I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3393 
To amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 
3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2009 
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. BILBRAY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 
(31 U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of 
billions in taxpayer dollars. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improper Payments 
Elimination and Recovery Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROPER PAYMENTS ELIMINATION AND RECOV-
ERY. 
(a) SUSCEPTIBLE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—Sec-
tion 2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 
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(31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by striking subsection 
(a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF SUSCEPTIBLE PROGRAMS 
AND ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency 
shall, in accordance with guidance prescribed by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
periodically review all programs and activities that 
the relevant agency head administers and identify all 
programs and activities that may be susceptible to 
significant improper payments. 
‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Reviews under paragraph 
(1) shall be performed for each program and activity 
that the relevant agency head administers during the 
year after which the Improper Payments Elimi-
nation and Recovery Act of 2009 is enacted and at 
least once every 3 fiscal years thereafter. 
‘‘(3) RISK ASSESSMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this subsection the 
term ‘significant’ means— 
‘‘(i) except as provided under clause 
(ii), that improper payments in the pro-
gram or activity in the preceding fiscal 
year may have exceeded— 
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‘‘(I) $10,000,000 of all program 
or activity payments made during that 
fiscal year reported and 2.5 percent of 
program outlays; or 
‘‘(II) $100,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to fiscal years fol-
lowing September 30th of a fiscal year be-
ginning before fiscal year 2013 as deter-
mined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, that improper payments in the 
program or activity in the preceding fiscal 
year may have exceeded— 
‘‘(I) $10,000,000 of all program 
or activity payments made during that 
fiscal year reported and 1.5 percent of 
program outlays; or 
‘‘(II) $100,000,000. 
‘‘(B) SCOPE.—In conducting the reviews 
under paragraph (1), the head of each agency 
shall take into account those risk factors that 
are likely to contribute to a susceptibility to sig-
nificant improper payments, such as— 
‘‘(i) whether the program or activity 
reviewed is new to the agency; 
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‘‘(ii) the complexity of the program or 
activity reviewed; 
‘‘(iii) the volume of payments made 
through the program or activity reviewed; 
‘‘(iv) whether payments or payment 
eligibility decisions are made outside of the 
agency, such as by a State or local govern-
ment; 
‘‘(v) recent major changes in program 
funding, authorities, practices, or proce-
dures; 
‘‘(vi) the level and quality of training 
for personnel responsible for making pro-
gram eligibility determinations or certi-
fying that payments are accurate; and 
‘‘(vii) significant deficiencies in the 
audit report of the agency or other rel-
evant management findings that might 
hinder accurate payment certification.’’. 
(b) ESTIMATION OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS.—Section 
2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 
U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by striking subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(b) ESTIMATION OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS.—With 
respect to each program and activity identified under sub-
section (a), the head of the relevant agency shall— 
‘‘(1) produce a statistically valid or otherwise 
appropriate estimate of the improper payments 
made by each program and activity; and 
‘‘(2) include those estimates in the accom-
panying materials to the annual financial statement 
of the agency required under section 3515 of title 
31, United States Code, or similar provision of law 
and applicable guidance of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget.’’. 
(c) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—Section 2 of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended 
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—With respect to any program or activity of 
an agency with estimated improper payments under sub-
section (b), the head of the agency shall provide with the 
estimate under subsection (b) a report on what actions 
the agency is taking to reduce improper payments, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(1) a description of the causes of the improper 
payments, actions planned or taken to correct those 
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causes, and the planned or actual completion date of 
the actions taken to address those causes; 
‘‘(2) in order to reduce improper payments to 
a level below which further expenditures to reduce 
improper payments would cost more than the 
amount such expenditures would save in prevented 
or recovered improper payments, a statement of 
whether the agency has what is needed with respect 
to— 
‘‘(A) internal controls; 
‘‘(B) human capital; and 
‘‘(C) information systems and other infra-
structure; 
‘‘(3) if the agency does not have sufficient re-
sources to establish and maintain effective internal 
controls under paragraph (2)(A), a description of 
the resources the agency has requested in its budget 
submission to establish and maintain such internal 
controls; 
‘‘(4) program-specific and activity-specific im-
proper payments reduction targets that have been 
approved by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; and 
‘‘(5) a description of the steps the agency has 
taken to ensure that agency managers, programs, 
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and, where appropriate, States and localities are 
held accountable through annual performance ap-
praisal criteria for— 
‘‘(A) meeting applicable improper pay-
ments reduction targets; and 
‘‘(B) establishing and maintaining suffi-
cient internal controls, including an appropriate 
control environment, that effectively— 
‘‘(i) prevent improper payments from 
being made; and 
‘‘(ii) promptly detect and recover im-
proper payments that are made.’’. 
