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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2277 
To amend the CARES Act to extend the Pandemic Response Accountability 
Committee through December 31, 2026, and to change the name of 
such Committee to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2025 
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. COMER, and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the CARES Act to extend the Pandemic Response 
Accountability Committee through December 31, 2026, 
and to change the name of such Committee to the Fraud 
Prevention and Accountability Committee, and for other 
purposes. 
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 Accountability 
Committee for Transparency Act’’ or the ‘‘FACT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND NAME CHANGE OF PANDEMIC RE-
SPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15010 of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 540; 5 U.S.C. 424 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Pandemic 
Response Accountability Committee’’ and inserting 
‘‘Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 15010 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 
134 Stat. 540; 5 U.S.C. 424 note), as amended by the 
preceding subsection, is further amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PANDEMIC RE-
SPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTE’’ and inserting 
‘‘FRAUD
PREVENTION
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
COM-
MITTEE’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 406 of title 5, United States Code’’ each 
place such phrase appears in such section; 
(3) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting 
‘‘Government’’ before ‘‘Reform’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 
11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 424 of 
title 5, United States Code’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Pan-
demic Response Accountability Committee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Fraud Prevention and Accountability 
Committee’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 406 of 
title 5, United States Code’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ inserting ‘‘section 
404(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Pandemic 
Response Accountability Committee in any other Federal 
law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au-
thority, or any document of or pertaining to the Pandemic 
Response Accountability Committee, shall be deemed to 
refer to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Com-
mittee. 
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