31 U.S.C. § 3729
False claims
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 3729, False claims, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467725
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Full text
Subject to paragraph (2), any person who—
If the court finds that—
For purposes of this section—
the terms “knowing” and “knowingly”—
mean that a person, with respect to information—
the term “claim”—
means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property and whether or not the United States has title to the money or property, that—
is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, if the money or property is to be spent or used on the Government’s behalf or to advance a Government program or interest, and if the United States Government—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- False Claims Amendments Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- FERA