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Union Calendar No. 228 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2320 

[Report No. 114–299] 

To provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order 

to reduce improper payments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2015 

Mr. MULVANEY (for himself, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. WESTMORELAND) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

OCTOBER 20, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COOPER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. TOM PRICE of 

Georgia, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT

OCTOBER 20, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 14, 2015] 

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A BILL 

To provide access to and use of information by Federal 

agencies in order to reduce improper payments, and for 

other purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Improper Pay5 ments Coordination Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF THE DO NOT PAY INITIATIVE TO 

7 THE JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES 

8 AND STATES. 

9 Section 5 of the Improper Payments Elimination and 

10 Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— 

13 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘BY AGENCIES’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘States and any contractor, subcontractor, or 

17 agent of a State, and the judicial and legislative 

18 branches of the United States (as defined in 

19 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 

20 202(e) of title 18, United States Code), shall have 

21 access to, and use of, the Do Not Pay Initiative 

22 for the purpose of verifying payment or award 

23 eligibility for payments (as defined in section 

24 2(g)(3) of the Improper Payments Information 

25 Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)) when, with 

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1 respect to a State, the Director of the Office of 

2 Management and Budget determines that the Do 

3 Not Pay Initiative is appropriately established 

4 for that State and any contractor, subcontractor, 

5 or agent of the State, and, with respect to the ju6 dicial and legislative branches of the United 

7 States, when the Director of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget determines that the Do Not 

9 Pay Initiative is appropriately established for 

10 the judicial branch or the legislative branch, as 

11 applicable. To ensure consistency with the prin12 ciples of section 552a of title 5, United States 

13 Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 

14 1974) the Director of the Office of Management 

15 and Budget may issue guidance that establishes 

16 privacy and other requirements that shall be in17 corporated into Do Not Pay Initiative access 

18 agreements with States, including any con19 tractor, subcontractor, or agent of a State, and 

20 the judicial and legislative branches of the 

21 United States.’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

24 after the semicolon; 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(D) may include States and their quasi6 government entities, and the judicial and legisla7 tive branches of the United States (as defined in 

8 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, of section 

9 202(e) of title 18, United States Code) as users 

10 of the system in accordance with subsection 

11 (b)(3).’’. 

12 SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE SHARING AND USE OF DATA BY 

13 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO CURB IMPROPER 

14 PAYMENTS. 

15 The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 

16 Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in section 5(a)(2), by striking subparagraph 

19 (A) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) The death records maintained by the 

21 Commissioner of Social Security.’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 7. IMPROVING THE USE OF DATA BY GOVERNMENT 

2 AGENCIES FOR CURBING IMPROPER PAY3 MENTS. 

4 ‘‘(a) PROMPT REPORTING OF DEATH INFORMATION BY

5 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF

6 DEFENSE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact7 ment of this section, the Secretary of State and the Sec8 retary of Defense shall establish a procedure under which 

9 each Secretary shall, promptly and on a regular basis, sub10 mit information relating to the deaths of individuals to 

11 each agency for which the Director of the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget determines receiving and using such in13 formation would be relevant and necessary. 

14 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE TO AGENCIES REGARDING DATA AC15 CESS AND USE FOR IMPROPER PAYMENTS PURPOSES.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 

17 after the date of enactment of this section, the Direc18 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in con19 sultation with the Council of the Inspectors General 

20 on Integrity and Efficiency, the heads of other rel21 evant Federal, State, and local agencies, and Indian 

22 tribes and tribal organizations, as appropriate, shall 

23 issue guidance regarding implementation of the Do 

24 Not Pay Initiative under section 5 to— 

25 ‘‘(A) the Department of the Treasury; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) each agency or component of an agen2 cy— 

3 ‘‘(i) that operates or maintains a data4 base of information described in section 

5 5(a)(2); or 

6 ‘‘(ii) for which the Director determines 

7 improved data matching would be relevant, 

8 necessary, or beneficial. 

9 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidance issued 

10 under paragraph (1) shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) address the implementation of sub12 section (a); and 

13 ‘‘(B) include the establishment of deadlines 

14 for access to and use of the databases described 

15 in section 5(a)(2) under the Do Not Pay Initia16 tive.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. DATA ANALYTICS. 

18 Section 5 of the Improper Payments Elimination and 

19 Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(h) REPORT ON IMPROPER PAYMENTS DATA ANAL22 YSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

23 of the Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 

24 2015, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress 

25 a report which shall include a description of— 

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1 ‘‘(1) data analytics performed as part of the Do 

2 Not Pay Business Center operated by the Department 

3 of the Treasury for the purpose of detecting, pre4 venting, and recovering improper payments through 

5 preaward, postaward prepayment, and postpayment 

6 analysis, which shall include a description of any 

7 analysis or investigations incorporating— 

8 ‘‘(A) review and data matching of payments 

9 and beneficiary enrollment lists of State pro10 grams carried out using Federal funds for the 

11 purposes of identifying eligibility duplication, 

12 residency ineligibility, duplicate payments, or 

13 other potential improper payment issues; 

14 ‘‘(B) review of multiple Federal agencies 

15 and programs for which comparison of data 

16 could show payment duplication; and 

17 ‘‘(C) review of other information the Sec18 retary of the Treasury determines could prove ef19 fective for identifying, preventing, or recovering 

20 improper payments, which may include inves21 tigation or review of information from multiple 

22 Federal agencies or programs; 

23 ‘‘(2) the metrics used in determining whether the 

24 analytic and investigatory efforts have reduced, or 

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1 contributed to the reduction of, improper payments or 

2 improper awards; and 

3 ‘‘(3) the target dates for implementing the data 

4 analytics operations performed as part of the Do Not 

5 Pay Business Center.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 228 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2320 

[Report No. 114–299] 

A BILL 

To provide access to and use of information by 

payments, and for other purposes. Federal agencies in order to reduce improper 

OCTOBER 20, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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