[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3960

    To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith 
     exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and 
                certifications, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2024

 Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith 
     exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and 
                certifications, 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. GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINES.

    Title 35, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 41(j), by inserting ``, unless the entity 
        shows that the assertion was made in good faith,'' before ``be 
        subject''; and
            (2) in section 123(f), by inserting ``, unless the entity 
        shows that the certification was made in good faith,'' before 
        ``be subject''.
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