Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464

Official text excerpt

119 HR 8464 IH: Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2026-04-23 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8464 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Mr. Comer (for himself and Mr. Arrington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act . 2. Authority to pause and segment payments (a) Treasury payment voucher waiver authority (1) Amendment Subchapter II of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
 
 3337. Authority to pause and segment payments 
 
 (a) 
 Agency obligation To pause disbursement requests for corrective
 action 
 The head of an agency that administers a federally funded financial assistance or public benefit program shall take a corrective action to temporarily delay, condition, or segment a disbursement request before the certification of a payment voucher under section 3325 if, as determined by an official designated by the head of the agency, the agency— 
 
 (1) 
 has sufficient reason to determine that the payment presents an elevated risk of fraud based on a fraud-risk indicator or an improper payment resulting in financial loss to the Government as estimated under the requirements of section 3352; or 
 
 
 (2) 
 has been notified of an order from the Secretary of the Treasury described under subsection (b). 
 
 
 
 (b) 
 Treasury obligation To return payment voucher and issue corrective action
 order 
 Except where otherwise required by law, the Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the relevant certifying official of an order to return a certified payment …

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