(d) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO RECOVER IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—Section 2 of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (e); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO RECOVER IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS.—With respect to any improper payments 
identified in recovery audits conducted under section 2(h) 
of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act 
of 2009 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), the head of the agency 
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shall provide with the estimate under subsection (b) a re-
port on all actions the agency is taking to recover im-
proper payments, including— 
‘‘(1) a discussion of the methods used by the 
agency to recover overpayments; 
‘‘(2) the amounts recovered, outstanding, and 
determined to not be collectable, including the per-
cent such amounts represent of the total overpay-
ments of the agency; 
‘‘(3) if a determination has been made that cer-
tain overpayments are not collectable, a justification 
of that determination; 
‘‘(4) an aging schedule of the amounts out-
standing; 
‘‘(5) a summary of how recovered amounts have 
been disposed of; 
‘‘(6) a discussion of any conditions giving rise 
to improper payments and how those conditions are 
being resolved; and 
‘‘(7) if the agency has determined under section 
2(h) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Re-
covery Act of 2009 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) that per-
forming recovery audits for any applicable program 
or activity is not cost effective, a justification for 
that determination. 
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‘‘(e) GOVERNMENTWIDE REPORTING OF IMPROPER 
PAYMENTS AND ACTIONS TO RECOVER IMPROPER PAY-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—Each fiscal year the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
a report with respect to the preceding fiscal year on 
actions agencies have taken to report information re-
garding improper payments and actions to recover 
improper payments to— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under this sub-
section shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the reports of each 
agency on improper payments and recovery ac-
tions submitted under this section; 
‘‘(B) an identification of the compliance 
status of each agency to which this Act applies; 
‘‘(C) governmentwide improper payment 
reduction targets; and 
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‘‘(D) a discussion of progress made to-
wards meeting governmentwide improper pay-
ment reduction targets.’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Improper Pay-
ment Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is 
amended by striking subsections (f) (as redesignated by 
this section) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 
executive agency, as that term is defined in section 
102 of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) IMPROPER
PAYMENT.—The term ‘im-
proper payment’— 
‘‘(A) means any payment that should not 
have been made or that was made in an incor-
rect amount (including overpayments and un-
derpayments) under statutory, contractual, ad-
ministrative, or other legally applicable require-
ments; and 
‘‘(B) includes any payment to an ineligible 
recipient, any payment for an ineligible good or 
service, any duplicate payment, any payment 
for a good or service not received (except for 
such payments where authorized by law), and 
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any payment that does not account for credit 
for applicable discounts. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—The term ‘payment’ means 
any transfer or commitment for future transfer of 
Federal funds such as cash, securities, loans, loan 
guarantees, and insurance subsidies to any non-Fed-
eral person or entity, that is made by a Federal 
agency, a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or 
a governmental or other organization administering 
a Federal program or activity. 
‘‘(4) PAYMENT FOR AN INELIGIBLE GOOD OR 
SERVICE.—The term ‘payment for an ineligible good 
or service’ shall include a payment for any good or 
service that is rejected under any provision of any 
contract, grant, lease, cooperative agreement, or any 
other procurement mechanism.’’. 
