    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-117
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To improve efforts to identify and reduce Governmentwide 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Payment Integrity Information Act of
    2019''.
    SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is
    amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``Subchapter <>  IV--Improper Payments
    ``Sec. 3351. <>  Definitions

    ``In this subchapter:
    ``(1) Annual financial statement.--The term `annual
    financial statement' means the annual financial statement
    required under section 3515 of this title or similar provision
    of law.
    ``(2) Compliance.--The term `compliance' means that an
    executive agency--
    ``(A) has--
    ``(i) published improper payments information
    with the annual financial statement of the
    executive agency for the most recent fiscal year;
    and
    ``(ii) posted on the website of the executive
    agency that statement and any accompanying
    materials required under guidance of the Office of
    Management and Budget;
    ``(B) if required, has conducted a program specific
    risk assessment for each program or activity that
    conforms with the requirements under section 3352(a);
    ``(C) if required, publishes improper payments
    estimates for all programs and activities identified
    under section 3352(a) in the accompanying materials to
    the annual financial statement;
    ``(D) publishes programmatic corrective action plans
    prepared under section 3352(d) that the executive agency
    may have in the accompanying materials to the annual
    financial statement;
    ``(E) publishes improper payments reduction targets
    established under section 3352(d) that the executive
    agency

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    may have in the accompanying materials to the annual
    financial statement for each program or activity
    assessed to be at risk, and has demonstrated
    improvements and developed a plan to meet the reduction
    targets; and
    ``(F) has reported an improper payment rate of less
    than 10 percent for each program and activity for which
    an estimate was published under section 3352(c).
    ``(3) Do not pay initiative.--The term `Do Not Pay
    Initiative' means the initiative described in section 3354(b).
    ``(4) Improper payment.--The term `improper payment'--
    ``(A) means any payment that should not have been
    made or that was made in an incorrect amount, including
    an overpayment or underpayment, under a statutory,
    contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable
    requirement; and
    ``(B) includes--
    ``(i) any payment to an ineligible recipient;
    ``(ii) any payment for an ineligible good or
    service;
    ``(iii) any duplicate payment;
    ``(iv) any payment for a good or service not
    received, except for those payments where
    authorized by law; and
    ``(v) any payment that does not account for
    credit for applicable discounts.
    ``(5) Payment.--The term `payment' means any transfer or
    commitment for future transfer of Federal funds such as cash,
    securities, loans, loan guarantees, and insurance subsidies to
    any non-Federal person or entity or a Federal employee, that is
    made by a Federal agency, a Federal contractor, a Federal
    grantee, or a governmental or other organization administering a
    Federal program or activity.
    ``(6) Payment for an ineligible good or service.--The term
    `payment for an ineligible good or service' includes a payment
    for any good or service that is rejected under any provision of
    any contract, grant, lease, cooperative agreement, or other
    funding mechanism.
    ``(7) Recovery audit.--The term `recovery audit' means a
    recovery audit described in section 3352(i).
    ``(8) State.--The term `State' means each State of the
    United States, the District of Columbia, each territory or
    possession of the United States, and each Federally recognized
    Indian tribe.
    ``Sec. 3352. <>  Estimates of improper
    payments and reports on actions to reduce
    improper payments

    ``(a) Identification of Susceptible Programs and Activities.--
    ``(1) <>  In general.--The head of each
    executive agency shall, in accordance with guidance prescribed
    by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget--
    ``(A) <>  periodically review all
    programs and activities that the head of the executive
    agency administers; and
    ``(B) identify all programs and activities with
    outlays exceeding the statutory threshold dollar amount
    described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) that may be susceptible
    to significant improper payments.

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    ``(2) <>  Frequency.--A review under
    paragraph (1) shall be performed for each program and activity
    that the head of an executive agency administers not less
    frequently than once every 3 fiscal years.
    ``(3) Risk assessments.--
    ``(A) Definition of significant.--In this paragraph,
    the term `significant' means that, in the preceding
    fiscal year, the sum of a program or activity's improper
    payments and payments whose propriety cannot be
    determined by the executive agency due to lacking or
    insufficient documentation may have exceeded--
    ``(i) $10,000,000 of all reported program or
    activity payments of the executive agency made
    during that fiscal year and 1.5 percent of program
    outlays; or
    ``(ii) $100,000,000.
    ``(B) Scope.--In conducting a review under paragraph
    (1), the head of each executive agency shall take into
    account those risk factors that are likely to contribute
    to a susceptibility to significant improper payments,
    such as--
    ``(i) whether the program or activity reviewed
    is new to the executive agency;
    ``(ii) the complexity of the program or
    activity reviewed;
    ``(iii) the volume of payments made through
    the program or activity reviewed;
    ``(iv) whether payments or payment eligibility
    decisions are made outside of the executive
    agency, such as by a State or local government;
    ``(v) recent major changes in program funding,
    authorities, practices, or procedures;
    ``(vi) the level, experience, and quality of
    training for personnel responsible for making
    program eligibility determinations or certifying
    that payments are accurate;
    ``(vii) significant deficiencies in the audit
    report of the executive agency or other relevant
    management findings that might hinder accurate
    payment certification;
    ``(viii) similarities to other programs or
    activities that have reported improper payment
    estimates or been deemed susceptible to
    significant improper payments;
    ``(ix) the accuracy and reliability of
    improper payment estimates previously reported for
    the program or activity, or other indicator of
    potential susceptibility to improper payments
    identified by the Inspector General of the
    executive agency, the Government Accountability
    Office, other audits performed by or on behalf of
    the Federal, State, or local government,
    disclosures by the executive agency, or any other
    means;
    ``(x) whether the program or activity lacks
    information or data systems to confirm eligibility
    or provide for other payment integrity needs; and
    ``(xi) the risk of fraud as assessed by the
    executive agency under the Standards for Internal
    Control in the Federal Government published by the
    Government

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    Accountability Office (commonly known as the
    `Green Book').
    ``(C) <>  Annual report.--Each
    executive agency shall publish an annual report that
    includes--
    ``(i) a listing of each program or activity
    identified under paragraph (1), including the date
    on which the program or activity was most recently
    assessed for risk under paragraph (1); and
    ``(ii) a listing of any program or activity
    for which the executive agency makes any
    substantial changes to the methodologies of the
    reviews conducted under paragraph (1).

