<enum>I</enum><header>Prosecute and recover</header><section id="id85a566cba114420ba6665106e3e689f8"><enum>101.</enum><header>Additional funding for Inspectors General</header><subsection id="idfe49e678dd8241ee8f9cf7aaaa1b5896"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2024, the following:</text><paragraph id="idcc349c5236c643a68883f8c688d1777a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration, to remain available through fiscal year 2028—</text><subparagraph id="id2a1b7cbd849544038f48d32e985ba367"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the long-term hiring of investigators to pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the COVID–19 pandemic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ab3b53745c949c4a4cf13b40f0edb09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support the interagency strike forces led by the Director for COVID–19 Fraud Enforcement in the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ccbaf2de48841f0869f88eb13ef4691"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, to remain available through fiscal year 2028—</text><subparagraph id="id18f64d1fa84848c485e701c5c29edfe2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the long-term hiring of investigators to pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the COVID–19 pandemic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55b757f9fabb453583f26f71134c8a7c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support the interagency strike forces led by the Director for COVID–19 Fraud Enforcement in the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide33badcf0f60496d972ab3e0a055eafb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of unobligated amounts</header><text>Any unobligated balances of amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) remaining after September 30, 2028, shall—</text><paragraph id="id0a985f216ad445c78347db199c8f5a9e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to carry out the duties of the Council; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc89162960d634fe5b1db44a221c78f81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida0ad0e87f06f4df0acff758ef5a96992"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id2258262d1c6143e4917ba565f174e012"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37dff4531fc1481d9ed3193bfd46aa81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in House and Senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbef53a0df2864505abb7f58461b5c915"><enum>102.</enum><header>Administrative false claims</header><subsection id="id2bdbe401dcbd4eff8ed6e1510b536b56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Change in short title</header><paragraph id="id73bef75d10ee4934b5ab164988dac16a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle B of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/509">Public Law 99–509</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 1934) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idF0A330A33DBC45A5AE2EB7AF4D95965D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subtitle heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Program Fraud Civil Remedies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Administrative False Claims</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id786fbf72c35f4e16b96b9808fbcf1843"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 6101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3801">31 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> note), by striking <quote>Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986</quote> and inserting <quote>Administrative False Claims Act</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00e04f7090dc40aab09a0493089129d4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 in any provision of law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed a reference to the Administrative False Claims Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id56089c323f8e45e4897d62d03c9b00fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reverse false claims</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">Chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida9f4365ae8304a43bc88438cc74e4fed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 3801(a)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25933da0d1cc423c9781ef72e20857a6"><subparagraph id="id680475c68a9f4b2cb4e9282aaa4d7cf8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made to an authority which has the effect of concealing or improperly avoiding or decreasing an obligation to pay or transmit property, services, or money to the authority,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ida842ddf85c5545509473cdcf27715656"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 3802(a)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id5f5b56a6cb91452bac50c9e789d0fdd2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An assessment</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an assessment</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94357d13cbd246079713c492056e987e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d76fb8194c84c3994a15b4d51b61583"><subparagraph id="id9bdd00b07bc64e8bb1e0693e91342451" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a claim described in section 3801(a)(3)(C), an assessment shall not be made under the second sentence of paragraph (1) in an amount that is more than double the value of the property, services, or money that was wrongfully withheld from the authority.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd45f230efd494552834ffa5c67445b3f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increasing dollar amount of claims</header><text>Section 3803(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id706938d5ed594912b75a7b433463b21e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0182a74b84c74deea511d915aac4c3bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112defdcb6764549b169571ac17cc5ce"><paragraph id="id23bff6b24eee4e52921e398de1991b72" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The maximum amount in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted for inflation in the same manner and to the same extent as civil monetary penalties under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/2461">28 U.S.C. 2461</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id69d37fd5b407471480b7dc1026acbdf7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header><text>Section 3806(g)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15441b000450461992209c0165d06ded"><paragraph id="idec99da025ae3438bbe232297b8e75d45" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2e726b5952e64111912515b342c017f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idebb5f26b2fc64a8382b8842f31b95173" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any amount collected under this chapter shall be credited first to reimburse the authority or other Federal entity that expended costs in support of the investigation or prosecution of the action, including any court or hearing costs; and</text></clause><clause id="idfef96fc8d8444c06ba8a54c52f160809" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amounts reimbursed under clause (i) shall—</text><subclause id="id3e5303822b8948efb136319eb49cd8d4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be deposited in—</text><item id="idee3ccb13d79742e7bc55cb058705e3be"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the appropriations account of the authority or other Federal entity from which the costs described in subparagraph (A) were obligated;</text></item><item id="id60981fc5b175436691f9fd3574506aa9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a similar appropriations account of the authority or other Federal entity; or</text></item><item id="idfc553acd4dfd4953951f0bbf8af1c61a"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>if the authority or other Federal entity expended nonappropriated funds, another appropriate account; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id7de817794dcf4f6fb33033c86ca33fb5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc133c67bca344e92b7a38bb9df8f9ded" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any amount remaining after reimbursements described in subparagraph (A) shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id34f0fc9a224049aba996747a4ab19732"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Semiannual reporting</header><text>Section 405(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id12fe644861424010896b45fc4d89e9a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddabecd546f3245128a9dfb61ad2fcd2d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3263daaf8ea4b2085b14bcce37894f5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4db2445c386148dc8845106739210e2a"><paragraph id="id7b0194c527854eb3af59bf2d717b4da8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information