Obama Administration Supports The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act
Here is an update to our earlier posting on S. 386.
The Office of Management and Budget issued a Statement of Administration Policy to the Senate on Monday, April 20th stating that the Obama Administration “strongly supports enactment of S. 386.” The statement explained that the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (S. 386) would “benefit U.S. taxpayers by both addressing existing fraud and deterring waste, fraud, and abuse of public funds.” It also pointed out that the bill would “amend the False Claims Act (FCA) in several important respects so that the FCA remains a potent and useful weapon against the misuse of taxpayer funds.”
Notably, the statement supporting the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act is the only statement the Office of Management and Budget has sent to the Senate since the beginning of the Obama Administration.
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