Preventing Improper Payments Act
Latest action · Feb 8, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Improper Payments Act
This bill designates any program or activity making more than $100 million in payments in a fiscal year as susceptible to significant improper payments. Under current law, programs designated as susceptible to significant improper payments are subject to additional assessments and reporting requirements.
The bill requires each agency to submit to Congress, as part of the annual financial report of the agency, a report on
- implementing financial and administrative controls and certain other practices with respect to fraud risk;
- identifying risks and vulnerabilities to fraud; and
- establishing strategies, procedures, and other steps to curb fraud.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 8, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Feb 8, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 26, February 8, 2023, page H782.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48296 | Improper Payments: Ongoing Challenges and Recent Legislative Proposals | Report | Jun 2, 2026 |
| R47902 | Improper Payments in Pandemic Assistance Programs | Report | Jan 19, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To change the treatment of certain Federal programs with respect to susceptibility to significant improper payments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Improper Payments Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
