3.0.0 2583 2023-01-11T13:15:10Z 2023-01-11T13:15:10Z Senate S S 2008-01-31 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing ssga09 Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee Referred to 2008-02-27T20:50:37Z Reported by 2008-10-01T20:12:07Z Markup by 2008-07-30T16:57:25Z Referred to 2008-01-31T19:45:11Z Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 110 5467 HR 2008-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Related bill CRS 2008-10-01 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1103. Calendars 2008-10-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2008-10-01 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2008-07-30 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2008-02-27 ssga09 Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. Committee 2008-01-31 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S545-547) IntroReferral 2008-01-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S544-545) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2008-01-31 True Economics and Public Finance Administrative procedure Appropriations Auditing Collection of accounts Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Law Office of Management and Budget Planning-programming-budgeting Waste in government spending Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-09T18:50:32Z Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 - Amends the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 to require the head of each federal agency to: (1) annually review all agency programs and identify those programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments; and (2) report on agency actions to reduce and recover improper payments. Defines "improper payment" as any payment that should not have been made, that was made in an incorrect or duplicate amount, or that was made to an ineligible recipient.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) provide guidance to agencies for reducing improper payments, addressing risks, and establishing appropriate prepayment and postpayment internal controls; and (2) prepare an annual report with an identification of the compliance status of each agency in identifying improper payments and the delinquent programs responsible for the agency's status.

Requires federal agencies with outlays of $1 million or more to conduct a recovery audit of all programs and activities to assist in recouping improper payments.

Requires: (1) each agency's Inspector General to report each fiscal year on agency compliance with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and this Act; (2) the head of an agency determined not to be in compliance for two consecutive fiscal years to expend available appropriations on intensified compliance; and (3) an agency determined not to be in compliance for three consecutive fiscal years, with a delinquent program reported for two of those years consecutively, to transfer 5% of the appropriations for each of delinquent program to the Treasury.

Suspends appropriations to agencies that have an improper payment rate greater than 15% for three consecutive fiscal years until the agency's Inspector General certifies that sufficient changes have been implemented to warrant resumed authorization of appropriations.

]]> 01 2008-10-01 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2008-12-24T15:41:34Z Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 - Amends the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 to require the head of each federal agency to review agency programs and activities every three fiscal years and identify those that may be susceptible to significant improper payments. Defines "significant" to mean improper payments in program or activity payments in the preceding fiscal year that may have exceeded: (1) $10 million and 2.5% of program outlays; or (2) $100 million. Sets forth risk factors for conducting improper payment reviews, including: (1) whether the program or activity is new to the agency; (2) the volume of payments made; (3) whether payment decisions are made outside of the agency; (4) recent major changes in program funding, authorities, practices, or procedures; (5) the level and quality of personnel training; and (6) significant deficiencies in auditing practices.

Requires agency heads to: (1) annually produce a statistically valid estimate of the improper payments in their agencies; and (2) include such estimates in their annual financial statements.

Expands agency reporting requirements with respect to improper payments to require reports on actions to reduce and recover improper payments.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) report to specified congressional committees in each fiscal year on actions agencies have taken to report on and recover improper payments; and (2) provide guidance to agencies for implementing actions to reduce improper payments and strategies for addressing risks and establishing internal controls.

Requires the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency to study the effectiveness of OMB Circular No. A-123 (revised) (Management's Responsibility for Internal Control) and report on such study to specified congressional committees.

Requires agency heads to conduct recovery audits for agency programs that expend $1 million or more annually if such audits would be cost-effective.

Requires: (1) each agency's Inspector General to report each fiscal year on agency compliance with this Act; (2) agencies determined not to be in compliance for two or three consecutive fiscal years to obligate additional funding for intensified compliance; and (3) agencies not in compliance for more than three consecutive fiscal years to submit to Congress reauthorization proposals for each noncompliant program and proposed statutory changes to achieve compliance.

Authorizes the Director of OMB to establish one or more pilot programs to test accountability mechanisms to insure compliance with this Act and eliminate improper payments. Requires the Director to report to Congress on findings associated with any pilot program.

]]> Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 Display Title Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 S Senate Reported to Senate 2008-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2583rs/xml/BILLS-110s2583rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2583is/xml/BILLS-110s2583is.xml 2008-10-01 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1103. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.