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101st Congress > Senate > Vote 28

Date: April 05, 1989

Result: 82-16 (Bill Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 28

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: METZENBAUM, Howard Morton (D-OH)

Bill number: S248

Question: On Passage of the Bill

Description: A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide increased penalties for certain major frauds against the United States.

Bill summary: Major Fraud Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize: (1) the Attorney General, under special circumstances, to make payments from Department of Justice funds to individuals furnishing information relating to a possible prosecution for a major fraud against the United States; and (2) the court, upon application by the Attorney General, to order that the Department shall be reimbursed for a payment from a criminal fine imposed for such fraud. Makes ineligible for such a payment any individual who: (1) is a Government officer or employee acting in the performance of official duties; (2) failed to furnish the information to such individual's employer prior to furnishing it to law enforcement authorities (with exceptions); (3) is not the original source of the information which has been disclosed to the public; or (4) participated in the violation with respect to which payment would be made. Specifies that the failure of the Attorney General to authorize a payment shall not be subject to judicial review.

Bill titles: A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide increased penalties for certain major frauds against the United States.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 135, p. 3334;

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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