relating to cases under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, including—</text><subparagraph id="idbced82955e804d029e8ee5fbca57ac74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of reports submitted by investigating officials to reviewing officials under section 3803(a)(1) of such title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84c1bc4a3a0640bd9aa07b16646c5518"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actions taken in response to reports described in subparagraph (A), which shall include statistical tables showing—</text><clause id="id1443f8f390c74b14a2b930619a0ca1cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pending cases;</text></clause><clause id="idb9e196422dd84d00a5a115750aca229e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>resolved cases;</text></clause><clause id="id2b3f3a7fd8c749b78318e947db078c90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average length of time to resolve each case;</text></clause><clause id="id23a745a0b71b46aea34881b84cf9b845"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of final agency decisions that were appealed to a district court of the United States or a higher court; and</text></clause><clause id="idec6ca60f9e084c62aec920d439e7822a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>if the total number of cases in a report is greater than 2—</text><subclause id="iddf0ae77d8cf14bd6b757510826335033"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of cases that were settled; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idb9e86eff951e4054b58d0526b8a8b9b8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total penalty or assessment amount recovered in each case, including through a settlement or compromise; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb22ca9c91324cc98b01fefe917d1f11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>instances in which the reviewing official declined to proceed on a case reported by an investigating official; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide752c6af329847308a031f4fe25f0153"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Increasing efficiency of DOJ processing</header><text>Section 3803(j) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc27baaacdfe3491492c769ebd6f30f2d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>The reviewing</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a7f0eecf5514accbba35b2bf8ad8f81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31ef654bb4ae4a09a22cfc202d6d2d0d"><paragraph id="idd69011a82f154cab91506cb02554eb31" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A reviewing official shall notify the Attorney General in writing not later than 30 days before entering into any agreement to compromise or settle allegations of liability under section 3802 and before the date on which the reviewing official is permitted to refer allegations of liability to a presiding officer under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id44b17c610f7c46329de60cb4d2aac6c7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Revision of definition of hearing officials</header><paragraph id="id7b8ca7d8588340898c39ad1cbdbc2d36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">Chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id3c11c9078e0447569fdd9b41c6691d82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 3801(a)(7)—</text><clause id="id29e28df4ba98435a8edb83c6170ccbe0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id059a0751180647358186b97d770ceaa2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(vii), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></clause><clause id="id81705fc563cf4651ae1cec5ab949f102"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26c5d34b4c5948c5a86ff370eac43bca"><subparagraph id="id40afa1e630ab4f1aa8ef29b64b210672"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a member of the board of contract appeals pursuant to section 7105 of title 41, if the authority does not employ an available presiding officer under subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id733e94ef27c0441381a985c195f4b3a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 3803(d)(2)—</text><clause id="idadfbe5d350c9480595b5b840f68643f7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="idbd2802b103074637b5a0f096eb566090"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id5d5d1b90719b4dec80a009f72958f40e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the presiding</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) in the case of a referral to a presiding officer described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 3801(a)(7), the presiding</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id955cef457ab444dc9ba94c0e108f1a60"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id332370abbcd642048be15cc0dc35ac53"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28c1602d20e54105834049ae2eab5886"><clause id="id3c6bbe65329f4c048b2fe71397d3a19e" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a referral to a presiding officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 3801(a)(7)—</text><subclause id="id80937e46de8845b5be44b701538e3b96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reviewing official shall submit a copy of the notice required by under paragraph (1) and of the response of the person receiving such notice requesting a hearing—</text><item id="idb09be2cd1e4144188bbd10c3be2f5839"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to the board of contract appeals that has jurisdiction over matters arising from the agency of the reviewing official pursuant to section 7105(e)(1) of title 41; or</text></item><item id="id11ff47f29915475bb1bd6b29f71d8cd9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if the Chair of the board of contract appeals declines to accept the referral, to any other board of contract appeals; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id9dec46be844245978562cb827a3f1ada"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the reviewing official shall simultaneously mail, by registered or certified mail, or shall deliver, notice to the person alleged to be liable under section 3802 that the referral has been made to an agency board of contract appeals with an explanation as to where the person may obtain the relevant rules of procedure promulgated by the board; and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id7e56f5ee664046788f1def21a51ea23c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112f26eea4b84ee39d59df89016557ae"><subparagraph id="idf8bfa9e8086c4781b8f87603c5668789" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a hearing conducted by a presiding officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 3801(a)(7)—</text><clause id="idb99caabc3e9a4814bfb351177125c84c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the presiding officer shall conduct the hearing according to the rules and procedures promulgated by the board of contract appeals; and</text></clause><clause id="id7c3b18bdf1274d428ab69694bcf246d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the hearing shall not be subject to the provisions in subsection (g)(2), (h), or (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0ea266f45d6446d8aceb88d56f48e7d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency boards</header><text>Section 7105(e) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id7bca2485b43042cf87e9cdf06ef56fdc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd65eb530428248968e6be6a8b7990f4b"><subparagraph id="idc672961c86324a4fbc29d7569ee1839e"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Administrative False Claims Act</header><clause id="idbfcdc18ca4ea4fa6927b7599e2e46dd4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The boards described in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) shall have jurisdiction to hear any case referred to a board of contract appeals under section 3803(d) of title 31.</text></clause><clause id="id4f0d5940609f4f07b1cef12760252c45"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Declining referral</header><text>If the Chair of a board described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) determines that accepting a case under clause (i) would prevent adequate consideration of other cases being handled by the board, the Chair may decline to accept the referral.