Special Inspector General for Program Fraud Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3643 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3643 To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Program Fraud, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2026 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Program Fraud, 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 ``Special Inspector General for Program Fraud Act''. SEC. 2. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PROGRAM FRAUD. (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are as follows: (1) To provide for the independent and objective conduct and supervision of audits and investigations relating to programs funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for child assistance programs in the United States. (2) To provide for the independent and objective leadership and coordination of, and recommendations on, policies designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in such programs described in paragraph (1). (3) To provide for an independent and objective means of keeping the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the heads of the other covered Federal agencies, and Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and the necessity for and progress on corrective action. (b) Office of Inspector General.--There is hereby established the Office of the Special Inspector General for Program Fraud to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (a). (c) Appo