(f) GUIDANCE BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 
AND BUDGET.—Section 2 of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended 
by striking subsection (g) (as redesignated by this section) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) GUIDANCE BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT 
AND BUDGET.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of the Improper Pay-
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ments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2009, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall prescribe guidance for agencies to implement 
the requirements of this section. The guidance shall 
not include any exemptions to such requirements not 
specifically authorized by this section. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The guidance under para-
graph (1) shall prescribe— 
‘‘(A) the form of the reports on actions to 
reduce improper payments, recovery actions, 
and governmentwide reporting; and 
‘‘(B) strategies for addressing risks and 
establishing 
appropriate 
prepayment 
and 
postpayment internal controls.’’. 
(g) DETERMINATION OF AGENCY READINESS FOR 
OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall develop— 
(1) specific criteria as to when an agency 
should initially be required to obtain an opinion on 
internal control over financial reporting; and 
(2) criteria for an agency that has dem-
onstrated a stabilized, effective system of internal 
control over financial reporting, whereby the agency 
would qualify for a multiyear cycle for obtaining an 
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audit opinion on internal control over financial re-
porting, rather than an annual cycle. 
(h) RECOVERY AUDITS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given under section 2(f) 
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 
(31 U.S.C. 3321 note) as redesignated by this Act. 
(2) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) CONDUCT OF AUDITS.—Except as pro-
vided under paragraph (4) and if not prohibited 
under any other provision of law, the head of 
each agency shall conduct recovery audits with 
respect to each program and activity of the 
agency that expends $1,000,000 or more annu-
ally if conducting such audits would be cost-ef-
fective. 
(B) PROCEDURES.—In conducting recovery 
audits under this subsection, the head of an 
agency— 
(i) shall give priority to the most re-
cent payments and to payments made in 
any program or programs identified as sus-
ceptible to significant improper payments 
under section 2(a) of the Improper Pay-
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ments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 
3321 note); 
(ii) shall implement this subsection in 
a manner designed to ensure the greatest 
financial benefit to the Government; and 
(iii) may conduct recovery audits di-
rectly, by procuring performance of recov-
ery audits by contract (subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations), or by any com-
bination thereof. 
(C) RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTS.—With 
respect to recovery audits procured by an agen-
cy by contract— 
(i) subject to subparagraph (B)(iii), 
the head of the agency may authorize the 
contractor to notify entities (including per-
sons) of potential overpayments made to 
such entities, respond to questions con-
cerning potential overpayments, and take 
other administrative actions with respect to 
overpayment claims made or to be made by 
the agency; and 
(ii) such contractor shall have no au-
thority to make final determinations relat-
ing to whether any overpayment occurred 
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and whether to compromise, settle, or ter-
minate overpayment claims. 
(D) CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
The agency shall include in each contract for 
procurement of performance of a recovery audit 
a requirement that the contractor shall— 
(i) provide to the agency periodic re-
ports on conditions giving rise to overpay-
ments identified by the contractor and any 
recommendations on how to mitigate such 
conditions; and 
(ii) notify the agency of any overpay-
ments identified by the contractor per-
taining to the agency or to any other agen-
cy or agencies that are beyond the scope of 
the contract. 
(E) AGENCY ACTION FOLLOWING NOTIFI-
CATION.—An agency shall take prompt and ap-
propriate action in response to a report or noti-
fication by a contractor under subparagraph 
(D)(ii), to collect overpayments and shall for-
ward to other agencies any information that ap-
plies to such agencies. 
(3) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS RECOVERED.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts collected by 
agencies each fiscal year through recovery au-
dits conducted under this subsection shall be 
treated in accordance with this paragraph. 
(B) USE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM.—Not more than 25 per-
cent of the amounts collected by an agency 
through recovery audits— 
(i) shall be available, subject to appro-
priation, to the head of the agency or the 
State or local government administering 
the program or activity to carry out the fi-
nancial management improvement program 
of the agency under paragraph (4); 
(ii) may be credited, if applicable, for 
that purpose by the head of an agency to 
any agency appropriations and funds that 
are available for obligation at the time of 
collection; and 
(iii) shall be used to supplement and 
not supplant any other amounts available 
for that purpose and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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(C) USE
FOR
ORIGINAL
PURPOSE.—Not 
more than 25 percent of the amounts collected 
by an agency— 
(i) shall be credited to the appropria-
tion or fund, if any, available for obligation 
at the time of collection for the same gen-
eral purposes as the appropriation or fund 
from which the overpayment was made; 
and 
(ii) shall remain available for the 
same period and purposes as the appro-
priation or fund to which credited. 
