Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015

To provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015 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 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking by agencies (B) by adding at the end the following: 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 to verify 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 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; 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). . 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 (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: 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 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, and in consultation with the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, the heads of other relevant Federal, State, and local agencies, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 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. . 4. Data Analytics Section 5 of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 ( 31 U.S.C. 3321 (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 (1) data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Initiative for the purpose of detecting, preventing, and recovering improper payments through pre-award, post-award pre-payment, and post-payment 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 Initiative. . July 21, 2015 Reported without amendment

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on July 28, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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.