HR 8466
TRUE Accountability Act
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Bill overview
The TRUE Accountability Act requires federal agencies to develop and maintain plans for preventing fraud and improper payments during emergencies. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will provide guidance to agencies on these plans, incorporating best practices from the Government Accountability Office. Agencies must then submit these plans to OMB, assess risks, and implement payment monitoring systems, with revisions required every three years. The plans will be shared annually with Congress to inform emergency appropriations.
Key provisions
- Agencies must develop plans for internal controls to address fraud and improper payments during emergencies.
- OMB will issue guidance to agencies on developing these plans, incorporating GAO frameworks.
- Agencies must assess the risk of financial loss due to improper payments and fraud.
- Plans must include procedures for risk reduction and payment monitoring, such as anomaly detection.
- Agencies must submit plans to OMB annually and revise them every three years.
- OMB will submit agency plans to Congress annually with recommendations.
- Plans must identify a senior official responsible for implementation.
- Plans must incorporate relevant governmentwide documents and best practices.
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- Federal Agencies
- Congress
- Taxpayers
- Government Accountability Office
- Office of Management and Budget
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 8466
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act TRUE Accountability Act
or the
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Subchapter IV of chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
In this section:
The term covered agency means an agency described in section 901(b).
The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The term internal control means a process that is—
affected by the management and other personnel of an entity; and
designed to provide reasonable assurance with respect to the achievement of objectives relating to—
effectiveness and efficiency of operations;
reliability of financial reporting; and
compliance with applicable law.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director shall issue, and every 3 years thereafter review and if necessary update, guidance to covered agencies for the development of plans for internal control that are ready or adaptable for immediate use in a future disaster, pandemic, economic relief, or other such emergency supplemental appropriations legislative measure.
The guidance issued under paragraph (1) shall—
incorporate relevant governmentwide documents and best practices for preventing improper payments and mitigating fraud risks in Federal programs, including the documents of the Government Accountability Office entitled A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs
and A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs
(or any successor document); and
require a plan for internal control of each covered agency to include—
the identification of a senior official of the covered agency to be responsible and accountable for the implementation of the plan; and
policies and procedures to timely—
in accordance with paragraph (3), assess the risks of improper payments and fraud relating to the implementation of any supplemental appropriation, or other increase in budget authority, that may be made available to the covered agency for a purpose relating to implementing a disaster, pandemic, economic relief, or other such emergency supplemental appropriations legislative measure;
develop and implement mitigation strategies to reduce the risks described in subclause (I), including any change to internal controls, to ensure that, to the greatest extent possible, appropriate controls are in place prior to the expenditure of funds; and
adopt real-time, data driven payment monitoring techniques to identify and reduce improper and fraudulent payments, such as anomaly detection, volume plausibility checks, and network analysis.
a substantive evaluation of the risk of financial loss to the Federal Government caused by improper payments and fraud; and
an identification of the risk tolerance for the agency program or activity.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the head of each covered agency head shall submit to the Director the plan required by subsection (b)(2)(B).
Not later than 3 years after the date on which the head of a covered agency submits a plan under paragraph (1), and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, the head of each covered agency shall—
review and, if necessary, revise the plan of the covered agency; and
submit to the Director any revised plan of the covered agency.
The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3358 the following:
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.