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaea99d2dc00a4fef9390bf2484bb331f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or, in the event that a case is filed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, any relief that would be available to a litigant under that chapter</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3fb412da0226451f805da9bb40f9419f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each authority head, as defined in section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, and each board of contract appeals of a board described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 7105(e) of title 41, United States Code, shall amend procedures regarding proceedings as necessary to implement the amendments made by this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2c6d18c8c7f34772b08caf2f20702c00"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Revision of limitations</header><text>Section 3808 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0069bac0d5c34b008441a5941f5d9068"><subsection id="id76f5d49bd40a46e6a57fd84ca86d43e0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A notice to the person alleged to be liable with respect to a claim or statement shall be mailed or delivered in accordance with section 3803(d)(1) not later than the later of—</text><paragraph id="idd68e01b1ffa44acfb7a1e23fb33737c3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>6 years after the date on which the violation of section 3802 is committed; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f5cd688c80a4180beda250361e14eaa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>3 years after the date on which facts material to the action are known or reasonably should have been known by the authority head, but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the violation is committed.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id871113fd3d854535aba5507f9a55f941"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id52992485ea224d439f6b681d0aef4af9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="ida7ac1f86d5034465b36b5f110a93bc59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04fa7eff128642c3a4fc1516df3bbb21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85bcf947321f40468606a7753337169b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7779a807d0d040a5aebf3d9fbc7fa216"><paragraph id="id9871156bc33b4da1874d2af90f75869b"><enum>(10)</enum><text><quote>material</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 3729(b) of this title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14626cfd66a34f059939e070dc1cf1da"><enum>(11)</enum><text><quote>obligation</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 3729(b) of this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf104cd530ac745f1a5128a9057ec33d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79efe4b51d72415690f81b57ff2d95ee"><subsection id="id3d005b7198284561add092a7f688f44e"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(10), materiality shall be determined in the same manner as under section 3729 of this title.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e509e5b80f747588eafc0e3217bf4a3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Promulgation of regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each authority head, as defined in section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, shall—</text><paragraph id="id4f7488d0117144b68c7bc4d8fbdfdbf8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promulgate regulations and procedures to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90ff1a166e4b4859bdc6bf777664085a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review and update existing regulations and procedures of the authority to ensure compliance with this section and the amendments made by this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc3ff3f7485f64c6285e06c77fa701ff6"><enum>103.</enum><header>DOJ Covid–19 fraud strike force teams</header><subsection id="id76e953bb65484295adfdfcc9780ac969"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, to the Attorney General to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c6f914ac68a4209a21d4d6dfaacf3e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prosecute the full range of COVID–19 pandemic relief benefit fraud;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeae2df695c248c9aaa3ca451d4b1f90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bring the most egregious and sophisticated offenders of COVID–19 benefit fraud to justice; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6217e022682345d1a6b0a74e95649e0c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recover stolen COVID–19 benefit funds for the people of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b6ea4b33ba847eaac4d22ddc33bdb23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Attorney General may use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to support—</text><paragraph id="id5dc730f3bf60436cac51992d9d51fb46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>COVID–19 fraud enforcement strike forces—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e5c915f21f24b3f95f1af39a7a018b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comprised of prosecutors, analysts, law enforcement officers, and support staff; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cb4c4186e844c8cb196ad1909e08f83"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tasked with prosecuting criminal networks and individuals who defrauded COVID–19 pandemic relief benefit programs, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45aa529c743a4b87b00341825393d4ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the paycheck protection program established under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)</external-xref>) and economic injury disaster loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)</external-xref>) related to COVID–19; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id937db4a1368547e6ad5a71679affc6c9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unemployment insurance benefit programs authorized during the COVID–19 pandemic;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0895e2fb8bd440ab853b05486596b455"><enum>(2)</enum><text>data scientists and analysts supporting COVID–19 pandemic relief fraud investigations and the recovery of fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80cf22cc2dd44808aec882e7a88f9c6a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prosecutors and support staff focused on—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e8a40555b5a4c6bb9a52b00136365b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigating and prosecuting COVID–19 pandemic fraud; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9612768457a2427cbfdf2bd308f6f52b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recovering fraudulently obtained COVID–19 pandemic relief funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id628500ca353a44c59ec44341a8560e64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>The Attorney General may transfer amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to Federal law enforcement agencies for the purposes described in subsections (a) and (b), including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc6ecba911d24456a803cc98dab4cb27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A2D070193F24A7C97E404DBF3F90EAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant offices of inspector general;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7ef9c2af8664f10b2e678d568dfe3f5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6ad175b4b3d4ff89bd79116e123f2d9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeland Security Investigations;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d62b01b0a7149b88e125b05cdb27069"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Secret Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5a9e31cbaf94e07a600e8db4f06c194"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Postal Inspection Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd088f9f0231c4d2590ee9d237152f877"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the criminal investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda6afacf8f5746658be4525008a08fa0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id101DDFC70366422BA076FFB80FE8A04F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id9D0828D79FCC4F928D94B1570F8DD42F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFABBCBA9895B4DB285EA2711A5ADC22F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in house and senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>

99 S4089 IS: Fraud Prevention and Recovery Act U.S. Senate 2024-04-09 text/xml EN 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.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Fraud Prevention and Recovery Act

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Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—Prosecute and recover

Sec. 101. Additional funding for Inspectors General.

Sec. 102. Administrative false claims.

Sec. 103. DOJ Covid–19 fraud strike force teams.

TITLE II—Prevent

Sec. 201. Enhance Do Not Pay.

Sec. 202. Use of unemployment claims data by the Inspector General of the Department of Labor.

TITLE III—Safeguard

Sec. 301. Identity Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of Identity Fraud Fund.

Sec. 302. DOJ grants for victim services.

