{"id":213,"date":"2009-05-06T13:38:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T13:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/05\/major_whistleblower_law_develo_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:49:23","slug":"major_whistleblower_law_develo_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/major_whistleblower_law_develo_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Whistleblower Law Development–False Claims Act Amendments Pass House of Representatives, As Part of the “Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is an historic day–the House of Representatives has passed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009<\/a> by a vote of 367-59. The Act includes long-needed amendments to the nation’s primary anti-fraud law, the False Claims Act, about which we have written often<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The amendments are designed to protect the hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds now being spent from fraud affecting TARP<\/a>, other “stimulus” measures, Medicare and Medicaid<\/a>, national defense including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and reconstruction efforts<\/a>, and countless other government programs.<\/p>\n

The Senate approved the Act by a vote of 92-4 on April 28th. A conference committee now will consider reconciling differences in the versions of the bill.<\/p>\n

The new law closes a series of “loopholes” that allowed dishonest contractors to cheat the American public, and is intended to restore the False Claims Act to its original intent.<\/p>\n

Our whistleblower lawyer blog <\/a>has provided previously a detailed explanation of how the False Claims Act works <\/a>by allowing private citizen “whistleblowers” (also known as qui tam<\/em> “relators”) to report fraud and share in the government’s recovery. The False Claims Act also protects whistleblowers from retaliation. <\/p>\n

Much will be written about the new amendments, which will greatly strengthen the Act’s effectiveness in combating fraud. We congratulate those in Congress with the wisdom to pass the amendments, as well as all involved in this effort!
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