[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4198]
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    AMENDING TITLE 35, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE A GOOD FAITH 
     EXCEPTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF FINES FOR FALSE ASSERTIONS AND 
                             CERTIFICATIONS

  Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 3960 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by 
title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. CANTWELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The bill (S. 3960) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3960

       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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