    ``(b) Improving the Determination of Improper Payments.--
    ``(1) <>  In general.--The Director of
    the Office of Management and Budget shall on an annual basis--
    ``(A) <>  identify a list of high-
    priority Federal programs for greater levels of
    oversight and review--
    ``(i) in which the highest dollar value or
    highest rate of improper payments occur; or
    ``(ii) for which there is a higher risk of
    improper payments; and
    ``(B) <>  in coordination with
    the executive agency responsible for administering a
    high-priority program identified under subparagraph (A),
    establish annual targets and semi-annual or quarterly
    actions for reducing improper payments associated with
    the high-priority program.
    ``(2) Report on high-priority improper payments.--
    ``(A) <>  In general.--Subject to Federal privacy
    policies and to the extent permitted by law, each
    executive agency with a program identified under
    paragraph (1)(A) shall on an annual basis submit to the
    Inspector General of the executive agency and the Office
    of Management and Budget, and make available to the
    public, including through a website, a report on that
    program.
    ``(B) Contents.--Each report submitted under
    subparagraph (A)--
    ``(i) shall describe any action the executive
    agency--
    ``(I) has taken or plans to take to
    recover improper payments; and
    ``(II) intends to take to prevent
    future improper payments; and
    ``(ii) shall not include--
    ``(I) any referrals the executive
    agency made or anticipates making to the
    Department of Justice; or
    ``(II) any information provided in
    connection with a referral described in
    subclause (I).
    ``(C) Public availability on central website.--The
    Office of Management and Budget shall make each report
    submitted under subparagraph (A) available on a central
    website.
    ``(D) Availability of information to inspector
    general.--Subparagraph (B)(ii) shall not prohibit any
    referral or information being made available to an
    Inspector General as otherwise provided by law.

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    ``(E) Assessment and recommendations.--The Inspector
    General of each executive agency that submits a report
    under subparagraph (A) shall, for each program of the
    executive agency that is identified under paragraph
    (1)(A)--
    ``(i) <>  review--
    ``(I) the assessment of the level of
    risk associated with the program and the
    quality of the improper payment
    estimates and methodology of the
    executive agency relating to the
    program; and
    ``(II) the oversight or financial
    controls to identify and prevent
    improper payments under the program; and
    ``(ii) submit to the appropriate authorizing
    and appropriations committees of Congress
    recommendations, which may be included in another
    report submitted by the Inspector General to
    Congress, for modifying any plans of the executive
    agency relating to the program, including
    improvements for improper payments determination
    and estimation methodology.
    ``(F) Annual meeting.--Not less frequently than once
    every year, the head of each executive agency with a
    program identified under paragraph (1)(A), or a designee
    of the head of the executive agency, shall meet with the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or a
    designee of the Director, to report on actions taken
    during the preceding year and planned actions to prevent
    improper payments.

    ``(c) Estimation of Improper Payments.--
    ``(1) Estimation.--With respect to each program and activity
    identified under subsection (a)(1), the head of the relevant
    executive agency shall--
    ``(A) produce a statistically valid estimate, or an
    estimate that is otherwise appropriate using a
    methodology approved by the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget, of the improper payments made
    under the program or activity; and
    ``(B) include the estimates described in
    subparagraph (A) in the accompanying materials to the
    annual financial statement of the executive agency and
    as required in applicable guidance of the Office of
    Management and Budget.
    ``(2) Lacking or insufficient documentation.--
    ``(A) In general.--For the purpose of producing an
    estimate under paragraph (1), when the executive agency
    cannot determine, due to lacking or insufficient
    documentation, whether a payment is proper or not, the
    payment shall be treated as an improper payment.
    ``(B) Separate report.--The head of an executive
    agency may report separately on what portion of the
    improper payments estimate for a program or activity of
    the executive agency under paragraph (1) is attributable
    to lacking or insufficient documentation.

    ``(d) Reports on Actions To Reduce Improper Payments.--With respect
    to any program or activity of an executive agency with estimated
    improper payments under subsection (c), the head of the executive agency
    shall provide with the estimate required

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    under subsection (c) a report on what actions the executive agency is
    taking to reduce improper payments, including--
    ``(1) a description of the causes of the improper payments,
    actions planned or taken to correct those causes, and the
    planned or actual completion date of the actions taken to
    address those causes;
    ``(2) in order to reduce improper payments to a level below
    which further expenditures to reduce improper payments would
    cost more than the amount those expenditures would save in
    prevented or recovered improper payments, a statement of whether
    the executive agency has what is needed with respect to--
    ``(A) internal controls;
    ``(B) human capital; and
    ``(C) information systems and other infrastructure;
    ``(3) if the executive agency does not have sufficient
    resources to establish and maintain effective internal controls
    as described in paragraph (2)(A), a description of the resources
    the executive agency has requested in the budget submission of
    the executive agency to establish and maintain those internal
    controls;
    ``(4) program-specific and activity-specific improper
    payments reduction targets that have been approved by the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
    ``(5) a description of the steps the executive agency has
    taken to ensure that executive agency managers, programs, and,
    where appropriate, States and local governments are held
    accountable through annual performance appraisal criteria for--
    ``(A) meeting applicable improper payments reduction
    targets; and
    ``(B) establishing and maintaining sufficient
    internal controls, including an appropriate control
    environment, that effectively--
    ``(i) prevent improper payments from being
    made; and
    ``(ii) promptly detect and recover improper
    payments that are made; and
    ``(6) a description of how the level of planned or completed
    actions by the executive agency to address the causes of the
    improper payments matches the level of improper payments,
    including a breakdown by category of improper payment and
    specific timelines for completion of those actions.

