Enrolled Bill

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3960 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] S.3960 One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four An Act To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide a good faith exception to the imposition of fines for false assertions and certifications, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINES.

SECTION 1. GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION TO THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN FINES. Title 35, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in section 41(j), by inserting ``, unless the entity shows that the assertion was made in good faith,'' before ``be subject''; and (2) in section 123(f), by inserting ``, unless the entity shows that the certification was made in good faith,'' before ``be subject''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.