NASA is proposing amendments to implement Section 5203 of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (P.L. 118-159) This Section modifies Administrative False Claims Act of 2023 (AFCA), previously known as the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986.  It offers a streamlined administrative remedy for addressing false claims and statements that the Department of Justice (DOJ) opts not to prosecute. 

The AFCA complements the more widely known and widely used civil False Claims Act by providing an administrative process by which federal executive branch agencies can address relatively small dollar value false claims that might not warrant the attention of the Department of Justice. The liability provisions of the AFCA remain closely modeled on those in the False Claims Act.  The principal differences between the False Claims Act and the AFCA are that the AFCA does not include a qui tam enforcement mechanism, covers false written statements even in the absence of a claim, and provides for administrative rather than judicial resolution.