<enum>I</enum><header>Prosecute and recover</header><section id="id85a566cba114420ba6665106e3e689f8"><enum>101.</enum><header>Additional funding for Inspectors General</header><subsection id="idfe49e678dd8241ee8f9cf7aaaa1b5896"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2024, the following:</text><paragraph id="idcc349c5236c643a68883f8c688d1777a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration, to remain available through fiscal year 2028—</text><subparagraph id="id2a1b7cbd849544038f48d32e985ba367"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the long-term hiring of investigators to pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the COVID–19 pandemic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ab3b53745c949c4a4cf13b40f0edb09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support the interagency strike forces led by the Director for COVID–19 Fraud Enforcement in the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ccbaf2de48841f0869f88eb13ef4691"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, to remain available through fiscal year 2028—</text><subparagraph id="id18f64d1fa84848c485e701c5c29edfe2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the long-term hiring of investigators to pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the COVID–19 pandemic; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55b757f9fabb453583f26f71134c8a7c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to support the interagency strike forces led by the Director for COVID–19 Fraud Enforcement in the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide33badcf0f60496d972ab3e0a055eafb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of unobligated amounts</header><text>Any unobligated balances of amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) remaining after September 30, 2028, shall—</text><paragraph id="id0a985f216ad445c78347db199c8f5a9e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to carry out the duties of the Council; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc89162960d634fe5b1db44a221c78f81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida0ad0e87f06f4df0acff758ef5a96992"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id2258262d1c6143e4917ba565f174e012"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37dff4531fc1481d9ed3193bfd46aa81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in House and Senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbef53a0df2864505abb7f58461b5c915"><enum>102.</enum><header>Administrative false claims</header><subsection id="id2bdbe401dcbd4eff8ed6e1510b536b56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Change in short title</header><paragraph id="id73bef75d10ee4934b5ab164988dac16a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle B of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/509">Public Law 99–509</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 1934) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idF0A330A33DBC45A5AE2EB7AF4D95965D" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the subtitle heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Program Fraud Civil Remedies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Administrative False Claims</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id786fbf72c35f4e16b96b9808fbcf1843"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 6101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3801">31 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> note), by striking <quote>Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986</quote> and inserting <quote>Administrative False Claims Act</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id00e04f7090dc40aab09a0493089129d4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 in any provision of law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed a reference to the Administrative False Claims Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id56089c323f8e45e4897d62d03c9b00fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reverse false claims</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">Chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida9f4365ae8304a43bc88438cc74e4fed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 3801(a)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25933da0d1cc423c9781ef72e20857a6"><subparagraph id="id680475c68a9f4b2cb4e9282aaa4d7cf8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made to an authority which has the effect of concealing or improperly avoiding or decreasing an obligation to pay or transmit property, services, or money to the authority,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ida842ddf85c5545509473cdcf27715656"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 3802(a)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id5f5b56a6cb91452bac50c9e789d0fdd2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>An assessment</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an assessment</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94357d13cbd246079713c492056e987e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d76fb8194c84c3994a15b4d51b61583"><subparagraph id="id9bdd00b07bc64e8bb1e0693e91342451" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a claim described in section 3801(a)(3)(C), an assessment shall not be made under the second sentence of paragraph (1) in an amount that is more than double the value of the property, services, or money that was wrongfully withheld from the authority.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd45f230efd494552834ffa5c67445b3f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increasing dollar amount of claims</header><text>Section 3803(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id706938d5ed594912b75a7b433463b21e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> each place that term appears and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0182a74b84c74deea511d915aac4c3bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112defdcb6764549b169571ac17cc5ce"><paragraph id="id23bff6b24eee4e52921e398de1991b72" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The maximum amount in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted for inflation in the same manner and to the same extent as civil monetary penalties under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/2461">28 U.S.C. 2461</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id69d37fd5b407471480b7dc1026acbdf7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header><text>Section 3806(g)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15441b000450461992209c0165d06ded"><paragraph id="idec99da025ae3438bbe232297b8e75d45" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2e726b5952e64111912515b342c017f1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="idebb5f26b2fc64a8382b8842f31b95173" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any amount collected under this chapter shall be credited first to reimburse the authority or other Federal entity that expended costs in support of the investigation or prosecution of the action, including any court or hearing costs; and</text></clause><clause id="idfef96fc8d8444c06ba8a54c52f160809" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amounts reimbursed under clause (i) shall—</text><subclause id="id3e5303822b8948efb136319eb49cd8d4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be deposited in—</text><item id="idee3ccb13d79742e7bc55cb058705e3be"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the appropriations account of the authority or other Federal entity from which the costs described in subparagraph (A) were obligated;</text></item><item id="id60981fc5b175436691f9fd3574506aa9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a similar appropriations account of the authority or other Federal entity; or</text></item><item id="idfc553acd4dfd4953951f0bbf8af1c61a"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>if the authority or other Federal entity expended nonappropriated funds, another appropriate account; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id7de817794dcf4f6fb33033c86ca33fb5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>remain available until expended.