Major Fraud Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-700)

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Public Law | Bills | Reports | Hearings and Related Documents | Debates

Public Law

• P.L.100-700, 102 Stat. 4631 (1988)

Bills

• H.R. 3500, Introduced and Referred October 15, 1987
• H.R. 3911, Introduced and Referred February 4, 1988
• H.R. 3911, Reported May 9, 1988
• H.R. 3911, Received May 11, 1988
• H.R. 3911, Reported September 12, 1988

Reports

• House Report 100-610, Major Fraud Act of 1988, to accompany H.R. 3911, May 9, 1988
• Senate Report 100-503, Major Fraud Act of 1988, to accompany H.R. 3911, September 12, 1988

Hearings and Related Documents

• Federal securities laws and defense contracting - Part 1, hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, 99th Congress, February 28 and March 25, 1985
• Securities laws enforcement and defense contractors, joint hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 100th Congress, July 30, 1987
• Major Fraud Act of 1988, hearings before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives on H.R. 3500 and H.R. 3911, December 3, 1987, and March 16, 1988
• Defense Procurement Fraud Law Enforcement, hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 99th Congress, October 1, 1985
• Product Substitution by Defense Contractors, hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, 100th Congress, October 15-16, 1987
• The Major Fraud Act, and the Government Fraud Law Enforcement Act of 1987, hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 100th Congress, on H.R. 3911 and S. 1958, July 12, 1988

Debates

• Major Fraud Act of 1988, Congressional Record H3086 May 10, 1988
• Major Fraud Act of 1988, Congressional Record H3103 May 10, 1988
• Major Fraud Act of 1988, Congressional Record S16102 October 14, 1988
• Unanimous-consent agreement - H.R. 3911, Defense Procurement Fraud Bill, Congressional Record S16269 October 14, 1988
• Major Fraud Act of 1987, Congressional Record H8715 October 15, 1987
• Increased penalties for major fraud against the United States  Congressional Record S16697 October 18, 1988
• Increased penalties for major fraud against the United States, Cranston Amendment No. 3722, Congressional Record S16742 October 18, 1988
• Major Fraud Act of 1988, Congressional Record H10637 October 20, 1988
• Corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3911, Congressional Record S17149 October 21, 1988
• A good week for good government, Congressional Record S17187 October 21, 1988
• Senate Concurrent Resolution 170 - corrections in the enrollment of S.3911, Congressional Record S17230 October 21, 1988