Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8463 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8463 To establish governmentwide requirements for pre-payment fraud prevention actions, to provide the U.S. Treasury appropriate data resources, to facilitate participation in governmentwide anti-fraud data sharing, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Mr. Comer (for himself and Mr. Arrington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish governmentwide requirements for pre-payment fraud prevention actions, to provide the U.S. Treasury appropriate data resources, to facilitate participation in governmentwide anti-fraud data sharing, 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 ``Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act''. SEC. 2. PRE-PAYMENT FRAUD PREVENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCIES. (a) Establishment of Pre-Payment Agency Responsibilities.-- (1) Amendment.--Chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3325 the following: ``Sec. 3325a. Agency duties for fraud and improper payment prevention before the issuance of a payment voucher request ``(a) Mandatory Actions Before Issuing a Payment Voucher.--The head of an agency, or an officer or employee described in section 3325(a)(1)(B), may not certify a voucher under section 3325 until the following require