[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7078

        To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the 
misrepresentation and receipt of a false obligation to the Government, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2024

   Mr. Buck introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the 
misrepresentation and receipt of a false obligation to the Government, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``False Claims Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. FALSE CLAIMS ACT.

    Section 3729(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the comma, and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) knowingly misrepresents to another an 
                obligation to pay or transmit duty payments to the 
                Government and improperly receives such payment or 
                transmission of duty payments without paying or 
                transmitting such duty payments to the Government,''.
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