Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; Rules of Procedure of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act

What it does

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (Board) is issuing new rules of procedure to effectuate the new administrative scheme set forth in the Administrative False Claims Act of 2023, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. The Board is issuing this final rule governing its administrative process for deciding claims brought by authorities, as defined by the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), seeking to impose civil penalties against persons who make, submit, or present false claims and statements to executive agencies of the United States of America.

The General Services Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

48 CFR 6107

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The General Services Administration has published 7 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 7 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3090-AL16 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective on February 27, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket GSA-GSBCA-2025-0070 on Regulations.gov
• Title 48 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register