    ``(e) Reports on Actions To Recover Improper Payments.--With respect
    to improper payments identified in a recovery audit, the head of the
    executive agency shall provide with the estimate required under
    subsection (c) a report on all actions the executive agency is taking to
    recover the improper payments, including--
    ``(1) a discussion of the methods used by the executive
    agency to recover improper payments;
    ``(2) the amounts recovered, outstanding, and determined to
    not be collectable, including the percent those amounts
    represent of the total improper payments of the executive
    agency;
    ``(3) <>  if a determination has been
    made that certain improper payments are not collectable, a
    justification of that determination;
    ``(4) an aging schedule of the amounts outstanding;

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    ``(5) <>  a summary of how recovered amounts
    have been disposed of;
    ``(6) a discussion of any conditions giving rise to improper
    payments and how those conditions are being resolved; and
    ``(7) <>  if the executive agency has
    determined under subsection (i) that performing recovery audits
    for any applicable program or activity is not cost-effective, a
    justification for that determination.

    ``(f) Governmentwide Reporting of Improper Payments and Actions To
    Recover Improper Payments.--
    ``(1) Report.--Each fiscal year, the Director of the Office
    of Management and Budget shall submit a report with respect to
    the preceding fiscal year on actions that executive agencies
    have taken to report information regarding improper payments and
    actions to recover improper payments to--
    ``(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
    Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
    ``(B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the
    House of Representatives; and
    ``(C) the Comptroller General of the United States.
    ``(2) Contents.--Each report required under paragraph (1)
    shall include--
    ``(A) <>  a summary of the reports
    of each executive agency on improper payments and
    recovery actions submitted under this section;
    ``(B) an identification of the compliance status of
    each executive agency, as determined by the Inspector
    General of the executive agency under section 3353, to
    which this section applies;
    ``(C) Governmentwide improper payment reduction
    targets;
    ``(D) <>  a Governmentwide estimate
    of improper payments; and
    ``(E) a discussion of progress made towards meeting
    Governmentwide improper payment reduction targets.

    ``(g) Guidance by the Office of Management and Budget.--
    ``(1) <>  In general.--Not later than 1
    year after the date of enactment of this section, the Director
    of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe guidance
    for executive agencies to implement the requirements of this
    section, which shall not include any exemptions to those
    requirements that are not specifically authorized by this
    section.
    ``(2) Contents.--The guidance under paragraph (1) shall
    prescribe--
    ``(A) the form of the reports on actions to reduce
    improper payments, recovery actions, and Governmentwide
    reporting; and
    ``(B) strategies for addressing risks and
    establishing appropriate prepayment and postpayment
    internal controls.

    ``(h) Determinations of Agency Readiness for Opinion on Internal
    Control.--The criteria required to be developed under section 2(g) of
    the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010, as in effect
    on the day before the date of enactment of this section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and

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    ``(2) may be modified as determined appropriate by the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

    ``(i) Recovery Audits.--
    ``(1) In general.--
    ``(A) Conduct of audits.--Except as provided under
    paragraph (3) and if not prohibited under any other
    provision of law, the head of each executive agency
    shall conduct recovery audits with respect to each
    program and activity of the executive agency that
    expends $1,000,000 or more annually if conducting the
    audits would be cost effective.
    ``(B) Procedures.--In conducting a recovery audit
    under this subsection, the head of an executive agency--
    ``(i) shall give priority to the most recent
    payments and to payments made in any program
    identified as susceptible to significant improper
    payments under subsection (a);
    ``(ii) shall implement this subsection in a
    manner designed to ensure the greatest financial
    benefit to the Federal Government; and
    ``(iii) may conduct the recovery audit
    directly, by using other departments and agencies
    of the United States, or by procuring performance
    of recovery audits by private sector sources by
    contract, subject to the availability of
    appropriations, or by any combination thereof.
    ``(C) Recovery audit contracts.--With respect to a
    recovery audit procured by an executive agency by
    contract--
    ``(i) subject to subparagraph (B)(iii), and
    except to the extent such actions are outside the
    authority of the executive agency under section
    7103 of title 41, the head of the executive agency
    may authorize the contractor to--
    ``(I) notify entities, including
    individuals, of potential overpayments
    made to those entities;
    ``(II) respond to questions
    concerning potential overpayments; and
    ``(III) take other administrative
    actions with respect to an overpayment
    claim made or to be made by the
    executive agency; and
    ``(ii) the contractor shall not have the
    authority to make a final determination relating
    to whether any overpayment occurred or whether to
    compromise, settle, or terminate an overpayment
    claim.
    ``(D) Contract terms and conditions.--
    ``(i) <>  In general.--The
    executive agency shall include in each contract
    for procurement of performance of a recovery audit
    a requirement that the contractor shall--
    ``(I) <>
    provide to the executive agency periodic
    reports on conditions giving rise to
    overpayments identified by the
    contractor and any recommendations on
    how to mitigate those conditions;
    ``(II) <>
    notify the executive agency of any
    overpayments identified by the
    contractor pertaining to the executive
    agency or to any other executive

