Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act

Summary

Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act This bill establishes requirements to prevent fraudulent or improper payments from federal programs. Specifically, the bill directs executive agencies to take corrective actions to temporarily pause, condition, or segment payment voucher requests before certifying them if the agencies have sufficient reason to determine that the payments present elevated risks of fraud or improper payments resulting in financial loss to the government. The corrective actions must be (1) based on objective, documented fraud-risk indicators; (2) narrowly applied to the portion of the payments presenting the elevated risk; and (3) limited in duration to the minimum period necessary to verify the eligibility or accuracy of the payments. The Department of the Treasury must return certified payment vouchers to agencies for corrective action if they present an elevated risk of fraud based on an output of Treasury’s Do Not Pay system. The bill also prohibits officers or employees of the federal government from being personally liable for actions taken in good faith under this bill.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · U.S. House of Representatives

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Recorded votes

• Vote: On Passage

  U.S. HouseJun 10, 2026Result: Passed

  Voted yes (218)Voted no (200)Voted present (0)Absent (13)

  See member positions for the vote on Jun 10, 2026 (On Passage)

• Vote: On Motion to Recommit

  U.S. HouseJun 10, 2026Result: Failed

  Voted yes (209)Voted no (213)Voted present (0)Absent (9)

  See member positions for the vote on Jun 10, 2026 (On Motion to Recommit)

Related bills

• S. 4747Stopping Fraudulent Payments ActIdentical bill
• H.Res. 1345Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing authorities within the Department of Treasury and a permanent governmentwide Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8464) to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1335) condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment; and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 2) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.Related bill, procedurally related

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Full history

1. Jun 11, 2026

   Introduced

   Received in the Senate.

   U.S. House

2. Jun 11, 2026

   Sent to the executive

   Received in the Senate.

   U.S. Senate

3. Jun 10, 2026

   Debate - the House Proceeded With One Hour of Debate on H.R. 8464.

   DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 8464.

   U.S. House of Representatives

4. Jun 10, 2026

   Passed a chamber

   Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

5. Jun 10, 2026

   Passed a chamber

   Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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