Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 28, 2015.  Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 to extend the availability of the Do Not Pay Initiative to states, any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a state, and the judicial and legislative branches of the United States. Authorizes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance for establishing privacy and other requirements for incorporation into Do Not Pay Initiative access agreements with states and judicial and legislative branches.  (Sec. 3) Modifies such Act to require each federal agency to review the death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) (currently, the Death Master File of SSA).  Directs the Departments of Defense and State to establish a procedure for submitting information on the deaths of individuals to federal agencies promptly and on a regular basis.  Requires the OMB and the heads of other relevant governmental entities to issue guidance on the implementation of the Do Not Pay Initiative to the Department of the Treasury and each agency and component of an agency: (1) that operates or maintains a database of information; or (2) for which the OMB determines improved data matching would be relevant, necessary, or beneficial.  (Sec. 4) Directs Treasury to submit a report to Congress that describes: (1) data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Business Center operated by Treasury, (2) metrics used in determining whether analytic and investigatory efforts have reduced improper payments or awards, and (3) the target dates for implementing the data analytics operations.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Improper Payments 
Coordination Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF THE DO NOT PAY INITIATIVE TO THE JUDICIAL AND 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES AND STATES.
    Section 5 of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(3)--
            (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``by agencies'';
            (B) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) In general.--For purposes''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) Other entities.--States and 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, United States Code), shall have access to, and use 
        of, the Do Not Pay Initiative for the purpose of verifying 
        payment or award eligibility for payments (as defined in 
        section 2(g)(3) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 
        2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)) when, with respect to a State, the 
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines that 
        the Do Not Pay Initiative is appropriately established for that 
        State and any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of the State, 
        and, with respect to the judicial and legislative branches of 
        the United States, when the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget determines that the Do Not Pay Initiative 
        is appropriately established for the judicial branch or the 
        legislative branch, as applicable.
            ``(C) Consistency with privacy act of 1974.--To ensure 
        consistency with the principles of section 552a of title 5, 
        United States Code (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.''; and
        (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
            (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
            ``(D) may include States and their quasi-government 
        entities, 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, United States 
        Code) as users of the system in accordance with subsection 
        (b)(3).''.
SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE SHARING AND USE OF DATA BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO 
CURB IMPROPER PAYMENTS.
    The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 
2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended--
        (1) in section 5(a)(2), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(A) The death records maintained by the Commissioner of 
        Social Security.''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 7. IMPROVING THE USE OF DATA BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR CURBING 
IMPROPER PAYMENTS.
    ``(a) Prompt Reporting of Death Information by the Department of 
State and the Department of Defense.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish a procedure under which each 
Secretary shall, promptly and on a regular basis, submit information 
relating to the deaths of individuals to each agency for which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines receiving 
and using such information would be relevant and necessary.
    ``(b) Guidance to Agencies Regarding Data Access and Use for 
Improper Payments Purposes.--
        ``(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, in consultation with the Council of the Inspectors 
    General on Integrity and Efficiency, the heads of other relevant 
    Federal, State, and local agencies, and Indian tribes and tribal 
    organizations, as appropriate, shall issue guidance regarding 
    implementation of the Do Not Pay Initiative under section 5 to--
            ``(A) the Department of the Treasury; and
            ``(B) each agency or component of an agency--
                ``(i) that operates or maintains a database of 
            information described in section 5(a)(2); or
                ``(ii) for which the Director determines improved data 
            matching would be relevant, necessary, or beneficial.
        ``(2) Requirements.--The guidance issued under paragraph (1) 
    shall--
            ``(A) address the implementation of subsection (a); and
            ``(B) include the establishment of deadlines for access to 
        and use of the databases described in section 5(a)(2) under the 
        Do Not Pay Initiative.''.
SEC. 4. DATA ANALYTICS.
    Section 5 of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(h) Report on Improper Payments Data Analysis.--Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Improper Payments 
Coordination Act of 2015, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to 
Congress a report which shall include a description of--
        ``(1) data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay 
    Business Center operated by the Department of the Treasury for the 
    purpose of detecting, preventing, and recovering improper payments 
    through preaward, postaward prepayment, and postpayment analysis, 
    which shall include a description of any analysis or investigations 
    incorporating--
            ``(A) review and data matching of payments and beneficiary 
        enrollment lists of State programs carried out using Federal 
        funds for the purposes of identifying eligibility duplication, 
        residency ineligibility, duplicate payments, or other potential 
        improper payment issues;
            ``(B) review of multiple Federal agencies and programs for 
        which comparison of data could show payment duplication; and
            ``(C) review of other information the Secretary of the 
        Treasury determines could prove effective for identifying, 
        preventing, or recovering improper payments, which may include 
        investigation or review of information from multiple Federal 
        agencies or programs;
        ``(2) the metrics used in determining whether the analytic and 
    investigatory efforts have reduced, or contributed to the reduction 
    of, improper payments or improper awards; and
        ``(3) the target dates for implementing the data analytics 
    operations performed as part of the Do Not Pay Business Center''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.