Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73
§3809 Regulations
Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES FOR FALSE CLAIMS AND STATEMENTS › § 3809
Summary
Within 180 days after the date this chapter becomes law, each authority head must create rules to put the chapter into effect. The rules must stop investigators and reviewers from running the hearing, making the covered decisions, or doing debt collections, and must require that any notice a reviewing official sends say they have determined there is a reasonable chance of collecting the amount from the person named.
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Title 31, §3809
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Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this chapter, each authority head shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall—
(1)ensure that investigating officials and reviewing officials are not responsible for conducting the hearing required in section 3803(f) of this title, making the determinations required by subsections (f) and (h) of section 3803 of this title, or making collections under section 3806 of this title; and
(2)require a reviewing official to include in any notice required by section 3803(a)(2) of this title a statement which specifies that the reviewing official has determined that there is a reasonable prospect of collecting, from a person with respect to whom the reviewing official is referring allegations of liability in such notice, the amount for which such person may be liable.
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The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in text, means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99–509 which was approved Oct. 21, 1986.
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31 U.S.C. § 3809
Title 31 — Money and Finance
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73