In the past two months, two House bills and two Senate bills have been introduced in an effort to strengthen the Federal False Claims Act. These bills respectively are:
- S. 386, “Fraud Enforcement and recovery Act of 2009,” (Feb. 5, 2009);
- H.R. 1788, “False Claims Correction Act of 2009,” (Mar. 30, 2009);
- S. 458, “False Claims Clarification Act of 2009,” (Feb. 24, 2009); and
- H.R. 1667, “War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2009,” (Mar. 23, 2009).
Testimony took place yesterday, and Jeb White from TAF here. Marsha Madsen testified on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce against the legislation.
At the Committee level, only Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas seemed to be buying the arguments of the Chamber of Commerce. Congressman Dan Lungren (R-Ca), on the other hand, not only spoke up for the FCA, but also for its proud history and its ties to Lincoln and Reagan.
Updates–hopefully, positive ones–will follow.