Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015
PL 114-109 (S.614), enacted 12/18/2015

129 STAT. 2225 
PUBLIC LAW 114–109—DEC. 18, 2015 
Public Law 114–109 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To provide access to and use of information by Federal agencies in order to reduce 
improper payments, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Improper Payments 
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 AGEN-
CIES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) OTHER ENTITIES.—States and any contractor, sub-
contractor, or agent of a State, and the judicial and legisla-
tive branches of the United States (as defined in para-
graphs (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 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, subcon-
tractor, or agent of the State, and, with respect to the 
judicial and legislative branches of the United States, when 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget deter-
mines that the Do Not Pay Initiative is appropriately estab-
lished for the judicial branch or the legislative branch, 
as applicable. 
‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY
WITH
PRIVACY
ACT
OF
1974.—To 
ensure consistency with the principles of section 552a of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Pri-
vacy Act of 1974’), the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may issue guidance that establishes privacy 
and other requirements that shall be incorporated into 
Contracts. 
Determination. 
31 USC 3301 
note. 
Federal Improper 
Payments 
Coordination Act 
of 2015. 
Dec. 18, 2015 
[S. 614] 
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129 STAT. 2226 
PUBLIC LAW 114–109—DEC. 18, 2015 
Do Not Pay Initiative access agreements with States, 
including any contractor, 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; 
(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 legislative branches of the 
United States (as defined in paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively, 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 Improve-
ment Act of 2012 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended— 
(1) in section 5(a)(2), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) The death records maintained by the Commis-
sioner of Social Security.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7. IMPROVING THE USE OF DATA BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
FOR CURBING IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 
‘‘(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 enactment of this section, the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall establish 
a procedure under which each Secretary shall, promptly and on 
a regular basis, submit information relating to the deaths of individ-
uals to each agency for which the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget determines receiving and using such information 
would be relevant and necessary. 
‘‘(b) GUIDANCE
TO AGENCIES REGARDING DATA ACCESS
AND 
USE FOR IMPROPER PAYMENTS PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Council 
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, the heads 
of other relevant Federal, State, and local agencies, and Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations, as appropriate, shall issue guid-
ance regarding implementation of the Do Not Pay Initiative 
under section 5 to— 
‘‘(A) the Department of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(B) each agency or component of an agency— 
‘‘(i) that operates or maintains a database of 
information described in section 5(a)(2); or 
‘‘(ii) for which the Director determines improved 
data matching would be relevant, necessary, or bene-
ficial. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidance issued under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) address the implementation of subsection (a); and 
Determination. 
Deadline. 
Consultation. 
Deadline. 
Procedure. 
Determination. 
31 USC 3321 
note. 
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129 STAT. 2227 
PUBLIC LAW 114–109—DEC. 18, 2015 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 614 (H.R. 2320): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 114–299 (Comm. on Oversight and Government Reform) ac-
companying H.R. 2320. 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 114–86 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015): 
July 28, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 7, considered and passed House. 
‘‘(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 Initiative.’’. 
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 ANALYSIS.—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— 
‘‘(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, preventing, 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 bene-
ficiary enrollment lists of State programs 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 duplica-
tion; and 
‘‘(C) review of other information the Secretary of the 
Treasury determines could prove effective for identifying, 
preventing, or recovering improper payments, which may 
include investigation 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 contributed to the 
reduction of, improper payments or improper awards; and 
‘‘(3) the target dates for implementing the data analytics 
operations performed as part of the Do Not Pay Business 
Center’’. 
Approved December 18, 2015. 
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