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 
                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 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 judicial and legislative branches 
                of the United States, when the Director of the Office 
                of Management 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 principles 
                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 incorporated into 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), 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 amended--
            (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:

``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 individuals to each agency for which the 
Director of the Office of Management 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 12 months 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 
        guidance 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 beneficial.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The guidance issued under paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    ``(A) address the implementation of subsection (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 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 
                beneficiary 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 duplication; 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.''.
Output: Federal Improper Payments Coordination Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 to: (1) extend the availability of the Do Not Pay Initiative to the judicial and legislative branches and to the states; and (2) authorize the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance that establishes privacy requirements that shall be incorporated into Do Not Pay Initiative access agreements with states and the judicial and legislative branches.  (Sec. 3) The Departments of Defense and State must submit, promptly and on a regular basis, relevant information on the deaths of individuals. The OMB, 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 guidance regarding implementation of the Initiative to the Department of the Treasury and each agency or component of an agency: (1) that operates or maintains a database of death records maintained by the Social Security Administration; or (2) for which the OMB determines improved data matching would be relevant, necessary, or beneficial. (Sec. 4) Treasury must report to Congress on:   data analytics performed as part of the Do Not Pay Business Center operated by Treasury for the purpose of detecting, preventing, and recovering improper payments through pre-award, post-award prepayment, and post-payment analysis;  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  the target dates for implementing the data analytics operations performed as part of the Do Not Pay Business Center.