Official Summaries

Improper Payments Transparency Act

This bill requires the President's annual budget to include specified information regarding improper payment amounts and rates for programs and activities at certain federal agencies. (An improper payment is any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount, including an overpayment or underpayment, under a statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirement.)

Specifically, the President's budget must include (1) a narrative description, including a detailed explanation of why any improper payment amounts and rates occurred and related trends for programs and activities; and (2) corrective actions and steps the agencies will take to address improper payment amount and rate issues. 

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1771 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1771

   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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2025

   Mr. Yakym (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Bergman, and Mr. Peters) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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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:
            ``(40) 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 whose 
                        improper payment amount and rates have 
                        increased or decreased on average over the 
                        previous three years; and
                            ``(ii) each program and activity whose 
                        improper payment amount and rates did not 
                        change over such years; and
                    ``(B) what corrective actions, including any such 
                action in any corrective action plan under section 
                3352(d), with respect to such programs and activities 
                are incomplete, and steps the executive agency will 
                take to address improper payment amount and rate 
                issues.''.
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