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 123STA T . 1 6 2 4PUBLIC LA W 111 – 21 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9At t orneyG ener al, ora d e sig nee, m ay, b e f ore c om - mencing a ci v il p roceeding u nder section 37 3 0( a ) or ot h er false claims la w ,orma k ing an election under section 3730(b), ’ ’ and (ii) in the matter following subparagraph ( D ) — ( I ) by striking ‘ ‘may not delegate’’ and inserting ‘‘may delegate’’; and (II) by adding at the end the following ‘‘Any information obtained by the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General under this section may be shared with any q ui tam relator if the Attorney General or designee determine it is necessary as part of any false claims act inves- tigation . ’’; and ( B ) in paragraph ( 2 )(G), by striking the second sen- tence; (2) in subsection (i)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, who is author- i z ed for such use under regulations which the Attorney General shall issue’’; and (B) in subparagraph ( C ), by striking ‘‘Disclosure of information to any such other agency shall be allowed only upon application, made by the Attorney General to a U nited S tates district court, showing substantial need for the use of the information by such agency in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities.’’; and (3) in subsection (l)— (A) in paragraph ( 6 ), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi- colon; (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘( 8 ) the term ‘official use’ means any use that is consistent with the law, and the regulations and policies of the Depart- ment of J ustice, including use in connection with internal Department of Justice memoranda and reports; communications between the Department of Justice and a F ederal, State, or local government agency, or a contractor of a Federal, State, or local government agency, undertaken in furtherance of a Department of Justice investigation or prosecution of a case; interviews of any qui tam relator or other witness; oral e x aminations; depositions; preparation for and response to civil discovery requests; introduction into the record of a case or proceeding; applications, motions, memoranda and briefs sub- mitted to a court or other tribunal; and communications with Government investigators, auditors, consultants and experts, the counsel of other parties, arbitrators and mediators, con- cerning an investigation, case or proceeding.’’. (d) RELI E F F ROM RE TA LIATOR Y A C TIO NS .—Section 3730(h) of title 3 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(h) RELIEF FROM RETALIATORY ACTIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN G ENERAL.—Any employee, contractor, or agent shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, con- tractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the Defin i t i o n .