death of a recipient through proactive verifica-
tion means; and 
(E) address improper payments made by 
agencies to deceased individuals as part of Fed-
eral retirement programs. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
a report to Congress on the plan established under 
this subsection, including recommended legislation. 
SEC. 6. IMPROVING RECOVERY OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘recovery 
audit’’ means a recovery audit described under section 
2(h) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Act of 2010. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall determine— 
(1) current and historical rates and amounts of 
recovery of improper payments (or, in cases in which 
improper payments are identified solely on the basis 
of a sample, recovery rates and amounts estimated 
on the basis of the applicable sample), including spe-
cific information of amounts and payments recovered 
by recovery audit contractors; and 
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(2) targets for recovering improper payments, 
including specific information on amounts and pay-
ments recovered by recovery audit contractors. 
(c) RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTOR PROGRAMS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall es-
tablish a plan for no less than 10 Recovery Audit 
Contracting programs for the purpose of identifying 
and recovering overpayments and underpayments in 
10 agencies. 
(2) RANGE OF RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTING 
TYPES.—Programs established under paragraph (1) 
shall be representative of different types of— 
(A) programs, including programs that dif-
fer in size, payment types, and recipient types 
(such as beneficiaries and vendors or contrac-
tors) across the Federal Government; and 
(B) recover audit contracting (including in-
dividual payments review and demographic 
analysis). 
(3) INITIAL
OPERATION
OF
PROGRAMS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the plan under paragraph (1) 
is established, each applicable agency shall establish 
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the programs included in that plan which shall be 
conducted for not more than a 3-year period. 
(4) REPORTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after establishing a program under the plan es-
tablished under paragraph (1), the head of the 
agency conducting the program shall submit a 
report on the program to Congress. 
(B) CONTENTS.—Each report under this 
paragraph shall include— 
(i) a description of the impact of the 
program on savings and recoveries; and 
(ii) such recommendations as the head 
of the agency considers appropriate on ex-
tending or expanding the program. 
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