Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act

Not to be confused with the Copeland "Anti-kickback" Act.

Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act of 1986

Long title	An Act to strengthen the prohibition of kickbacks relating to subcontracts under Federal Government contracts
Enacted by	the 99th United States Congress
Effective	November 7, 1986
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 99–634
Statutes at Large	100 Stat. 3523
Codification
Acts amended	An Act To eliminate the practice by subcontractors, under cost-plus-a-fixed-fee or cost reimbursable contacts of the United States, of paying fees or kick-backs, or of granting gifts or gratuities to employees of a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee or cost reimbursable prime contractors or of higher tier subcontractors for the purpose of securing the award of subcontracts or orders. (Pub. L. 79–319, 60 Stat. 37, enacted March 8, 1946
Titles amended	41
U.S.C. sections created	41 U.S.C. ch. 87
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2250 by Carl Levin (D–MI) on March 26, 1986 Passed the Senate on September 12, 1986 (passed) Passed the House of Representatives on October 7, 1986 (passed) with amendment Senate agreed to House of Representatives amendment on October 15, 1986 (passed) Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1986

The Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–634, 100 Stat. 3523, enacted November 7, 1986, originally codified at 41 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., recodified at 41 U.S.C. ch. 87) modernized and closed the loopholes of previous statutes applying to government contractors. The law attempts to make the anti-kickback statute a more useful prosecutorial tool by expanding the definition of prohibited conduct and by making the statute applicable to a broader range of persons involved in government subcontracting.