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 123STA T . 1 6 21 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 21 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9justiceag e n cies t od e v e l o p, esta b lis h , and m aintain intelligence -f ocused policing st r ategies and related information sharing provide training and investigative support services to S tate and local criminal justice agencies to provide such agencies w ith s k ills and resources needed to investigate and prosecute such criminal activities and related criminal activities; provide research support, establish partnerships, and provide other resources to aid State and local criminal justice agencies to prevent, investigate, and prosecute such criminal activities and related problems; provide information and research to the gen- eral public to facilitate the prevention of such criminal activi- ties; and an y other programs specified by the A ttorney G eneral as furthering the purposes of this Act .( g ) A D D IT I ONALN AT URE O F AUT H ORI Z ATION S V AILA B ILIT Y . —T he amounts authori z ed under this section are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized in other Acts and shall remain avail- able until e x pended. (h) R E P ORT TO C ON G RESS.— F ollowing the final expenditure of all funds appropriated pursuant to authorization under this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with the U nited States P ostal I nspection Service, the Inspector General for the D epartment of H ousing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Homeland Secu- rity, and the Commissioner of the Securities and E xchange Commis- sion, shall submit a report to Congress identifying— ( 1 ) the amounts expended under each of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) and a certification of compliance with the re q uirements listed in subsection (f); and ( 2 ) the amounts recovered as a result of criminal or civil restitution, fines, penalties, and other monetary recoveries resulting from criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings and settlements undertaken with funds authorized by this Act. SEC.4 . C LARIF ICA T I ON STOT H E FALSE CLAI M S ACT TO REFLECT THE ORI G INAL INTENT OF THE LA W. (a) CLARIFI C ATION OF THE FALSE CLAI M S ACT.—Section 37 2 9 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
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‘(a) L IABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), any person who— ‘‘(A) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval; ‘‘( B ) knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim; ‘‘(C) conspires to commit a violation of subparagraph (A), (B), (D), (E), (F), or (G); ‘‘(D) has possession, custody, or control of property or money used, or to be used, by the Government and knowingly delivers, or causes to be delivered, less than all of that money or property; ‘‘(E) is authorized to make or deliver a document certi- fying receipt of property used, or to be used, by the Govern- ment and, intending to defraud the Government, makes or delivers the receipt without completely knowing that the information on the receipt is true;