Fighting Fraud to Protect Taxpayers Act of 2011

Summary

Fighting Fraud to Protect Taxpayers Act of 2011 - Amends the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act to establish, as a separate account in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Working Capital Fund, a supplemental fraud fighting account. Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) credit, as an offsetting collection to that account, up to .5% of all amounts collected pursuant to DOJ civil debt collection litigation activities; and (2) use amounts in that account for the cost of the investigation and conduct of criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings relating to fraud offenses. Amends the False Claims Act to provide that the cost of prosecutions under such Act shall be credited to the appropriations accounts of the executive agency from which the funds used for the costs were paid. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) permit the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, or an Assistant Attorney General (currently, only a U.S. attorney ) to bring an interlocutory appeal from a district court decision or order suppressing or excluding evidence or requiring the return of seized property in a criminal proceeding; (2) extend the international money laundering statute to tax evasion and tax fraud crimes; (3) expand the prohibition against trafficking in a password through which a protected computer may be accessed without authorization; (4) permit the prosecution of federal mail fraud offenses in any district in which an act in furtherance of the offense is committed; (5) expand the authority of the United States Secret Service to conduct undercover investigative operations; and (6) make the prohibition against fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents (identity theft) applicable to organizations (e.g., corporations). Directs the Attorney General to report annually on False Claims Act settlements.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 May 2011

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

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• Reported to Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 19 May 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 May 2011

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 May 2011

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• Introduced in Senate

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