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    agency that are beyond the scope of the
    contract; and
    ``(III) report to the executive
    agency credible evidence of fraud or
    vulnerabilities to fraud and conduct
    appropriate training of personnel of the
    contractor on identification of fraud.
    ``(ii) Reports on actions taken.--Each
    executive agency shall, on an annual basis,
    include in annual financial statement of the
    executive agency a report on actions taken by the
    executive agency during the preceding fiscal year
    to address the recommendations described in clause
    (i)(I).
    ``(E) Agency action following notification.--Each
    executive agency shall--
    ``(i) take prompt and appropriate action in
    response to a report or notification by a
    contractor under subclause (I) or (II) of
    subparagraph (D)(i) to collect an overpayment; and
    ``(ii) forward to other executive agencies any
    information that applies to that executive agency.
    ``(2) Disposition of amounts recovered.--
    ``(A) In general.--Amounts collected by executive
    agencies each fiscal year through recovery audits shall
    be treated in accordance with this paragraph.
    ``(B) <>  Distribution.--The
    head of an executive agency shall determine the
    distribution of collected amounts described in
    subparagraph (A), less amounts needed to fulfill the
    purposes of section 3562(a) of this title, in accordance
    with subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E).
    ``(C) Use for financial management improvement
    program.--Not more than 25 percent of the amounts
    collected by an executive agency through recovery
    audits--
    ``(i) shall be available to the head of the
    executive agency to carry out the financial
    management improvement program of the executive
    agency under paragraph (3);
    ``(ii) may be credited, if applicable, for the
    purpose described in clause (i) by the head of an
    executive agency to any executive agency
    appropriations and funds that are available for
    obligation at the time of collection; and
    ``(iii) shall be used to supplement and not
    supplant any other amounts available for the
    purpose described in clause (i) and shall remain
    available until expended.
    ``(D) Use for original purpose.--Not more than 25
    percent of the amounts collected by an executive agency
    through recovery audits--
    ``(i) shall be credited to the appropriation
    or fund, if any, available for obligation at the
    time of collection for the same general purposes
    as the appropriation or fund from which the
    overpayment was made;
    ``(ii) shall remain available for the same
    period and purposes as the appropriation or fund
    to which credited; and
    ``(iii) if the appropriation from which an
    overpayment was made has expired--

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    ``(I) in the case of recoveries of
    overpayments that are made from a trust
    or special fund account, shall revert to
    that account; and
    ``(II) in the case of other
    recoveries of overpayments--
    ``(aa) for amounts that are
    recovered more than 5 fiscal
    years from the last fiscal year
    in which the funds were
    available for obligation, shall
    be deposited in the Treasury as
    miscellaneous receipts; and
    ``(bb) for other amounts,
    shall be newly available for the
    same time period as the funds
    were originally available for
    obligation.
    ``(E) Use for inspector general activities.--Not
    more than 5 percent of the amounts collected by an
    executive agency through recovery audits--
    ``(i) shall be available to the Inspector
    General of that executive agency for--
    ``(I) the Inspector General to carry
    out this Act; or
    ``(II) any other activities of the
    Inspector General relating to
    investigating improper payments or
    auditing internal controls associated
    with payments; and
    ``(ii) shall remain available for the same
    period and purposes as the appropriation or fund
    to which credited.
    ``(F) Remainder.--Amounts collected that are not
    applied in accordance with subparagraph (B), (C), (D),
    or (E) shall be deposited in the Treasury as
    miscellaneous receipts, except that in the case of
    recoveries of overpayments that are made from trust or
    special fund accounts, those amounts shall revert to
    those accounts.
    ``(G) <>  Discretionary
    amounts.--This paragraph shall apply only to recoveries
    of overpayments that are made from discretionary
    appropriations, as defined in section 250(c)(7) of the
    Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
    1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)(7)), and shall not apply to
    recoveries of overpayments that are made from
    discretionary amounts that were appropriated before the
    date of enactment of the Improper Payments Elimination
    and Recovery Act of 2010, as in effect on the day before
    the date of enactment of this section.
    ``(H) Application.--This paragraph shall not apply
    to the recovery of an overpayment if the appropriation
    from which the overpayment was made has not expired.
    ``(3) Financial management improvement program.--
    ``(A) <>  Requirement.--The head
    of each executive agency shall conduct a financial
    management improvement program consistent with rules
    prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management
    and Budget.
    ``(B) Program features.--In conducting a program
    described in subparagraph (A), the head of an executive
    agency--
    ``(i) shall, as the first priority of the
    program, address problems that contribute directly
    to executive agency improper payments; and

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    ``(ii) may seek to reduce errors and waste in
    other executive agency programs and operations.
    ``(4) Privacy protections.--Any nongovernmental entity that,
    in the course of recovery auditing or recovery activity under
    this subsection, obtains information that identifies an
    individual or with respect to which there is a reasonable basis
    to believe that the information can be used to identify an
    individual, may not disclose the information for any purpose
    other than the recovery auditing or recovery activity and
    governmental oversight of the activity, unless disclosure for
    that other purpose is authorized by the individual to the
    executive agency that contracted for the performance of the
    recovery auditing or recovery activity.
    ``(5) Rule of construction.--Except as provided under
    paragraph (4), nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
    terminating or in any way limiting authorities that are
    otherwise available to executive agencies under existing
    provisions of law to recover improper payments and use recovered
    amounts.
    ``Sec. 3353. <>  Compliance

    ``(a) Annual Compliance Report by Inspectors General of Executive
    Agencies.--
    ``(1) In general.--Each fiscal year, the Inspector General
    of each executive agency shall--
    ``(A) <>  determine whether
    the executive agency is in compliance; and
    ``(B) submit a report on the determination made
    under subparagraph (A) to--
    ``(i) the head of the executive agency;
    ``(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and
    Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
    ``(iii) the Committee on Oversight and Reform
    of the House of Representatives; and
    ``(iv) the Comptroller General of the United
    States.
    ``(2) <>  Development or use of a
    central website.--The Council of the Inspectors General on
    Integrity and Efficiency (in this subsection referred to as the
    `Council') shall develop a public central website, or make use
    of a public central website in existence on the date of
    enactment of this section, to contain individual compliance
    determination reports issued by Inspectors General under
    paragraph (1)(B) and such additional information as determined
    by the Council.
    ``(3) <>  OMB
    guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
    of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget, in consultation with the Council and with consideration
    given to the available resources and independence of individual
    Offices of Inspectors General, shall develop and promulgate
    guidance for the compliance determination reports issued by the
    Inspectors General under paragraph (1)(B), which shall require
    that--
    ``(A) the reporting format used by the Inspectors
    General is consistent;
    ``(B) Inspectors General evaluate and take into
    account the adequacy of executive agency risk
    assessments, improper payment estimates methodology, and
    executive

