ZOMBIE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8467 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8467 To reform the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 to ensure executive agencies focus on fraud prevention, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Mr. Palmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reform the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 to ensure executive agencies focus on fraud prevention, 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 ``Zeroing Out Monetary Benefits Improperly Expended Act'' or the ``ZOMBIE Act''. SEC. 2. REFORMS TO PAYMENT INTEGRITY INFORMATION ACT OF 2019. (a) Definitions.--Section 3351 of title 31, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)-- (i) in clause (i)-- (I) by inserting ``information on'' before ``improper payments''; (II) by striking ``information with'' and inserting ``resulting in financial loss to the Government with''; and (III) by striking ``and'' at the end; and (ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: ``(iii) published information on improper payments resulting in financial loss to the Government with the annual budget justification of the executive agency for the most recent fiscal year;''; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively (and by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively); (C) in subparagraph (A)(iv), as so redesignated, by striking ``if required, has''; (D) in subparagraph (A)(v), as so redesignated, by strik