A bill (S-614) to expand existing efforts to identify and prevent improper payments has advanced through the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The bill builds on two previous changes in that area, the 2010 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act and the 2013 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, which among other things required the establishment of the Do Not Pay registry.
The Improper Payments Coordination Act would expand Do Not Pay from just executive branch agencies, to also allow use of the Do Not Pay Program by the Judicial and Legislative Branches, as well as state government agencies that manage federal programs.
It also would require OMB to issue guidance to require additional databases be included in Do Not Pay and to require sharing of notices of overseas deaths of U.S. citizens. Also, the Treasury Department would be tasked with expanding its anti-waste and fraud analytics.
