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[S. 4089 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4089

To enhance fraud prevention, improve recovery of improper payments, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2024

  Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To enhance fraud prevention, improve recovery of improper payments, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fraud Prevention 
and Recovery Act''.
    (b) 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.

                     TITLE I--PROSECUTE AND RECOVER

SEC. 101. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INSPECTORS GENERAL.

    (a) In General.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2024, the 
following:
            (1) $100,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of 
        the Small Business Administration, to remain available through 
        fiscal year 2028--
                    (A) for the long-term hiring of investigators to 
                pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the 
                COVID-19 pandemic; and
                    (B) to support the interagency strike forces led by 
                the Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement in the 
                Department of Justice.
            (2) $150,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General of 
        the Department of Labor, to remain available through fiscal 
        year 2028--
                    (A) for the long-term hiring of investigators to 
                pursue special cases of organized fraud related to the 
                COVID-19 pandemic; and
                    (B) to support the interagency strike forces led by 
                the Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement in the 
                Department of Justice.
    (b) Transfer of Unobligated Amounts.--Any unobligated balances of 
amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) 
remaining after September 30, 2028, shall--
            (1) be transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General 
        on Integrity and Efficiency to carry out the duties of the 
        Council; and
            (2) remain available until expended.
    (c) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--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 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in house and senate.--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.

SEC. 102. ADMINISTRATIVE FALSE CLAIMS.

    (a) Change in Short Title.--
            (1) In general.--Subtitle B of title VI of the Omnibus 
        Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-509; 100 Stat. 
        1934) is amended--
                    (A) in the subtitle heading, by striking ``Program 
                Fraud Civil Remedies'' and inserting ``Administrative 
                False Claims''; and
                    (B) in section 6101 (31 U.S.C. 3801 note), by 
                striking ``Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986'' 
                and inserting ``Administrative False Claims Act''.
            (2) References.--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.
    (b) Reverse False Claims.--Chapter 38 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 3801(a)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(C) 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,''; and
            (2) in section 3802(a)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``An assessment'' and inserting 
                ``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an 
                assessment''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) 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.''.
    (c) Increasing Dollar Amount of Claims.--Section 3803(c) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$150,000'' each place 
        that term appears and inserting ``$1,000,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) 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 
(28 U.S.C. 2461 note).''.
    (d) Recovery of Costs.--Section 3806(g)(1) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2)--
            ``(i) 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
            ``(ii) amounts reimbursed under clause (i) shall--
                    ``(I) be deposited in--
                            ``(aa) the appropriations account of the 
                        authority or other Federal entity from which 
                        the costs described in subparagraph (A) were 
                        obligated;
                            ``(bb) a similar appropriations account of 
                        the authority or other Federal entity; or
                            ``(cc) if the authority or other Federal 
                        entity expended nonappropriated funds, another 
                        appropriate account; and
                    ``(II) remain available until expended.
    ``(B) Any amount remaining after reimbursements described in 
subparagraph (A) shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the 
Treasury of the United States.''.
    (e) Semiannual Reporting.--Section 405(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) information relating to cases under chapter 38 of 
        title 31, including--
                    ``(A) the number of reports submitted by 
                investigating officials to reviewing officials under 
                section 3803(a)(1) of such title;
                    ``(B) actions taken in response to reports 
                described in subparagraph (A), which shall include 
                statistical tables showing--
                            ``(i) pending cases;
                            ``(ii) resolved cases;
                            ``(iii) the average length of time to 
                        resolve each case;
                            ``(iv) the number of final agency decisions 
                        that were appealed to a district court of the 
                        United States or a higher court; and
                            ``(v) if the total number of cases in a 
                        report is greater than 2--
                                    ``(I) the number of cases that were 
                                settled; and
                                    ``(II) the total penalty or 
                                assessment amount recovered in each 
                                case, including through a settlement or 
                                compromise; and
                    ``(C) instances in which the reviewing official 
                declined to proceed on a case reported by an 
                investigating official; and''.
    (f) Increasing Efficiency of DOJ Processing.--Section 3803(j) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The reviewing''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) 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).''.
    (g) Revision of Definition of Hearing Officials.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 38 of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 3801(a)(7)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)(vii), by adding 
                        ``or'' at the end; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) 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);''; and
                    (B) in section 3803(d)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``the presiding'' 
                                and inserting ``(i) in the case of a 
                                referral to a presiding officer 
                                described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
                                section 3801(a)(7), the presiding'';
                                    (II) in clause (i), as so 
                                designated, by striking the period at 
                                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(ii) in the case of a referral to a presiding 
                officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 
                3801(a)(7)--
                            ``(I) 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--
                                    ``(aa) 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
                                    ``(bb) if the Chair of the board of 
                                contract appeals declines to accept the 
                                referral, to any other board of 
                                contract appeals; and
                            ``(II) 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''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) in the case of a hearing conducted by a presiding 
        officer described in subparagraph (C) of section 3801(a)(7)--
                    ``(i) the presiding officer shall conduct the 
                hearing according to the rules and procedures 
                promulgated by the board of contract appeals; and
                    ``(ii) the hearing shall not be subject to the 
                provisions in subsection (g)(2), (h), or (i).''.
            (2) Agency boards.--Section 7105(e) of title 41, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(E) Administrative false claims act.--
                            ``(i) In general.--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.
                            ``(ii) Declining referral.--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.''; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or, in the 
                event that a case is filed under chapter 38 of title 
                31, any relief that would be available to a litigant 
                under that chapter'' before the period at the end.
            (3) Regulations.--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.
    (h) Revision of Limitations.--Section 3808 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) 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--
            ``(1) 6 years after the date on which the violation of 
        section 3802 is committed; or
            ``(2) 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.''.
    (i) Definitions.--Section 3801 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) `material' has the meaning given the term in section 
        3729(b) of this title; and
            ``(11) `obligation' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 3729(b) of this title.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) For purposes of subsection (a)(10), materiality shall be 
determined in the same manner as under section 3729 of this title.''.
    (j) Promulgation of Regulations.--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--
            (1) promulgate regulations and procedures to carry out this 
        section and the amendments made by this section; and
            (2) review and update existing regulations and procedures 
        of the authority to ensure compliance with this section and the 
        amendments made by this section.

