Thanks for all your support so far! We’ve completed over half of our actions to kick off 2024, and we only have three more to go! Today’s action is very important. The qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is under attack, even though reports by whistleblowers are responsible for over 70% of recovered assets under the FCA (amounting to over $50 billion).
Please send this prewritten email template to your Representative DEMANDING that they pass the Administrative False Claims Act in order to close major loopholes in the law. Check out more info here.
Write your representative today regarding recent attempts to undermine the False Claims Act by corporate interests and huge lobbying powers. In a June, 2023 FCA whistleblower case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent containing language which questioned the constitutionality of the FCA’s whistleblower provisions. In the following months, multiple motions picking up on Thomas’ line of reasoning were filed. These motions pose a major threat to the United States’ most important and effective anti-fraud law.
S.659 – Administrative False Claims Act of 2023, introduced by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) would close a loophole that fraudsters seek to exploit. It has already been passed unanimously in the Senate, and now it is up to the House to pass it.
The False Claims Act has been extraordinarily successful since its 1986 amendment, recovering over $72 billion in fraud between 1986 and 2022, according to the Department of Justice. Over 70% of the funds recovered have been triggered by qui tam, or whistleblower, cases. The FCA Qui tam provision has not only been lauded by both Republicans and Democrats for being the most effective tool for fighting fraud, but it is also one of few government programs that brings money back into the pockets of the American people while protecting them.
I urge you to prevent the attempts to weaken the False Claims Act. Please urge your representatives to get this bill to the floor of the house as quickly as possible. Protect the American people and keep lobbyists and private interests out of the pockets of everyday taxpayers and away from the brave whistleblowers who use the False Claims Act to root out fraud.
If you have any questions regarding this initiative and the proposed changed, please contact the National Whistleblower Center at info@whistleblowers.org. Feel free to learn more at: www.whistleblowers.org/campaigns/protect-the-false-claims-act/.
Recognized by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC), Tracie Burke is Louisiana author of motiontoquash.org. She can be reached at tracie@motiontoquash.org. Motion to Quash LLC successfully promoted legislation that supports the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Act. Please Support journalism in the public interest by contributing today. Click here to donate Motion to Quash ISSN 2644-1594 is the copyrighted property of Motion to Quash LLC 2019. NWC’s mission is to support whistleblowers in their efforts to expose and help prosecute corruption and other wrongdoing around the world.