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc133c67bca344e92b7a38bb9df8f9ded" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any amount remaining after reimbursements described in subparagraph (A) shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id34f0fc9a224049aba996747a4ab19732"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Semiannual reporting</header><text>Section 405(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id12fe644861424010896b45fc4d89e9a1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddabecd546f3245128a9dfb61ad2fcd2d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3263daaf8ea4b2085b14bcce37894f5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4db2445c386148dc8845106739210e2a"><paragraph id="id7b0194c527854eb3af59bf2d717b4da8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information relating to cases under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, including—</text><subparagraph id="idbced82955e804d029e8ee5fbca57ac74"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of reports submitted by investigating officials to reviewing officials under section 3803(a)(1) of such title;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84c1bc4a3a0640bd9aa07b16646c5518"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actions taken in response to reports described in subparagraph (A), which shall include statistical tables showing—</text><clause id="id1443f8f390c74b14a2b930619a0ca1cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>pending cases;</text></clause><clause id="idb9e196422dd84d00a5a115750aca229e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>resolved cases;</text></clause><clause id="id2b3f3a7fd8c749b78318e947db078c90"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average length of time to resolve each case;</text></clause><clause id="id23a745a0b71b46aea34881b84cf9b845"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of final agency decisions that were appealed to a district court of the United States or a higher court; and</text></clause><clause id="idec6ca60f9e084c62aec920d439e7822a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>if the total number of cases in a report is greater than 2—</text><subclause id="iddf0ae77d8cf14bd6b757510826335033"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of cases that were settled; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idb9e86eff951e4054b58d0526b8a8b9b8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the total penalty or assessment amount recovered in each case, including through a settlement or compromise; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb22ca9c91324cc98b01fefe917d1f11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>instances in which the reviewing official declined to proceed on a case reported by an investigating official; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide752c6af329847308a031f4fe25f0153"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Increasing efficiency of DOJ processing</header><text>Section 3803(j) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc27baaacdfe3491492c769ebd6f30f2d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before <quote>The reviewing</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a7f0eecf5514accbba35b2bf8ad8f81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31ef654bb4ae4a09a22cfc202d6d2d0d"><paragraph id="idd69011a82f154cab91506cb02554eb31" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A reviewing official shall notify the Attorney General in writing not later than 30 days before entering into any agreement to compromise or settle allegations of liability under section 3802 and before the date on which the reviewing official is permitted to refer allegations of liability to a presiding officer under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id44b17c610f7c46329de60cb4d2aac6c7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Revision of definition of hearing officials</header><paragraph id="id7b8ca7d8588340898c39ad1cbdbc2d36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">Chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id3c11c9078e0447569fdd9b41c6691d82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 3801(a)(7)—</text><clause id="id29e28df4ba98435a8edb83c6170ccbe0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="id059a0751180647358186b97d770ceaa2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(vii), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text></clause><clause id="id81705fc563cf4651ae1cec5ab949f102"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26c5d34b4c5948c5a86ff370eac43bca"><subparagraph id="id40afa1e630ab4f1aa8ef29b64b210672"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a member of the board of contract appeals pursuant to section 7105 of title 41, if the authority does not employ an available presiding officer under subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id733e94ef27c0441381a985c195f4b3a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 3803(d)(2)—</text><clause id="idadfbe5d350c9480595b5b840f68643f7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause><clause id="idbd2802b103074637b5a0f096eb566090"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id5d5d1b90719b4dec80a009f72958f40e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the presiding</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) in the case of a referral to a presiding officer described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 3801(a)(7), the presiding</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id955cef457ab444dc9ba94c0e108f1a60"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (i), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id332370abbcd642048be15cc0dc35ac53"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28c1602d20e54105834049ae2eab5886"><clause id="id3c6bbe65329f4c048b2fe71397d3a19e" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a referral to a presiding officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 3801(a)(7)—</text><subclause id="id80937e46de8845b5be44b701538e3b96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reviewing official shall submit a copy of the notice required by under paragraph (1) and of the response of the person receiving such notice requesting a hearing—</text><item id="idb09be2cd1e4144188bbd10c3be2f5839"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to the board of contract appeals that has jurisdiction over matters arising from the agency of the reviewing official pursuant to section 7105(e)(1) of title 41; or</text></item><item id="id11ff47f29915475bb1bd6b29f71d8cd9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>if the Chair of the board of contract appeals declines to accept the referral, to any other board of contract appeals; and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id9dec46be844245978562cb827a3f1ada"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the reviewing official shall simultaneously mail, by registered or certified mail, or shall deliver, notice to the person alleged to be liable under section 3802 that the referral has been made to an agency board of contract appeals with an explanation as to where the person may obtain the relevant rules of procedure promulgated by the board; and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id7e56f5ee664046788f1def21a51ea23c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id112f26eea4b84ee39d59df89016557ae"><subparagraph id="idf8bfa9e8086c4781b8f87603c5668789" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a hearing conducted by a presiding officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 3801(a)(7)—</text><clause id="idb99caabc3e9a4814bfb351177125c84c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the presiding officer shall conduct the hearing according to the rules and procedures promulgated by the board of contract appeals; and</text></clause><clause id="id7c3b18bdf1274d428ab69694bcf246d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the hearing shall not be subject to the provisions in subsection (g)(2), (h), or (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0ea266f45d6446d8aceb88d56f48e7d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency boards</header><text>Section 7105(e) of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id7bca2485b43042cf87e9cdf06ef56fdc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd65eb530428248968e6be6a8b7990f4b"><subparagraph id="idc672961c86324a4fbc29d7569ee1839e"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Administrative False Claims Act</header><clause id="idbfcdc18ca4ea4fa6927b7599e2e46dd4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The boards described in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) shall have jurisdiction to hear any case referred to a board of contract appeals under section 3803(d) of title 31.</text></clause><clause id="id4f0d5940609f4f07b1cef12760252c45"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Declining referral</header><text>If the Chair of a board described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) determines that accepting a case under clause (i) would prevent adequate consideration of other cases being handled by the board, the Chair may decline to accept the referral.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaea99d2dc00a4fef9390bf2484bb331f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or, in the event that a case is filed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/38">chapter 38</external-xref> of title 31, any relief that would be available to a litigant under that chapter</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3fb412da0226451f805da9bb40f9419f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each authority head, as defined in section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, and each board of contract appeals of a board described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 7105(e) of title 41, United States Code, shall amend procedures regarding proceedings as necessary to implement the amendments made by this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2c6d18c8c7f34772b08caf2f20702c00"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Revision of limitations</header><text>Section 3808 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0069bac0d5c34b008441a5941f5d9068"><subsection id="id76f5d49bd40a46e6a57fd84ca86d43e0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>A notice to the person alleged to be liable with respect to a claim or statement shall be mailed or delivered in accordance with section 3803(d)(1) not later than the later of—</text><paragraph id="idd68e01b1ffa44acfb7a1e23fb33737c3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>6 years after the date on which the violation of section 3802 is committed; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f5cd688c80a4180beda250361e14eaa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>3 years after the date on which facts material to the action are known or reasonably should have been known by the authority head, but in no event more than 10 years after the date on which the violation is committed.