{"id":96,"date":"2007-09-12T19:54:19","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T19:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/09\/senators_grassley_and_durbin_i.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:53:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:53:53","slug":"senators_grassley_and_durbin_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/senators_grassley_and_durbin_i\/","title":{"rendered":"False Claims Act New Amendments Proposed: Senators Grassley and Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore False Claims Act and Its Qui Tam Provisions to Encourage Whistleblowers to Protect Taxpayer Funds Against Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senators Specter and Leahy to Co-Sponsor Pro-Taxpayer Law to “Correct” Recent Court Decisions That Limited Effectiveness to Government of Qui Tam Whistleblower Law<\/a>, the False Claims Act<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In one of the most potentially significant developments ever discussed on this whistleblower lawyer blog<\/a>, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) announced today that he and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) are co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill designed to restore the government’s primary tool for fighting fraud against taxpayers<\/a>, the False Claims Act<\/a>, to its intended effectiveness. Court decisions in recent years had weakened the False Claims Act and impaired its usefulness in fighting fraud.<\/p>\n

The new bill, the “False Claims Act Correction Act,” will also be co-sponored by Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Democratic Senator Pat Leahy of Vermont. Representative Howard Berman (D-California) is expected to introduce similar legislation in the House to strengthen the qui tam whistleblower law<\/a>, which allows private citizens to report fraud against the government and be rewarded.<\/p>\n

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Senators Specter and Leahy to Co-Sponsor Pro-Taxpayer Law to “Correct” Recent Court Decisions That Limited Effectiveness to Government of Qui Tam Whistleblower Law, the False Claims Act In one of the most potentially significant developments ever discussed on this whistleblower lawyer blog, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) announced today that he and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-false-claims-act","category-recent-developments"],"yoast_head":"\nFalse Claims Act New Amendments Proposed: Senators Grassley and Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Restore False Claims Act and Its Qui Tam Provisions to Encourage Whistleblowers to Protect Taxpayer Funds Against Fraud — Whistleblower 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