[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8343 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8343
To amend title 31, United States Code, to include information on
improper payments under Federal programs, to change the treatment of
certain Federal programs with respect to susceptibility to significant
improper payments, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 10, 2024
Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself and Ms. Spanberger) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to include information on
improper payments under Federal programs, to change the treatment of
certain Federal programs with respect to susceptibility to significant
improper payments, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Improper Payment
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. INCLUDING IMPROPER PAYMENT INFORMATION IN PRESIDENTS BUDGET
SUBMISSION.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(40) information on Federal programs and activities with
respect to which reports on improper payments (as such term is
defined in section 3351) are required to be submitted or
published under subchapter IV of chapter 33 but have not been
so submitted, and a detailed explanation on why such reports
were not so submitted and any barriers the agency faces in
preparing and filing such reports.''.
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION OF NEW PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO
SIGNIFICANT IMPROPER PAYMENTS.
Section 3352 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (3)(C)(i), by striking ``paragraph
(1)'' and inserting in its place ``paragraphs (1) and
(4)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) New programs and activities.--In addition to those
programs and activities identified under paragraph (a)(1)(B),
the head of each executive agency shall annually identify as
susceptible to significant improper payments, notwithstanding
paragraphs (a)(3)(A) and (a)(3)(B), any program or activity
that--
``(A) has or is expected to have outlays exceeding
$100,000,000 in any one of its first three fiscal years
of operation; and
``(B) is in its first four years of operation.'';
and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)''
and inserting in its place ``subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4)''.
SEC. 4. ANTI-FRAUD REPORT REQUIREMENT.
Section 3357 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
``(d) Reports.--
``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year beginning in the
first fiscal year after the date of the enactment of the
Enhancing Improper Payment Accountability Act, each agency
shall submit to Congress, in the report containing the annual
financial statement of the agency, a report on the progress of
the agency in--
``(A) implementing--
``(i) the financial and administrative
controls required to be established under
subsection (c);
``(ii) the fraud risk principles in the
Standards for Internal Control in the Federal
Government; and
``(iii) Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-123 with respect to the leading
practices for managing fraud risk;
``(B) identifying fraud risks and vulnerabilities,
including with respect to payroll, beneficiary
payments, grants, large contracts, and purchase and
travel cards; and
``(C) establishing strategies, procedures, and
other steps to curb fraud.
``(2) Additional requirements.--Any report under paragraph
(1) shall include, as defined by the leading practices
identified in the report published by the Government
Accountability Office on July 28, 2015, titled `Framework for
Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs'--
``(A) identification of--
``(i) any dedicated entity that leads the
agency's fraud risk management activities and
its roles;
``(ii) responsibilities of such entity,
including any program or operation for which
that entity is responsible;
``(iii) capacity, including any
limitations, to strategically manage fraud
risks; and
``(iv) any program or operation for which
there is not a dedicated entity that leads
fraud risk management activities, along with a
detailed justification for not having a
dedicated entity;
``(B) status of the agency's fraud risk profiles,
including the date of the last update and date of
planned update, for all programs and operations, and if
there is not a fraud risk profile for a program or
operation, a detailed justification for why such
program or operation does not have such a profile; and
``(C) status of the agency's antifraud strategies,
including the date of last update and date of planned
update, for all programs and operations, and if there
is not an antifraud strategy for a program or
operation, a detailed justification for why such
program or operation does not have such a strategy.''.
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