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id871113fd3d854535aba5507f9a55f941"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id52992485ea224d439f6b681d0aef4af9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="ida7ac1f86d5034465b36b5f110a93bc59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04fa7eff128642c3a4fc1516df3bbb21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85bcf947321f40468606a7753337169b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7779a807d0d040a5aebf3d9fbc7fa216"><paragraph id="id9871156bc33b4da1874d2af90f75869b"><enum>(10)</enum><text><quote>material</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 3729(b) of this title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14626cfd66a34f059939e070dc1cf1da"><enum>(11)</enum><text><quote>obligation</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 3729(b) of this title.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf104cd530ac745f1a5128a9057ec33d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79efe4b51d72415690f81b57ff2d95ee"><subsection id="id3d005b7198284561add092a7f688f44e"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(10), materiality shall be determined in the same manner as under section 3729 of this title.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e509e5b80f747588eafc0e3217bf4a3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Promulgation of regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each authority head, as defined in section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, shall—</text><paragraph id="id4f7488d0117144b68c7bc4d8fbdfdbf8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promulgate regulations and procedures to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90ff1a166e4b4859bdc6bf777664085a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>review and update existing regulations and procedures of the authority to ensure compliance with this section and the amendments made by this section. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc3ff3f7485f64c6285e06c77fa701ff6"><enum>103.</enum><header>DOJ Covid–19 fraud strike force teams</header><subsection id="id76e953bb65484295adfdfcc9780ac969"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, to the Attorney General to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c6f914ac68a4209a21d4d6dfaacf3e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prosecute the full range of COVID–19 pandemic relief benefit fraud;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeae2df695c248c9aaa3ca451d4b1f90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bring the most egregious and sophisticated offenders of COVID–19 benefit fraud to justice; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6217e022682345d1a6b0a74e95649e0c"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recover stolen COVID–19 benefit funds for the people of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b6ea4b33ba847eaac4d22ddc33bdb23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Attorney General may use amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to support—</text><paragraph id="id5dc730f3bf60436cac51992d9d51fb46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>COVID–19 fraud enforcement strike forces—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e5c915f21f24b3f95f1af39a7a018b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comprised of prosecutors, analysts, law enforcement officers, and support staff; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cb4c4186e844c8cb196ad1909e08f83"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tasked with prosecuting criminal networks and individuals who defrauded COVID–19 pandemic relief benefit programs, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45aa529c743a4b87b00341825393d4ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the paycheck protection program established under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)</external-xref>) and economic injury disaster loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)</external-xref>) related to COVID–19; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id937db4a1368547e6ad5a71679affc6c9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the unemployment insurance benefit programs authorized during the COVID–19 pandemic;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0895e2fb8bd440ab853b05486596b455"><enum>(2)</enum><text>data scientists and analysts supporting COVID–19 pandemic relief fraud investigations and the recovery of fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80cf22cc2dd44808aec882e7a88f9c6a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prosecutors and support staff focused on—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e8a40555b5a4c6bb9a52b00136365b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigating and prosecuting COVID–19 pandemic fraud; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9612768457a2427cbfdf2bd308f6f52b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recovering fraudulently obtained COVID–19 pandemic relief funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id628500ca353a44c59ec44341a8560e64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfers</header><text>The Attorney General may transfer amounts appropriated under subsection (a) to Federal law enforcement agencies for the purposes described in subsections (a) and (b), including—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc6ecba911d24456a803cc98dab4cb27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A2D070193F24A7C97E404DBF3F90EAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">relevant offices of inspector general;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7ef9c2af8664f10b2e678d568dfe3f5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6ad175b4b3d4ff89bd79116e123f2d9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Homeland Security Investigations;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d62b01b0a7149b88e125b05cdb27069"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Secret Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5a9e31cbaf94e07a600e8db4f06c194"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Postal Inspection Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd088f9f0231c4d2590ee9d237152f877"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the criminal investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda6afacf8f5746658be4525008a08fa0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id101DDFC70366422BA076FFB80FE8A04F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id9D0828D79FCC4F928D94B1570F8DD42F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFABBCBA9895B4DB285EA2711A5ADC22F" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in house and senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Prevent</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id64c4100eb43c4529891ec37285bbf921"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhance Do Not Pay</header><subsection id="idb525be51871b4cef8e673a400fea4d1c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bank account verification and precertification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3325 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id42183a94bce44df48cf8be3829815637" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1a1296a9a76c4d28b9f620d96d70b0bd"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idc406285ddfe24ec2a4b98bd41c7194bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Before certifying a voucher to a disbursing official, the head of an executive agency or an officer or employee of an executive agency referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B), as applicable, shall take necessary actions to accurately disburse payments to the recipients of such payments, including by—</text><subparagraph id="id1e1f9e87861f4ffaaa336fc02dfa1cda" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>verifying the accuracy of the bank account information to which a payment is to be disbursed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb326f7bfc07f4766a1dc7d9c19b986a1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>comparing the bank account of the proposed recipient to other payment records available to the agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6efe6cc4fa9d4877978f6a3d4d96f232" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Treasury and, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the head of the executive agency having jurisdiction over a disbursing official, may issue guidance to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id977fddb70cb14b209364261460506518"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Do not pay initiative access to the national directory of new hires</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(j)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC62950C113A488683EE6EAFBE4B7404"><paragraph id="id44f851c4eeeb4ef59ed32c19a6365e73"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Information to assist in the prevention of improper payments</header><subparagraph id="idfc96f4d2b5ea43c386cc644ed4fbf46d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall have access to the information in the National Directory of New Hires for the purpose of assisting entities in identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idad67716f93e0494098b99391a9de88d0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Redisclosure</header><text>For the purpose of identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments, the head of the agency operating the Do Not Pay Working System may redisclose information in the National Directory of New Hires to—</text><clause id="id2b263fcb6e8047afb5cd49c4933bb475"><enum>(i)</enum><text>its agents and contractors;</text></clause><clause id="id4fb147a895ce4af6aa39135a9434c35a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal and non-Federal agencies authorized to receive information in the National Directory of New Hires directly from the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="id007ca2eaa83944c2b5add28aa89df3a8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>such additional persons and entities as agreed to by the Secretary and the head of the agency operating the Do Not Pay Working System.