(D) USE
FOR
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
AC-
TIVITIES.—Not more than 5 percent of the 
amounts collected by an agency shall be avail-
able, subject to appropriation, to the Inspector 
General of that agency for— 
(i) the Inspector General to carry out 
this Act; or 
(ii) any other activities of the Inspec-
tor General relating to investigating im-
proper payments or auditing internal con-
trols associated with payments. 
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(E) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—Funds made 
available under subparagraphs (B) and (D) by 
appropriations shall be— 
(i) deposited into the appropriate pro-
gram integrity accounts of the agency or 
the State or local government admin-
istering the program or activity; and 
(ii) expended only as authorized in an-
nual appropriations Acts. 
(F) REMAINDER.—Amounts collected that 
are not applied in accordance with subpara-
graphs (B), (C), or (D) or to meet obligations 
to recovery audit contractors shall be deposited 
in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
(G) EXCEPTIONS RELATING TO ENTITLE-
MENT
AND
TAX
CREDIT
PROGRAMS.—This 
paragraph shall not apply to amounts collected 
through recovery audits conducted under this 
subsection relating to— 
(i) entitlement programs under section 
3(9) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
622(9)); or 
(ii) tax credit programs under the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. 
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(4) FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each 
agency shall conduct a financial management 
improvement program, consistent with rules 
prescribed by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. 
(B) PROGRAM FEATURES.—In conducting 
the program, the head of the agency— 
(i) shall, as the first priority of the 
program, address problems that contribute 
directly to agency improper payments; and 
(ii) may seek to reduce errors and 
waste in other agency programs and oper-
ations. 
(5) 
OTHER
RECOVERY
AUDIT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter VI of chap-
ter 35 of title 31, United States Code, is re-
pealed. 
(B) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(i) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table 
of sections for chapter 35 of title 31, 
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United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the matter relating to subchapter VI. 
(ii) DEFINITION.—Section 3501 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘and subchapter VI of this 
title’’. 
(iii) HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS.— 
Section 2022(a)(6) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612(a)(6)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(as that term is de-
fined by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget under section 3561 of 
title 31, United States Code)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under section 2(h) of the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 
2009 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note)’’. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Except as pro-
vided under paragraph (5), nothing in this section 
shall be construed as terminating or in any way lim-
iting authorities that are otherwise available to agen-
cies under existing provisions of law to recover im-
proper payments and use recovered amounts. 
(i) REPORT
ON RECOVERY AUDITING.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Chief Financial Officers Council established under sec-
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tion 302 of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 
U.S.C. 901 note), in consultation with the Council of In-
spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency established 
under section 7 of the Inspector General Reform Act of 
2009 (Public Law 110–409) and recovery audit experts, 
shall conduct a study of— 
(1) the implementation of subsection (h); 
(2) the costs and benefits of agency recovery 
audit activities, including those under subsection (h), 
and including the effectiveness of using the services 
of— 
(A) private contractors; 
(B) agency employees; 
(C) cross-servicing from other agencies; or 
(D) any combination of the provision of 
services described under subparagraphs (A) 
through (C); and 
(3) submit a report on the results of the study 
to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(C) the Comptroller General. 
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SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given under section 2(f) of the Improper 
Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 
note) as redesignated by this Act. 
(2) ANNUAL
FINANCIAL
STATEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘annual financial statement’’ means the annual 
financial statement required under section 3515 of 
title 31, United States Code, or similar provision of 
law. 
