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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Administrative False Claims Act

The Administrative False Claims Act (previously known as the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act) subjects anyone who knowingly makes or submits a false claim or statement to the NRC to a civil penalty for each false claim or statement as well as an assessment of up to two times the amount of the fraudulent claim (31 USC §§ 3801-3812; 10 CFR part 13).

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 06, 2025

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, March 06, 2025