PetersCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley.
Show the full action history (8 actions)
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1081-1082; text: CR S1081-1082)
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1081-1082; text: CR S1081-1082)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.