HR 8312
Passed a chamber
Creates a voluntary Treasury fraud-screening data program and a permanent Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery, and moves the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee's work and assets into that office.
Official title: Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
15-APR-2026
Referred
15-APR-2026
Approved by committee
29-APR-2026
Reported
03-JUN-2026
On the calendar
03-JUN-2026
Passed
10-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
11-JUN-2026
- Directs the Fiscal Service to run a voluntary governmentwide data analysis program that lets federal, state, and local agencies share known fraud findings and screen payees against a central fraud database.
- Establishes an Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery within Treasury, appointed by the President with Senate consent, to oversee covered funds such as CARES Act and Inflation Reduction Act money.
- Authorizes $10,000,000 per year for the new office beginning in fiscal year 2035.
- Ends the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee on December 31, 2028, and transfers its assets and staff to the new inspector general's office on that date.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (03-JUN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 10-JUN-2026).
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