Preventing Improper Payments Act
Official title: To change the treatment of certain Federal programs with respect to susceptibility to significant improper payments, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 877: Preventing Improper Payments Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-877/
"H.R. 877: Preventing Improper Payments Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-877/.
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