{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-8464","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 8464","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize pausing and segmenting payments, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-04-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-10","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h220","question":"On Passage","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act","result":"Passed","yea":218,"nay":200,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll220.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2026-06-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-06-10","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act","result":"Failed","yea":209,"nay":213,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll219.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-06-03","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes requirements to prevent fraudulent or improper payments from federal programs."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also prohibits officers or employees of the federal government from being personally liable for actions taken in good faith under this bill."}],"words":166},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 31 of the United States Code to require agencies to temporarily delay, condition, or segment payment disbursement requests that present an elevated risk of fraud or improper payment, with a Treasury return process, payee notice and contest rights, and liability protections.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}]},"core_areas":["Agency delay, conditioning, or segmenting of disbursement requests before payment voucher certification","Treasury return of certified payment vouchers using the Do Not Pay system","Payee notification, contest process, and payment deadlines","Liability protection and relief for federal officers, accountable officers, and certifying officials","Treasury regulations and annual reporting on paused payments"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires an agency head to take corrective action to temporarily delay, condition, or segment a disbursement request before a payment voucher is certified when a designated official determines there is sufficient reason to find an elevated risk of fraud or an improper payment resulting in financial loss.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, not later than 2 days after a determination based on a Do Not Pay system output, to notify the certifying official of an order to return a certified payment voucher and to issue a corrective action order to the agency head, except where otherwise required by law.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}},{"text":"Requires each corrective action to rest on an objective, documented fraud-risk indicator, to apply narrowly to the portion of the payment presenting the elevated risk, and to last no longer than the minimum period necessary to verify the payee's eligibility or the payment's accuracy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}},{"text":"Requires the agency to notify the payee not later than 2 days after a determination, provide a process to contest factual inaccuracies, and issue the payment within 30 days, or within 7 days after a contest, if the agency head finds no elevated risk of fraud or improper payment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}},{"text":"Provides that no federal officer or employee is personally liable for an action taken in good faith under the new section, and amends sections 3527 and 3528 of title 31 to add good-faith compliance as a basis for relief of accountable officers and certifying officials.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually, beginning not later than 18 months after enactment, on the number of return and corrective action orders, the percentage of payments later issued, total savings, and any recommendations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh#H1B25692F528D4C59912BEEE0CBE22732"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-06-10","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-8464.png","v":"68dcbbb253e6","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8464, 119th Congress: Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act. House: 218 Yea, 200 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 10 Jun 2026."}}