False Claims Act

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United States federal statute anti-fraud law

The False Claims Act is a U.S. federal law that imposes liability on individuals and companies who defraud government programs, notably allowing whistleblowers to file actions on the government's behalf.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
False Claims Act canonical	2
False Claims Act (in coordination with DOJ)	1
civil False Claims Act	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ anti-fraud law ⓘ
allows	civil actions against individuals and companies that defraud federal programs ⓘ whistleblowers to file lawsuits on behalf of the United States government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lincoln Law ⓘ
amendedBy	Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 ⓘ Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ⓘ Affordable Care Act ⓘ surface form: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
appliesTo	fraud against federal government programs ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 31 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsProvision	31 U.S.C. § 3729 ⓘ 31 U.S.C. § 3730 ⓘ 31 U.S.C. § 3731 ⓘ 31 U.S.C. § 3732 ⓘ 31 U.S.C. § 3733 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedDuring	American Civil War ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
grants	financial rewards to whistleblowers ⓘ
includesProvision	qui tam ⓘ
keyConcept	conspiracy to submit false claims ⓘ knowingly submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment ⓘ retaliation protections for whistleblowers ⓘ reverse false claims ⓘ
legalDomain	civil law ⓘ financial fraud involving federal funds ⓘ government contracts ⓘ health care fraud ⓘ procurement fraud ⓘ
originalEnactmentYear	1863 ⓘ
originalSponsor	Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ surface form: Abraham Lincoln administration
penaltiesAdjustedBy	Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act ⓘ
permits	government to intervene in qui tam actions ⓘ relator to proceed with action if government declines to intervene ⓘ
primaryPurpose	combat fraud against the U.S. government ⓘ
prohibits	retaliation against employees for lawful acts in furtherance of an FCA action ⓘ
providesFor	attorney’s fees for successful relators ⓘ civil penalties per false claim ⓘ relator share of recovery ⓘ treble damages ⓘ
relatorShareRange	15–30 percent of recovery depending on circumstances ⓘ
retaliationRemedies	double back pay ⓘ reinstatement ⓘ special damages including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees ⓘ
statuteOfLimitations	generally 6 years from violation ⓘ up to 10 years under certain conditions ⓘ
usedHeavilyIn	defense contracting enforcement ⓘ health care enforcement ⓘ pharmaceutical and medical device enforcement ⓘ
whistleblowerTerm	relator ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 → partOf → False Claims Act ⓘ

Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS OIG → appliesLaw → False Claims Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: False Claims Act (in coordination with DOJ)

Special Fraud Alerts → relatedTo → False Claims Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: civil False Claims Act

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 → amends → False Claims Act ⓘ