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided8380c0874c41b6a1a1390ca0217715"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reimbursement of hhs costs</header><text>The head of the agency operating the Do Not Pay Working System shall reimburse the Secretary, in accordance with subsection (k)(3), for the costs incurred by the Secretary in furnishing the information transmitted under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idbd9c0363b5bc4ccab3bfa0ec5742bdcd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to information covered by FCRA</header><paragraph id="id9190648ab8c84fe89c5f7431ac0dc702"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 603(k)(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681a">15 U.S.C. 1681a(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ide7b1f7fb5d254bfa9f4f41ecc4720dcd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72b76acf0bac4bda8b7fe0dcb5fc5ab1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f838190a98b4d7fb358ffd2e1a28f58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d8f73b9d4ab4977ac564218408521c4"><subparagraph id="idf8498bfbb96040b4b6f48cc0558e168f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not include—</text><clause id="id236d8e00e6b64a348fadffd93e1cd6b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any change to a Federal disbursement, including the termination of such disbursement, that is—</text><subclause id="id6d04fd8856fb4bbc86d7d5ae50c05680"><enum>(I)</enum><text>based on a consumer report; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3fb01119207c456ebe325796c93fbfde"><enum>(II)</enum><text>made to improve the accuracy of the disbursement; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id24e8e6d4d7ae4abb9541a11c1273023a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any action taken by an authorized user of the Working System of the Do Not Pay Initiative authorized by section 3354 of title 31, United States Code, in connection with the disbursement of a payment, as defined in section 3351 of that title, that is based on a consumer report.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0896af0ab6a84729bcbf84f2e4f6f8c7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permissible uses of consumer reports</header><text>Section 604(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1681b">15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2cc9947b7254ed6a4b8d291e73f123b"><paragraph id="id5558bb4abbb441268ec4de7640ac278b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of assisting Federal and non-Federal entities identify, prevent, and recover improper payments, including redisclosing information in a consumer report to—</text><subparagraph id="idaa3fab47e3624dee88c4b6febb2ef09a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>agents and contractors of the Department of the Treasury; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c69589adeb745308afe70c124e27c53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal and non-Federal entities authorized to receive such information directly from the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida1532be0539c464cbbbefa9df8f94761"><enum>202.</enum><header>Use of unemployment claims data by the Inspector General of the Department of Labor</header><subsection id="ide0d42626389e43b68ea276bff5af96ba"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Inspector General of the Department of Labor (in this section referred to as the <quote>Inspector General</quote>) shall, for the purpose of conducting audits, investigations, and other oversight activities authorized under chapter 4 of part I of title 5, United States Code, relating to unemployment compensation programs, be allowed to access data submitted to each of the following systems: </text><paragraph id="id25085e8181bc451084dbef9ab29dc8e8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The system designated by the Secretary of Labor for the electronic transmission of requests for information relating to interstate claims for unemployment compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc5b0e1d8f0348c7a9eb56e6b50243f7" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The system designated by the Secretary of Labor for cross-matching claimants of unemployment compensation under State law against databases to prevent and detect fraud and improper payments.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id90f65ede633f45199dc2e97e0bc2e01a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph id="ide4363b8fea624857bb5e238d477202ba"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Inspector General may only use unemployment compensation claim and wage data for the purpose of conducting audits, investigations, and other oversight activities authorized under chapter 4 of part I of title 5, United States Code, for unemployment compensation programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8eff2a25ed6848f2a5a6e60af103c846"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redisclosure</header><text>The Inspector General may only redisclose unemployment compensation claim and wage data to Federal, State, or local government officials. Any such redisclosure may only be made for purposes of auditing, investigating, or conducting other oversight activities authorized under chapter 4 of part I of title 5, United States Code, for unemployment compensation programs. The Inspector General may not redisclose unemployment compensation claim and wage data to nongovernment officials or foreign officials. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8fee3d5508d4b369fb0f223c592b535"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cybersecurity and privacy</header><text>The Inspector General shall appropriately and securely store, and establish data access, entry, and deletion requirements for, unemployment compensation claim and wage data following best practices identified in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fd85eaa26d942b5a0221aae056d5ea2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>The Inspector General shall appropriately document the reasons for accessing unemployment compensation claim and wage data, including the reasons for accessing the data of an individual claimant.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id72d6cb20383143f98d56e776a8dedca1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) shall apply beginning on the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id17d7407979394e7d91ddb8025b0b9e2d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to Congress and the Secretary</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of the Senate and the House of Representatives and to the Secretary of Labor a report on the Inspector General’s plan to use, redisclose, store, and delete unemployment compensation claim and wage data. Such plan shall incorporate the requirements under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Safeguard</header><section id="idac285c92f019427da18a55dbcc94bb9b"><enum>301.</enum><header>Identity Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of Identity Fraud Fund</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14b2c428c5104d09b821972264b46fab"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eb31d8646d546d9b969f1386ef7c6cc"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of General Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18fb13d9f16e4fbaa90ce2a1b16c860e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id767ace6899d44101b1ce52a24816df1a"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agency</header><text>The term <term>Federal agency</term> has the meaning given the term <term>agency</term> in section 306(f) of title 5, United States Code. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6710e47bc1e74663b9eecfc416aec47a"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Identity Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of Identity Fraud Fund established under subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4325f32c16aa429aa4e6586f543da9e7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e33cdd501e14239952fa3d7b4447576"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Treasury of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the <quote>Identity Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of Identity Fraud Fund</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb67628526cac4b759ed304d152ebed2c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director and the Administrator shall jointly administer the Fund.