Section 3808 - Limitations(a) A hearing under section 3803(d)(2) of this title with respect to a claim or statement shall be commenced within 6 years after the date on which such claim or statement is made, presented, or submitted.(b) A civil action to recover a penalty or assessment under section 3806 of this title shall be commenced within 3 years after the date on which the determination of liability for such penalty or assessment becomes final.(c) If at any time during the course of proceedings brought pursuant to this chapter the authority head receives or discovers any specific information regarding bribery, gratuities, conflict of interest, or other corruption or similar activity in relation to a false claim or statement, the authority head shall immediately report such information to the Attorney General, and in the case of an authority in which an Office of Inspector General is established by chapter 4 of title 5 or by any other Federal law, to the Inspector General of that authority.Added Pub. L. 99-509, title VI, §6103(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1947; amended Pub. L. 117-286, §4(b)(57), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4349.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117-286 substituted "chapter 4 of title 5" for "the Inspector General Act of 1978".
- authority head
- "authority head" means-(A) the head of an authority; or(B) an official or employee of the authority designated, in regulations promulgated by the head of the authority, to act on behalf of the head of the authority;
- authority
- "authority" means-(A) an executive department;(B) a military department;(C) an establishment (as such term is defined in section 401 of title 5) which is not an executive department;(D) the United States Postal Service;(E) the National Science Foundation; and(F) a designated Federal entity (as such term is defined under section 415(a) of title 5);