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    agency action plans to address the causes of improper
    payments;
    ``(C) Inspectors General take into account whether
    the executive agency has correctly identified the causes
    of improper payments and whether the actions of the
    executive agency to address those causes are adequate
    and effective;
    ``(D) Inspectors General evaluate the adequacy of
    executive agency action plans on how the executive
    agency addresses the causes of improper payments; and
    ``(E) as part of the report, Inspectors General
    include an evaluation of executive agency efforts to
    prevent and reduce improper payments and any
    recommendations for actions to further improve that
    prevention and reduction.
    ``(4) <>  CIGIE guidance.--Not
    later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section,
    the Council shall, with consideration given to the available
    resources and independence of individual Offices of Inspectors
    General, develop and promulgate guidance that specifies
    procedures for compliance determinations made by the Inspectors
    General under paragraph (1)(A), which shall describe procedures
    for Inspectors General--
    ``(A) <>  to make the
    determinations consistent regarding compliance; and
    ``(B) <>  to
    evaluate--
    ``(i) for compliance with the requirement
    described in section 3351(2)(B), the risk
    assessment methodology of the executive agency,
    including whether the audits, examinations, and
    legal actions of the Inspector General indicate a
    higher risk of improper payments or actual
    improper payments that were not included in the
    risk assessments of the executive agency conducted
    under section 3352(a);
    ``(ii) for compliance with the requirement
    described in section 3351(2)(C), the accuracy of
    the rate estimates and whether the sampling and
    estimation plan used is appropriate given program
    characteristics;
    ``(iii) for compliance with the requirement
    described in section 3351(2)(D), the corrective
    action plans and whether the plans are adequate
    and focused on the true causes of improper
    payments, including whether the corrective action
    plans are--
    ``(I) reducing improper payments;
    ``(II) effectively implemented; and
    ``(III) prioritized within the
    executive agency;
    ``(iv) the adequacy of executive agency action
    plans to address the causes of improper payments;
    ``(v) executive agency efforts to prevent and
    reduce improper payments, and any recommendations
    for actions to further improve; and
    ``(vi) whether an executive agency has
    published an annual financial statement in
    accordance with the requirement described in
    section 3351(2)(A).

    ``(b) Remediation.--
    ``(1) Noncompliance.--
    ``(A) <>  In general.--
    If an executive agency is determined by the Inspector
    General of that executive agency not to be in compliance
    under subsection (a) in a fiscal year

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    with respect to a program or activity, the head of the
    executive agency shall submit to the appropriate
    authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress a
    plan describing the actions that the executive agency
    will take to come into compliance.
    ``(B) Plan.--The plan described in subparagraph (A)
    shall include--
    ``(i) measurable milestones to be accomplished
    in order to achieve compliance for each program or
    activity;
    ``(ii) the designation of a senior executive
    agency official who shall be accountable for the
    progress of the executive agency in coming into
    compliance for each program or activity; and
    ``(iii) the establishment of an accountability
    mechanism, such as a performance agreement, with
    appropriate incentives and consequences tied to
    the success of the official designated under
    clause (ii) in leading the efforts of the
    executive agency to come into compliance for each
    program or activity.
    ``(2) Noncompliance for 2 fiscal years.--
    ``(A) <>  In
    general.--If an executive agency is determined by the
    Inspector General of that executive agency not to be in
    compliance under subsection (a) for 2 consecutive fiscal
    years for the same program or activity, the executive
    agency shall propose to the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget additional program integrity
    proposals that would help the executive agency come into
    compliance.
    ``(B) Additional funding.--
    ``(i) <>  In general.--
    If the Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget determines that additional funding would
    help an executive agency described in subparagraph
    (A) come into compliance, the head of the
    executive agency shall obligate additional
    funding, in an amount determined by the Director,
    to intensified compliance efforts.
    ``(ii) Reprogramming or transfer authority.--
    In providing additional funding under clause (i)--
    ``(I) the head of an executive
    agency shall use any reprogramming or
    transfer authority available to the
    executive agency; and
    ``(II) if after exercising the
    reprogramming or transfer authority
    described in subclause (I), additional
    funding is necessary to obligate the
    full level of funding determined by the
    Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget under clause (i), the executive
    agency shall submit a request to
    Congress for additional reprogramming or
    transfer authority.
    ``(3) <>  Reauthorization
    and statutory proposals.--If an executive agency is determined
    by the Inspector General of that executive agency not to be in
    compliance under subsection (a) for 3 consecutive fiscal years
    for the same program or activity, the head of the executive
    agency shall, not later than 30 days after the date of that
    determination, submit to the

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    appropriate authorizing and appropriations committees of
    Congress and the Comptroller General of the United States--
    ``(A)(i) reauthorization proposals for each program
    or activity that has not been in compliance for 3 or
    more consecutive fiscal years; and
    ``(ii) proposed statutory changes necessary to bring
    the program or activity into compliance; or
    ``(B) if the head of the executive agency determines
    that clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) will not
    bring the program or activity into compliance, a
    description of the actions that the executive agency is
    undertaking to bring the program or activity into
    compliance and a timeline of when the compliance will be
    achieved.
    ``(4) <>  Plan and timeline for
    compliance.--If an executive agency is determined by the
    Inspector General of that executive agency not to be in
    compliance under subsection (a) for 4 or more consecutive fiscal
    years for the same program or activity, the head of the
    executive agency shall, not later than 30 days after such
    determination, submit to the appropriate authorizing and
    appropriations committees of Congress a report that includes--
    ``(A) the activities taken to comply with the
    requirements for 1, 2, 3, 4, or more years of
    noncompliance;
    ``(B) a description of any requirements that were
    fulfilled for 1, 2, or 3 consecutive years of
    noncompliance that are still relevant and being pursued
    as a means to bring the program or activity into
    compliance and prevent and reduce improper payments;
    ``(C) a description of any new corrective actions;
    and
    ``(D) a timeline for when the program or activity
    will achieve compliance based on the actions described
    within the report.
    ``(5) Annual report.--Each executive agency shall submit to
    the appropriate authorizing and appropriations committees of
    Congress and the Comptroller General of the United States--
    ``(A) <>  a list of each program or
    activity that was determined to not be in compliance
    under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4); and
    ``(B) actions that are planned to bring the program
    or activity into compliance.

