41 USC § 4308 - Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable

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title: "41 USC § 4308 - Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "4308"
section_name: "Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "ALLOWABLE COSTS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3788.)"
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# § 4308. Penalties for submission of cost known to be unallowable

section 287 of title 18section 3729 of title 31

The submission to an executive agency of a proposal for settlement of costs for any period after those costs have been accrued that includes a cost that is expressly specified by statute or regulation as being unallowable, with the knowledge that the cost is unallowable, is subject to  and .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3788.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4308 | 41:256(i). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 306(i), as added Pub. L. 100–700, § 8(a)(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4634; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2151, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3313. |