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida5f1c90ae75b490f9170fa8adacdcbc7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id432ee6b8b240463f895c65c01db1e6c0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory transfer</header><text>Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the Director and the Administrator shall jointly transfer from the Fund—</text><subparagraph id="idf5dae44f7c854673ac6620e49dac77c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than $75,000,000 to the Commissioner of Social Security to support—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11c02d2a2c32471692ed6c8080e24dae"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of a Social Security number verification service for use by Federal agencies—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee6b6ec6deb44f5188e0f34445384589"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that compares identity information of an individual, including the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the individual, provided by a Federal agency against the identity information of the individual maintained by the Social Security Administration;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id099811189ef9407cbbda453ff1195b69"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that, based on the comparison performed under subclause (I), will provide a Federal agency with a privacy-preserving response of <quote>Match</quote> or <quote>No match</quote> to confirm or not confirm the validity of the identity information provided by the Federal agency described in subclause (I);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id395dbdd8813c45e08ebdeb2cfdccbe00"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the development of which may not begin until the date on which the Commissioner of Social Security receives the full amount of the transfer required under this subparagraph; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09a991a03d4542158df85e28032edc37"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>subject to safeguards determined necessary by the Commissioner of Social Security, the full cost for the use of which the heads of Federal agencies shall reimburse the Social Security Administration, including for the costs of administration and associated ongoing maintenance; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8263f93e8cea4103853c83128820be60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the implementation of the Social Security number verification service developed under clause (i) by Federal agencies;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5498c19366184cdab145542fb3063d76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than $25,000,000 to the Office of Payment Integrity of the Department of the Treasury to support the development and enhancement of governmentwide solutions and data sharing to prevent fraud and enhance payment integrity in Federal programs and federally funded programs administered by States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9cbadd684edc4805811c8554501a56bf"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than $25,000,000 to the Administrator to support—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida340b9e0226943baa9e4b74e4161d54e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development by the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director and the Administrator, of a pilot program for an identity fraud early warning system; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide65095fcf5a64be39b2434ff11615a2a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the implementation of the pilot program described in clause (i) by Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2af0c50d09844baadfc3131c8a0e734"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than $200,000,000 to the Federal Trade Commission to support—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8763829da9d34c11b53ad9cdd29b7f41"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enhancement of IdentityTheft.gov to offer a single platform that combines services from across Federal agencies for victims of identity fraud; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1adef7f7f4994fd4908836669b980791"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the implementation of IdentifyTheft.gov by Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ada687fc9984ffabea1db36ddb44ad6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other amounts</header><text>The Director and the Administrator shall make the amounts remaining in the Fund after the completion of the transfers required under paragraph (2) available to the heads of Federal agencies to—</text><subparagraph id="idd1f706c2c9254eb58ee09e2c0bfae968"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop, deploy, and support the adoption by Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments of capabilities to reduce identity fraud;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14b79be092e447a2966a1739baa079ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve eligibility verification processes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd59adb17fff2436896cb4eee0aaa2ecd"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the integrity of Federal programs and State, local, Tribal and territorial government programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72cf23b1f18f4d4d93c461f2c54cad3a"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the secure, reliable, and equitable digital access to services of the Federal Government and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bb926ab361f4a5483647aa03d35580c"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">combat improper payments by the Federal Government;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62376d8c343440588310db63f0a097bc"><enum>(F)</enum><text>expand services for victims of identity fraud, including by—</text><clause id="id66bdecbe26504e2888356a96238918a3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>providing individualized training and program development assistance to legal services organizations, nonprofit organizations, and Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments that directly assist victims of identity fraud in need of remediation;</text></clause><clause id="idf178d841a9b341e78b289b88e2c64116"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>expanding data protection and other enforcement efforts relating to identity fraud;</text></clause><clause id="id6bdb3182f6014b2581b522e2d6054edb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coordinating with Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments with respect to identity fraud prevention and remediation services; and</text></clause><clause id="idc7f85426d71641eeb792bf66a6503154"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>enhancing fraud and identity fraud services and information, such as reporting websites, information technology systems, and outreach to the public, including collaboration with consumer service organizations and Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1815ade714c7416982506f3cf5e772ce"><enum>(G)</enum><text>support the operations of the Fund; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd161691665e4673a48544437de8e3bb"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in support of the goals of the Fund, support investments in the development of foundational privacy-enhancing technology, including secure multiparty computation and other privacy-preserving data sharing capabilities, for use by Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf428a73aff6d4ed9b3a3c9166ec09939"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8449ab5bf36a4bab9b5aa835654e0858"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $600,000,000 to the Fund for fiscal year 2024.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50f990a49d314ac88e3794a269ed2cdd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cfb65efc21b43df893b2522f10cb924"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain available until September 30, 2028.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3de609f06ed346d3a9881c8df75f37f0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) that are transferred in accordance with subsection (c)(1)(A) shall remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1affcd8674c54fc5bd8e5997bdb5d031"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id26ca7d9c3a3c46db962a00376f92b019"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id647cf6c29d354b918ceda611bb3c3c30" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in house and senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida7b9138d74ce448b88b37313aa51d2bd" commented="no"><enum>302.</enum><header>DOJ grants for victim services</header><subsection id="id0dae7dd5e4fb4dd89b7f3b8be65a2bf9" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><paragraph id="idb138a08a06474bc28f15d7c04614d6d7" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriation</header><text>Out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime $175,000,000, to remain available until expended, to award discretionary grants under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/20101">34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id190d1d54cacf4b678a3a552708b551a5" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The Director of the Office for Victims of Crime shall use the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) to award grants to assist victims of identity theft.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id74f4bc7f691e49b4bd9c237be56b5462" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><paragraph id="id18ab37f9a0a74c5fae8571b3e5236fed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts provided by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/933">2 U.S.C. 933(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id665f850e19674d02890de4b460cc879e" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation in house and senate</header><text>This section is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>