[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 747 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 747

   To amend title 31, United States Code, to include information on 
   improper payments under Federal programs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2025

Mr. Ricketts (for himself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 31, United States Code, to include information on 
   improper payments under Federal programs, 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 ``Improper Payments Transparency 
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:
            ``(39) information with respect to improper payment (as 
        such term is defined in section 3351) amounts and rates for 
        programs and activities at each executive agency required to 
        submit improper payment reports under subchapter IV of chapter 
        33, including--
                    ``(A) a narrative description, including a detailed 
                explanation with respect to why any improper payment 
                amounts and rates occurred and trends of--
                            ``(i) each program and activity with 
                        improper payment amounts and rates that have 
                        increased or decreased on average over the 
                        previous 3 years; and
                            ``(ii) each program and activity whose 
                        improper payment amounts and rates did not 
                        change over such years; and
                    ``(B) any corrective actions, including any such 
                action in any corrective action plan under section 
                3352(d), with respect to such programs and activities 
                that are incomplete, and steps the executive agency 
                will take to address issues relating to improper 
                payment amounts and rates.''.
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