3.0.0 3180 2023-01-11T21:18:12Z 2023-01-11T21:18:12Z House H HR 2007-07-25 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2007-09-10T14:54:41Z Referred to 2007-07-25T14:02:15Z 2007-09-10 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2007-07-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1622-1623) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 N Law Government Operations and Politics Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Parties to actions Qui tam actions Whistle blowing Law 00 2007-07-25 Introduced in House 2007-12-21T20:58:15Z Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 - Amends the False Claims Act regarding a federal civil action ("whistle blower" or qui tam action) brought by private persons.

Revises the definition of "original source" relating to the requirement that, for any court to have jurisdiction over such an action based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accountability Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation, the person bringing the action (if not the Attorney General) be an original source of the information.

Redefines "original source" as an individual who has direct and independent knowledge of information that the individual has voluntarily provided to the government before filing an action that is the basis for either: (1) the allegations or transactions; or (2) public disclosure of the allegations or transactions.

(Thus allows an individual who publicly discloses allegations or transactions of false claims to recover a portion of any awards following legal proceedings under the False Claims Act for those public disclosures, even though the individual does not know the precise way in which the wrongdoing occurs.)

]]> Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify who is an original source for purposes of bringing a qui tam action. Introduced in House IH Display Title Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Whistleblower Recovery Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3180ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3180ih.xml 2007-09-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.