SEC. 103. DOJ COVID-19 FRAUD STRIKE FORCE TEAMS.

    (a) In General.--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--
            (1) prosecute the full range of COVID-19 pandemic relief 
        benefit fraud;
            (2) bring the most egregious and sophisticated offenders of 
        COVID-19 benefit fraud to justice; and
            (3) recover stolen COVID-19 benefit funds for the people of 
        the United States.
    (b) Use of Funds.--The Attorney General may use amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a) to support--
            (1) COVID-19 fraud enforcement strike forces--
                    (A) comprised of prosecutors, analysts, law 
                enforcement officers, and support staff; and
                    (B) tasked with prosecuting criminal networks and 
                individuals who defrauded COVID-19 pandemic relief 
                benefit programs, including--
                            (i) the paycheck protection program 
                        established under section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
                        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) and 
                        economic injury disaster loans made under 
                        section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
                        U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) related to COVID-19; and
                            (ii) the unemployment insurance benefit 
                        programs authorized during the COVID-19 
                        pandemic;
            (2) data scientists and analysts supporting COVID-19 
        pandemic relief fraud investigations and the recovery of 
        fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds; and
            (3) prosecutors and support staff focused on--
                    (A) investigating and prosecuting COVID-19 pandemic 
                fraud; and
                    (B) recovering fraudulently obtained COVID-19 
                pandemic relief funds.
    (c) Transfers.--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--
            (1) the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the 
        Department of Justice;
            (2) relevant offices of inspector general;
            (3) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
            (4) Homeland Security Investigations;
            (5) the United States Secret Service;
            (6) the United States Postal Inspection Service;
            (7) the criminal investigation unit of the Internal Revenue 
        Service; and
            (8) the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces.
    (d) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--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 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in house and senate.--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.

                           TITLE II--PREVENT

SEC. 201. ENHANCE DO NOT PAY.

    (a) Bank Account Verification and Precertification.--Section 3325 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e)(1) 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--
            ``(A) verifying the accuracy of the bank account 
        information to which a payment is to be disbursed; and
            ``(B) comparing the bank account of the proposed recipient 
        to other payment records available to the agency.
    ``(2) 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.''.
    (b) Do Not Pay Initiative Access to the National Directory of New 
Hires.--Section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) Information to assist in the prevention of improper 
        payments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--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.
                    ``(B) Redisclosure.--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--
                            ``(i) its agents and contractors;
                            ``(ii) Federal and non-Federal agencies 
                        authorized to receive information in the 
                        National Directory of New Hires directly from 
                        the Secretary; and
                            ``(iii) such additional persons and 
                        entities as agreed to by the Secretary and the 
                        head of the agency operating the Do Not Pay 
                        Working System.
                    ``(C) Reimbursement of hhs costs.--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.''.
    (c) Access to Information Covered by FCRA.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 603(k)(1) of the Fair Credit 
        Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a(k)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) does not include--
                            ``(i) any change to a Federal disbursement, 
                        including the termination of such disbursement, 
                        that is--
                                    ``(I) based on a consumer report; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) made to improve the accuracy 
                                of the disbursement; or
                            ``(ii) 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.''.
            (2) Permissible uses of consumer reports.--Section 604(a) 
        of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(a)) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) 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--
                    ``(A) agents and contractors of the Department of 
                the Treasury; and
                    ``(B) Federal and non-Federal entities authorized 
                to receive such information directly from the 
                Secretary.''.

