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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. CON-
NOLLY, 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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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 ‘‘Federal Improper Pay-
ments 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’’; and 
(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 
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 
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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 ju-
dicial and legislative branches of the United 
States, when the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget determines that the Do Not 
Pay Initiative is appropriately established for 
the judicial branch or the legislative branch, as 
applicable. To ensure consistency with the prin-
ciples 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 in-
corporated into Do Not Pay Initiative access 
agreements with States, including any con-
tractor, 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; 
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(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 legisla-
tive 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 amend-
ed— 
(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: 
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‘‘SEC. 7. IMPROVING THE USE OF DATA BY GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES FOR CURBING IMPROPER PAY-
MENTS. 
‘‘(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 enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of State and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a procedure under which 
each Secretary shall, promptly and on a regular basis, sub-
mit information relating to the deaths of individuals to 
each agency for which the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget determines receiving and using such in-
formation would be relevant and necessary. 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE TO AGENCIES REGARDING DATA AC-
CESS AND USE FOR IMPROPER PAYMENTS PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Council of the Inspectors General 
on Integrity and Efficiency, the heads of other rel-
evant 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 
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‘‘(B) each agency or component of an agen-
cy— 
‘‘(i) that operates or maintains a data-
base 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 sub-
section (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 Initia-
tive.’’. 
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 ANAL-
YSIS.—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— 
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‘‘(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, pre-
venting, 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 pro-
grams 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 Sec-
retary of the Treasury determines could prove ef-
fective for identifying, preventing, or recovering 
improper payments, which may include inves-
tigation 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 
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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 
Federal agencies in order to reduce improper 
payments, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 20, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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