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 99 STAT. 1318

Loans.

Defense and national security. Crimes and misdemeanors.

Contracts.

Audit.

Penalties.

97 Stat. 1292.

Alaska.

Flood control. California. 42 USC 1962d-5.

PUBLIC LAW 99-190—DEC. 19, 1985

said Act where such representation commenced prior to January 1, 1983, or as approved by the Corporation. SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, an additional $10,000,000 shall be transferred from the "Small Business Administration, Disaster Loan Fund" to "Small Business Administration, Salaries and expenses" for disaster loan making activities, including loan servicing. SEC. 114. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) There have been an increasingly large number of criminal actions or accusations of fraud bought against defense contractors, in which a number of leading defense contractors have pleaded guilty to criminal activity; (2) Such fraudulent activity on the part of corporations entrusted with responsibility for our national defense is a threat to our national security and an abuse of the public trust; (3) Such fraud by those who seek to contract with the Government represents the most reprehensible kind of corporate conduct; (4) The Government must ensure that it contracts only with responsible companies, especialy in areas vital to our national defense; (5) It is vital that sufficient resources of the Federal Government be allocated to the exposure and prosecution of such fraud; (6) The Department of Justice must exhibit a commitment to the posecution of procurement law violations; and (7) Only through a genuine commitment to seek criminal and civil penalties against corporations engaged in procurement law violations will such violations be deterred. (b) It is therefore the sense of the Congress that the United States Government, through both its executive and legislative branches, launch an energetic and thorough investigation and audit for all defense contractor billing practices, and all other practices involving Government contracts, to expose all fraudulent action; that the Government seek indictments against companies believed to have defrauded the Government or the people of the United States: And provided further, That the Government more aggressively use suspension or debarment of contractors convicted of crimes as appropriate supplemental penalty for such conviction. SEC. 115. Section 1302 of Public law 98-181 is amended to substitute in the first sentence "period of two years" with "period ending January 1, 1989". SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Army is directed to accomplish emergency bank stabilization work at Bethel, Dillingham, and Galena, Alaska, at full Federal cost, within available funds, at an estimated cost of $1,500,000. Such funds were previously appropriated in Public Law 99-141 (99 Stat. 564). SEC. 117. The Secretary shall include as part of the non-Federal contribution of the project for flood control, Fairfield Vicinity Streams, California, authorized in accordance with section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965, the cost of any work carried out by nonFederal interests on the project after December 31, 1973, and before the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, if the Secretary determines such work is reasonably compatible with the project. Costs and benefits resulting from such work shall continue to be included for purposes of determining the economic feasibility of the project.

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