SEC. 202. USE OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS DATA BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Inspector General 
of the Department of Labor (in this section referred to as the 
``Inspector General'') 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:
            (1) The system designated by the Secretary of Labor for the 
        electronic transmission of requests for information relating to 
        interstate claims for unemployment compensation.
            (2) 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.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Use.--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.
            (2) Redisclosure.--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.
            (3) Cybersecurity and privacy.--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.
            (4) Documentation.--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.
    (c) Effective Date.--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.
    (d) Report to Congress and the Secretary.--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).

                          TITLE III--SAFEGUARD

SEC. 301. IDENTITY VERIFICATION, PAYMENT INTEGRITY, AND VICTIMS OF 
              IDENTITY FRAUD FUND.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
            (3) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 306(f) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (4) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Identity 
        Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of Identity Fraud 
        Fund established under subsection (b)(1).
    (b) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--There is established within the Treasury 
        of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the 
        ``Identity Verification, Payment Integrity, and Victims of 
        Identity Fraud Fund''.
            (2) Administration.--The Director and the Administrator 
        shall jointly administer the Fund.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) Mandatory transfer.--Upon the date of enactment of this 
        Act, the Director and the Administrator shall jointly transfer 
        from the Fund--
                    (A) not less than $75,000,000 to the Commissioner 
                of Social Security to support--
                            (i) the development of a Social Security 
                        number verification service for use by Federal 
                        agencies--
                                    (I) 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;
                                    (II) that, based on the comparison 
                                performed under subclause (I), will 
                                provide a Federal agency with a 
                                privacy-preserving response of 
                                ``Match'' or ``No match'' to confirm or 
                                not confirm the validity of the 
                                identity information provided by the 
                                Federal agency described in subclause 
                                (I);
                                    (III) 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
                                    (IV) 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
                            (ii) the implementation of the Social 
                        Security number verification service developed 
                        under clause (i) by Federal agencies;
                    (B) 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;
                    (C) not less than $25,000,000 to the Administrator 
                to support--
                            (i) 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
                            (ii) the implementation of the pilot 
                        program described in clause (i) by Federal 
                        agencies and State, local, Tribal, and 
                        territorial governments; and
                    (D) not less than $200,000,000 to the Federal Trade 
                Commission to support--
                            (i) the enhancement of IdentityTheft.gov to 
                        offer a single platform that combines services 
                        from across Federal agencies for victims of 
                        identity fraud; and
                            (ii) the implementation of 
                        IdentifyTheft.gov by Federal agencies and 
                        State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
                        governments.
            (2) Other amounts.--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--
                    (A) develop, deploy, and support the adoption by 
                Federal agencies and State, local, Tribal, and 
                territorial governments of capabilities to reduce 
                identity fraud;
                    (B) improve eligibility verification processes;
                    (C) improve the integrity of Federal programs and 
                State, local, Tribal and territorial government 
                programs;
                    (D) improve the secure, reliable, and equitable 
                digital access to services of the Federal Government 
                and State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments;
                    (E) combat improper payments by the Federal 
                Government;
                    (F) expand services for victims of identity fraud, 
                including by--
                            (i) 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;
                            (ii) expanding data protection and other 
                        enforcement efforts relating to identity fraud;
                            (iii) coordinating with Federal agencies 
                        and State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
                        governments with respect to identity fraud 
                        prevention and remediation services; and
                            (iv) 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;
                    (G) support the operations of the Fund; and
                    (H) 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.
    (d) Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in 
        the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $600,000,000 to the 
        Fund for fiscal year 2024.
            (2) Availability.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall remain 
                available until September 30, 2028.
                    (B) Exception.--Amounts appropriated under 
                paragraph (1) that are transferred in accordance with 
                subsection (c)(1)(A) shall remain available until 
                expended.
    (e) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--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 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in house and senate.--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.

SEC. 302. DOJ GRANTS FOR VICTIM SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Appropriation.--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 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.).
            (2) Use.--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.
    (b) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--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 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in house and senate.--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.
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