(3) COMPLIANCE.—The term ‘‘compliance’’ 
means that the agency— 
(A) has published an annual financial 
statement for the most recent fiscal year and 
posted that report and any accompanying mate-
rials required under guidance of the Office of 
Management and Budget on the agency 
website; 
(B) if required, has conducted a program 
specific risk assessment for each program or ac-
tivity that conforms with section 2(a) the Im-
proper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 
U.S.C. 3321 note); and 
(C) if required, publishes improper pay-
ments estimates for all programs and activities 
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(b) ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORT BY INSPECTORS 
GENERAL OF AGENCIES.—Each fiscal year, the Inspector 
General of each agency shall determine whether the agen-
cy is in compliance and submit a report on that determina-
tion to— 
(1) the head of the agency; 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
mental Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
(4) the Comptroller General. 
(c) REMEDIATION.— 
(1) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If an agency is deter-
mined by the Inspector General of that agency 
not to be in compliance under subsection (b) in 
a fiscal year, the head of the agency shall sub-
mit a plan to Congress describing the actions 
that the agency will take to come into compli-
ance. 
(B) PLAN.—The plan described under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include— 
(i) measurable milestones to be ac-
complished in order to achieve compliance 
for each program or activity; 
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(ii) the designation of a senior agency 
official who shall be accountable for the 
progress of the agency in coming into com-
pliance for each program or activity; and 
(iii) the establishment of an account-
ability mechanism, such as a performance 
agreement, with appropriate incentives and 
consequences tied to the success of the of-
ficial designated under clause (ii) in lead-
ing the efforts of the agency to come into 
compliance for each program and activity. 
(2) NONCOMPLIANCE FOR 2 FISCAL YEARS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If an agency is deter-
mined by the Inspector General of that agency 
not to be in compliance under subsection (b) for 
2 consecutive fiscal years for the same program 
or activity, and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget determines that addi-
tional funding would help the agency come into 
compliance, the head of the agency shall obli-
gate additional funding, in an amount deter-
mined by the Director, to intensified compliance 
efforts. 
(B) FUNDING.—In providing additional 
funding described under subparagraph (A), the 
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head of an agency shall use any reprogramming 
or transfer authority available to the agency. If 
after exercising that reprogramming or transfer 
authority additional funding is necessary to ob-
ligate the full level of funding determined by 
the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget under subparagraph (A), the agency 
shall submit a request to Congress for addi-
tional reprogramming or transfer authority. 
(3) REAUTHORIZATION
PROPOSALS.—If an 
agency is determined by the Inspector General of 
that agency not to be in compliance under sub-
section (b) for more than 3 consecutive fiscal years 
for the same program or activity, the head of the 
agency shall, not later than 30 days after such de-
termination, submit to Congress— 
(A) reauthorization proposals for each pro-
gram or activity that has not been in compli-
ance for 3 or more consecutive fiscal years; or 
(B) proposed statutory changes necessary 
to bring the program or activity into compli-
ance. 
(d) 
COMPLIANCE
ENFORCEMENT
PILOT
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget may establish 1 or more 
pilot programs which shall test potential account-
ability mechanisms with appropriate incentives and 
consequences tied to success in ensuring compliance 
with this Act and eliminating improper payments. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit a re-
port to Congress on the findings associated with any 
pilot programs conducted under paragraph (1). The 
report shall include any legislative or other rec-
ommendations that the Director determines nec-
essary. 
(e) REPORT ON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS ACT OF 
1990.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officers Council es-
tablished under section 302 of the Chief Financial Officers 
Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 note) and the Council of In-
spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency established 
under section 7 of the Inspector General Reform Act of 
2009 (Public Law 110–409), in consultation with a broad 
cross-section of experts and stakeholders in Government 
accounting and financial management shall— 
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(1) jointly examine the lessons learned during 
the first 20 years of implementing the Chief Finan-
cial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901) and iden-
tify any reforms or improvements to the legislative 
and regulatory compliance framework for Federal fi-
nancial management that will optimize Federal 
agency efforts to— 
(A) publish relevant, timely, and reliable 
reports on Government finances; and 
(B) implement internal controls that miti-
gate the risk for fraud, waste, and error in Gov-
ernment programs; and 
(2) submit a report on the results of the exam-
ination to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(C) the Comptroller General. 
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