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 PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 1937

"(ii) not employed in the organizational unit of the authority in which the investigating official is employed; and "(9) 'statement' means any representation, certification, affirmation, document, record, or accounting or bookkeeping entry made— "(A) with respect to a claim or to obtain the approval or payment of a claim (including relating to eligibility to make a claim); or • "(B) with respect to (including relating to eligibility for)— ^^ "(i) a contract with, or a bid or proposal for a contract with; or (ii) a grant, loan, or benefit from, ^ an authority, or any State, political subdivision of a State, or other party, if the United States Government provides any portion of the money or property under such contract 1.< or for such grant, loan, or benefit, or if the Government will reimburse such State, political subdivision, or party for any portion of the money or property under such contract or for such grant, loan, or benefit, except that such term does not include any statement made in any return of tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Post, p. 2095. "(b) For purposes of paragraph (3) of subsection (a)— "(1) each voucher, invoice, claim form, or other individual request or demand for property, services, or money constitutes a separate claim; "(2) each claim for property, services, or money is subject to this chapter regardless of whether such property, services, or money is actually delivered or paid; and "(3) a claim shall be considered made, presented, or submitted to an authority, recipient, or party when such claim is actually 5 made to an agent, fiscal intermediary, or other entity, including any State or political subdivision thereof, acting for or on behalf of such authority, recipient, or party. "(c) For purposes of paragraph (9) of subsection (a)— "(1) each written representation, certification, or affirmation constitutes a separate statement; and "(2) a statement shall be considered made, presented, or submitted to an authority when such statement is actually made to an agent, fiscal intermediary, or other entity, including any State or political subdivision thereof, acting for or on behalf ^ of such authority. "§ 3802. False claims and statements; liability "(a)(1) Any person who makes, presents, or submits, or causes to be made, presented, or submitted, a claim that the person knows or has reason to know— "(A) is false, fictitious, or fraudulent; ' "(B) includes or is supported by any written statement which asserts a material fact which is false, fictitious, or fraudulent; "(C) includes or is supported by any written statement that— "(i) omits a material fact; "(ii) is false, fictitious, or fraudulent as a result of such omission; and

31 USC 3802.

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