Protecting American Taxpayers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4378 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)] <DOC> Calendar No. 401 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4378 To combat fraud in Federal programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2026 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Banks, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Husted, Mr. McCormick, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time April 27, 2026 Read the second time and placed on the calendar _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To combat fraud in Federal programs, 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 ``Protecting American Taxpayers Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. DIVISION A--RECOVERING STOLEN FUNDS TITLE I--IMPROPER PAYMENTS Sec. 1101. Short title. Sec. 1102. Preventing fraud in child care services. Sec. 1103. Identifying fraud in health care services. Sec. 1104. Recovering improper payments. TITLE II--ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES NOT FRAUDSTERS Sec. 1201. Short title. Sec. 1202. Assistance prohibited after fraud conviction. TITLE III--WELFARE ABUSE AND LAUNDERING ZILLIONS Sec. 1301. Short title. Sec. 1302. Requiring investigations of certain payment increases under State programs funded by the Department of Health and Human Services. TITLE IV--RETURNING UNSPENT COVID FUNDS Sec. 1401. Short title. Sec. 1402. Rescission of unused COVID funding. TITLE V--BONUSES FOR COST-CUTTERS Sec. 1501. Short title. Sec. 1502. Cost savings enhancements. TITLE VI--IMPROPER PAYMENTS TRANSPARENCY Sec. 2601. Short title. Sec. 260