[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4142 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4142

To amend section 3729 of title 31, United States Code, popularly known 
   as the False Claims Act, to eliminate the minimum fine under that 
                                section.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2000

   Mr. Ney (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Green of 
  Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 3729 of title 31, United States Code, popularly known 
   as the False Claims Act, to eliminate the minimum fine under that 
                                section.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MINIMUM FINE UNDER FALSE CLAIMS ACT.

    Section 3729 of title 31, United States Code, popularly known as 
the False Claims Act, is amended in subsection (a) in the matter 
following paragraph (7) by striking ``not less than $5,000 and''.
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