    ``(c) Compliance Enforcement Pilot Programs.--The Director of the
    Office of Management and Budget may establish 1 or more pilot programs
    that shall test potential accountability mechanisms with appropriate
    incentives and consequences tied to success in ensuring compliance with
    this section and eliminating improper payments.
    ``(d) Improved Estimates Guidance.--The guidance required to be
    provided under section 3(b) of the Improper Payments Elimination and
    Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, as in effect on the day before the
    date of enactment of this section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and
    ``(2) may be modified as determined appropriate by the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``Sec. 3354. <>  Do Not Pay Initiative

    ``(a) Prepayment and Preaward Procedures.--

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    ``(1) <>  In general.--Each executive agency
    shall review prepayment and preaward procedures and ensure that
    a thorough review of available databases with relevant
    information on eligibility occurs to determine program or award
    eligibility and prevent improper payments before the release of
    any Federal funds.
    ``(2) <>  Databases.--At a minimum and before
    issuing any payment or award, each executive agency shall review
    as appropriate the following databases to verify eligibility of
    the payment and award:
    ``(A) The death records maintained by the
    Commissioner of Social Security.
    ``(B) The System for Award Management Exclusion
    Records, formerly known as the Excluded Parties List
    System, of the General Services Administration.
    ``(C) The Debt Check Database of the Department of
    the Treasury.
    ``(D) The Credit Alert System or Credit Alert
    Interactive Voice Response System of the Department of
    Housing and Urban Development.
    ``(E) The List of Excluded Individuals/Entities of
    the Office of Inspector General of the Department of
    Health and Human Services.
    ``(F) Information regarding incarcerated individuals
    maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security under
    sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Social Security Act
    (42 U.S.C. 402(x), 1382(e)).

    ``(b) Do Not Pay Initiative.--
    ``(1) In general.--There is the Do Not Pay Initiative, which
    shall include--
    ``(A) use of the databases described in subsection
    (a)(2); and
    ``(B) <>  use of other
    databases designated by the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget, or the designee of the Director,
    in consultation with executive agencies and in
    accordance with paragraph (2).
    ``(2) Other databases.--In making designations of other
    databases under paragraph (1)(B), the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget, or the head of any executive agency
    designated by the Director, shall--
    ``(A) consider any database that substantially
    assists in preventing improper payments; and
    ``(B) <>  provide public
    notice and an opportunity for comment before designating
    a database under paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(3) Access and review.--
    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of identifying and
    preventing improper payments, each executive agency
    shall have access to, and use of, the Do Not Pay
    Initiative to verify payment or award eligibility in
    accordance with subsection (a).
    ``(B) Matching programs.--
    ``(i) <>  In general.--The head of the agency
    operating the Working System may, in consultation
    with the Office of Management and Budget, waive
    the requirements of section 552a(o) of title 5 in
    any case or class of cases for computer matching
    activities conducted under this section.

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    ``(ii) Guidance.--The Director of the Office
    of Management and Budget may issue guidance that
    establishes requirements governing waivers under
    clause (i).
    ``(C) Other entities.--Each State and any
    contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a State,
    including a State auditor or State program responsible
    for reducing improper payments of a federally funded
    State-administered program, and the judicial and
    legislative branches of the United States, as defined in
    paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 202(e)
    of title 18, shall have access to, and use of, the Do
    Not Pay Initiative for the purpose of verifying payment
    or award eligibility for payments.
    ``(D) <>  Consistency with privacy
    act of 1974.--To ensure consistency with the principles
    of section 552a of title 5 (commonly known as the
    `Privacy Act of 1974'), the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget may issue guidance that
    establishes privacy and other requirements that shall be
    incorporated into Do Not Pay Initiative access
    agreements with States, including any contractor,
    subcontractor, or agent of a State, and the judicial and
    legislative branches of the United States, as defined in
    paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 202(e)
    of title 18.
    ``(4) Payment otherwise required.--When using the Do Not Pay
    Initiative, an executive agency shall recognize that there may
    be circumstances under which the law requires a payment or award
    to be made to a recipient, regardless of whether that recipient
    is identified as potentially ineligible under the Do Not Pay
    Initiative.
    ``(5) Annual report.--The Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget shall submit to Congress an annual report,
    which may be included as part of another report submitted to
    Congress by the Director, regarding the operation of the Do Not
    Pay Initiative, which shall--
    ``(A) <>  include an evaluation
    of whether the Do Not Pay Initiative has reduced
    improper payments or improper awards; and
    ``(B) provide the frequency of corrections or
    identification of incorrect information.

    ``(c) Initial Working System.--The working system required to be
    established under section 5(d) of the Improper Payments Elimination and
    Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, as in effect on the day before the
    date of enactment of this section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and
    ``(2) <>  shall require each
    executive agency to review all payments and awards for all
    programs and activities of that executive agency through the
    working system.

