I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7312 
To establish a national task force to investigate and combat fraud involving 
Federal dollars. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2026 
Mrs. KIM (for herself and Mr. STAUBER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To establish a national task force to investigate and combat 
fraud involving Federal 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 ‘‘No More SCAMS Act’’ 
or the ‘‘No More Shielding Corruption and Misuse in 
Spending Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL FRAUD INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the 
Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force (hereinafter re-
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ferred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to investigate and combat 
fraud involving Federal dollars, enhance interagency anti- 
fraud coordination, and recover misused funds. 
(b) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall appoint a Director of 
the Task Force to a 4 year term. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director ap-
pointed under subparagraph (A) shall have 10 
years of experience in fraud investigation or 
Federal law enforcement. 
(2) MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall appoint members of the 
Task Force from each covered agency. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—A member ap-
pointed under subparagraph (A) shall be a sub-
ject matter expert with familiarity and technical 
expertise regarding Federal financial manage-
ment, grants and procurement administration, 
auditing and compliance, forensic accounting, 
payment integrity, or fraud risk management, 
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or in-depth knowledge of the schemes, methods, 
and typologies commonly used to defraud Fed-
eral programs and interagency funding streams. 
(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy occurring in the 
membership of the Task Force shall be filled in the 
same manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(1) investigate fraud allegations involving Fed-
eral dollars; 
(2) coordinate with State and local law enforce-
ment for fraud investigations; 
(3) develop best practices for Federal agencies 
to prevent and identify fraud, including training pro-
grams; 
(4) facilitate interagency cooperation through 
data and resource sharing to expedite and stream-
line fraud investigation; and 
(5) utilize and integrate existing Federal initia-
tives and resources for detecting and combatting 
Federal fraud. 
(d) REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Director of the Task Force, in 
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consultation with the covered agencies, shall submit 
a report to the President, the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, includ-
ing— 
(A) the number of investigations initiated, 
cases referred for prosecution, and funds recov-
ered; 
(B) contributions and activities relating to 
fraud carried out by covered agencies; 
(C) an analysis of fraud trends by sector 
and by covered agency; and 
(D) recommendations for improving fraud 
prevention and detection specific to covered 
agencies. 
(2) GAO AUDIT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Comptroller General shall conduct 
and audit of the operations and spending of the 
Task Force. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FRAUD.—The term ‘‘fraud’’ means the in-
tentional perversion of the truth for the purpose of 
inducing another person in reliance upon it to part 
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