    ``(d) Facilitating Data Access by Federal Agencies and Offices of
    Inspectors General for Purposes of Program Integrity.--
    ``(1) Computer matching by executive agencies for purposes
    of investigation and prevention of improper payments and
    fraud.--
    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in this
    paragraph, in accordance with section 552a of title 5
    (commonly

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    known as the `Privacy Act of 1974'), the head of each
    executive agency may enter into computer matching
    agreements with other heads of executive agencies that
    allow ongoing data matching, which shall include
    automated data matching, in order to assist in the
    detection and prevention of improper payments.
    ``(B) <>  Review.--Not later than
    60 days after the date on which a proposal for an
    agreement under subparagraph (A) has been presented to a
    Data Integrity Board established under section 552a(u)
    of title 5 for consideration, the Data Integrity Board
    shall respond to the proposal.
    ``(C) Termination date.--An agreement described in
    subparagraph (A)--
    ``(i) shall have a termination date of less
    than 3 years; and
    ``(ii) during the 3-month period ending on the
    date on which the agreement is scheduled to
    terminate, may be renewed by the executive
    agencies entering the agreement for not more than
    3 years.
    ``(D) <>  Multiple agencies.--
    For purposes of this paragraph, section 552a(o)(1) of
    title 5 shall be applied by substituting `between the
    source agency and the recipient agency or non-Federal
    agency or an agreement governing multiple agencies' for
    `between the source agency and the recipient agency or
    non-Federal agency' in the matter preceding subparagraph
    (A).
    ``(E) Cost-benefit analysis.--A justification under
    section 552a(o)(1)(B) of title 5 relating to an
    agreement under subparagraph (A) is not required to
    contain a specific estimate of any savings under the
    computer matching agreement.
    ``(2) Guidance and procedures by the office of management
    and budget.--The guidance, rules, and procedures required to be
    issued, clarified, and established under paragraphs (3) and (4)
    of section 5(e) of the Improper Payments Elimination and
    Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, as in effect on the day before
    the date of enactment of this section--
    ``(A) <>  shall continue to be in
    effect on and after the date of enactment of this
    section; and
    ``(B) may be modified as determined appropriate by
    the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``(3) <>  Compliance.--The head of each
    executive agency, in consultation with the Inspector General of
    the executive agency, shall ensure that any information provided
    to an individual or entity under this subsection is provided in
    accordance with protocols established under this subsection.
    ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection
    shall be construed--
    ``(A) to affect the rights of an individual under
    section 552a(p) of title 5; or
    ``(B) to impede the exercise of an exemption
    provided to Inspectors General or by an executive agency
    in coordination with an Inspector General under section
    6(j) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
    App.).

    ``(e) Plan To Curb Federal Improper Payments to Deceased Individuals
    by Improving the Quality and Use by Federal

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    Agencies of the Social Security Administration Death Master File and
    Other Death Data.--
    ``(1) <>  Establishment.--In
    conjunction with the Commissioner of Social Security and in
    consultation with relevant stakeholders that have an interest in
    or responsibility for providing the data, and each State, the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall conduct a
    study and update the plan required to be established under
    section 5(g) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery
    Improvement Act of 2012, as in effect on the day before the date
    of enactment of this section, for improving the quality,
    accuracy, and timeliness of death data maintained by the Social
    Security Administration, including death information reported to
    the Commissioner under section 205(r) of the Social Security Act
    (42 U.S.C. 405(r)).
    ``(2) <>  Additional actions under
    plan.--The plan described in this subsection shall include
    recommended actions by executive agencies to--
    ``(A) increase the quality and frequency of access
    to the Death Master File and other death data;
    ``(B) achieve a goal of at least daily access as
    appropriate;
    ``(C) provide for all States and other data
    providers to use improved and electronic means for
    providing data;
    ``(D) identify improved methods by executive
    agencies for determining ineligible payments due to the
    death of a recipient through proactive verification
    means; and
    ``(E) address improper payments made by executive
    agencies to deceased individuals as part of Federal
    retirement programs.
    ``(3) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
    enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget shall submit a report to Congress on the
    plan described in this subsection, including recommended
    legislation.
    ``Sec. 3355. <>  Improving recovery of
    improper payments

    ``The <>  Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget shall determine--
    ``(1) current and historical rates and amounts of recovery
    of improper payments, or, in cases in which improper payments
    are identified solely on the basis of a sample, recovery rates
    and amounts estimated on the basis of the applicable sample,
    including a list of executive agency recovery audit contract
    programs and specific information of amounts and payments
    recovered by recovery audit contractors; and
    ``(2) targets for recovering improper payments, including
    specific information on amounts and payments recovered by
    recovery audit contractors.
    ``Sec. 3356. <>  Improving the use of data by
    executive agencies for curbing improper payments

    ``(a) Prompt Reporting of Death Information by the Department of
    State and the Department of Defense.--The procedure required to be
    established under section 7(a) of the Improper Payments Elimination and
    Recovery Improvement Act

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    of 2012, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
    section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and
    ``(2) may be modified as determined appropriate by the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

    ``(b) Prompt Reporting of Death Information by the Department of
    Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management.--Not later than
    1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of
    Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
    shall establish a procedure under which the Secretary and the Director--
    ``(1) shall promptly and on a regular basis submit
    information relating to the deaths of individuals, including
    stopped payments data as applicable, to each executive agency
    for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
    determines receiving and using such information would be
    relevant and necessary; and
    ``(2) to facilitate the centralized access of death data for
    the use of reducing improper payments, may identify additional
    Federal sources of death data and direct the data owner to
    provide that data to 1 or more executive agencies for that
    purpose.

    ``(c) Guidance to Executive Agencies Regarding Data Access and Use
    for Improper Payments Purposes.--The guidance required to be issued
    under section 7(b) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery
    Improvement Act of 2012, as in effect on the day before the date of
    enactment of this section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and
    ``(2) may be modified as determined appropriate by the
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``Sec. 3357. <>  Financial and administrative
    controls relating to fraud and improper payments

    ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `agency' has the
    meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5.
    ``(b) Guidelines.--The guidelines required to be established under
    section 3(a) of the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015, as
    in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this section--
    ``(1) <>  shall continue to be in effect
    on and after the date of enactment of this section; and
    ``(2) <>  may be periodically modified
    by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
    consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States,
    as the Director and Comptroller General may determine necessary.

    ``(c) Requirements for Controls.--The guidelines described in
    subsection (b) shall include--
    ``(1) <>  conducting an evaluation of
    fraud risks and using a risk-based approach to design and
    implement financial and administrative control activities to
    mitigate identified fraud risks;
    ``(2) <>  collecting and analyzing data from
    reporting mechanisms on detected fraud to monitor fraud trends
    and using that data and information to continuously improve
    fraud prevention controls; and

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    ``(3) using the results of monitoring, evaluation, audits,
    and investigations to improve fraud prevention, detection, and
    response.

    ``(d) Report.--For each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020, each agency
    shall submit to Congress, as part of the annual financial report of the
    agency, a report of the agency on--
    ``(1) implementing--
    ``(A) the financial and administrative controls
    described in subsection (b);
    ``(B) the fraud risk principle in the Standards for
    Internal Control in the Federal Government published by
    the Government Accountability Office (commonly known as
    the `Green Book'); and
    ``(C) Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
    123, or any successor thereto, with respect to the
    leading practices for managing fraud risk;
    ``(2) identifying risks and vulnerabilities to fraud,
    including with respect to payroll, beneficiary payments, grants,
    large contracts, and purchase and travel cards; and
    ``(3) establishing strategies, procedures, and other steps
    to curb fraud.
    ``Sec. 3358. <>  Interagency working group for
    Governmentwide payment integrity improvement

    ``(a) Working Group.--
    ``(1) <>  Establishment.--Not later than 90
    days after the date of enactment of this section, there is
    established an interagency working group on payment integrity--
    ``(A) to improve--
    ``(i) State-administered Federal programs to
    determine eligibility processes and data sharing
    practices;
    ``(ii) the guidelines described in section
    3357(b) and other best practices and techniques
    for detecting, preventing, and responding to
    improper payments, including improper payments
    that are the result of fraud; and
    ``(iii) <>  the sharing and
    development of data analytics techniques to help
    prevent and identify potential improper payments,
    including those that are the result of fraud; and
    ``(B) to identify any additional activities that
    will improve payment integrity of Federal programs.
    ``(2) Composition.--The interagency working group
    established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of--
    ``(A) the Director of the Office of Management and
    Budget;
    ``(B) 1 representative from each of the agencies
    described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of
    this title; and
    ``(C) any other representatives of other executive
    agencies determined appropriate by the Director of the
    Office of Management and Budget, which may include the
    Chief Information Officer, the Chief Procurement
    Officer, the Chief Risk Officer, or the Chief Operating
    Officer of an executive agency.

    ``(b) <>  Consultation.--The working group
    established under subsection (a)(1) may consult with Offices of
    Inspectors General and

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    Federal and non-Federal experts on fraud risk assessments,
    administrative controls over payment integrity, financial controls, and
    other relevant matters.

    ``(c) Meetings.--The working group established under subsection
    (a)(1) shall hold not fewer than 4 meetings per year.
    ``(d) <>  Report.--Not later than 240 days after the
    date of enactment of this section, the working group established under
    subsection (a)(1) shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
    ``(1) a plan containing tangible solutions to prevent and
    reduce improper payments; and
    ``(2) a plan for State agencies to work with Federal
    agencies to regularly review lists of beneficiaries of State-
    managed Federal programs for duplicate enrollment between
    States, including how the Do Not Pay Business Center and the
    data analytics initiative of the Department of the Treasury
    could aid in the detection of duplicate enrollment.''.

    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
    chapter 33 of title <> 31, United States Code,
    is amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``subchapter iv--improper payments

    ``3351. Definitions.
    ``3352. Estimates of improper payments and reports on actions to reduce
    improper payments.
    ``3353. Compliance.
    ``3354. Do Not Pay Initiative.
    ``3355. Improving recovery of improper payments.
    ``3356. Improving the use of data by executive agencies for curbing
    improper payments.
    ``3357. Financial and administrative controls relating to fraud and
    improper payments.
    ``3358. Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity
    improvement.''.

    SEC. 3. REPEALS.

    (a) In General.--
    (1) Improper payments information act of 2002.--The Improper
    Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is
    repealed.
    (2) Improper payments elimination and recovery act of
    2010.--The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of
    2010 <> (Public Law 114-
    204; 124 Stat. 2224) is repealed.
    (3) Improper payments elimination and recovery improvement
    act of 2012.--The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery
    Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is repealed.
    (4) Fraud reduction and data analytics act of 2015.--The
    Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015 (31 U.S.C. 3321
    note) is repealed.

    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
    (1) Government charge card abuse prevention act of 2012.--
    Section 6(a) of the Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act
    of 2012 (5 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended by striking ``section
    3512 of title 31, United States Code, or in the Improper
    Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)'' and
    inserting ``section 3512 or subchapter IV of chapter 33 of title
    31, United States Code''.
    (2) Homeland security act of 2002.--Section 2022(a) of the
    Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended--

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    (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``Consistent
    with the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31
    U.S.C. 3321 note)'' and inserting ``Consistent with
    subchapter IV of chapter 33 of title 31, United States
    Code''; and
    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``section 2(h) of
    the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of
    2010 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)'' and inserting ``section
    3352(i) of title 31, United States Code,''.
    (3) Social security act.--Section 2105 of the Social
    Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)) is amended by striking
    ``Improper Payments Information Act of 2002'' each place that
    term appears and inserting ``subchapter IV of chapter 33 of
    title 31, United States Code''.
    (4) Title 31.--Section 3562(a) of title 31, United States
    Code, is amended--
    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
    (i) by striking ``section 3561'' and inserting
    ``section 3352(i)''; and
    (ii) by striking ``agency for the following
    purposes:'' and all that follows through ``To
    reimburse'' and inserting ``agency to reimburse'';
    and
    (B) by striking paragraph (2).

    Approved March 2, 2020.

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    Affairs).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
    Vol. 165 (2019):
    July 16, considered and passed
    Senate.
    Vol. 166 (2020):
    Feb. 5, considered and passed House.