{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-8466","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 8466","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"TRUE Accountability Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"TRUE Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"TRUE Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require certain agencies to develop plans for internal control in the event of an emergency or crisis, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"TRUE Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"TRUE Accountability Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2026-04-23","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-08","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h208","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"TRUE Accountability Act","result":"Passed","yea":384,"nay":0,"present":0,"not_voting":46,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll208.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 and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2026-06-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-04-23","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act or the TRUE Accountability Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires agencies to develop and implement plans for preventing fraud and improper payments relating to federal emergency spending (e.g., providing funding relating to disasters or pandemics)."},{"k":"p","t":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must issue, and review every three years, guidance to agencies for developing plans with appropriate internal controls. The guidance must incorporate the current Government Accountability Office frameworks for managing fraud risk in federal programs and managing improper payments in federal emergency assistance."},{"k":"p","t":"Within one year after the bill’s enactment, agencies must submit to OMB plans required by the guidance. Each plan must include procedures to (1) evaluate the risk of financial loss to the federal government caused by improper payments and fraud relating to the agency’s federal emergency spending; (2) develop risk reduction strategies that are, to the extent possible, implemented prior to expenditure; and (3) adopt payment monitoring to identify and reduce improper and fraudulent payments (e.g., anomaly detection). Agencies must revise and resubmit plans, as necessary, at least every three years."},{"k":"p","t":"OMB must annually submit the plans to Congress along with information relating to helping agencies implement the plans and legislative recommendations for emergency appropriations."}],"words":204},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires federal agencies to prepare internal control plans for preventing improper payments and fraud in spending under future emergency supplemental appropriations, following guidance from the Office of Management and Budget.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}]},"core_areas":["Agency internal control plans for emergency spending","Assessment of improper payment and fraud risk","Payment monitoring techniques","Plan submission and reporting to Congress","After-action reviews of emergency funds"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 180 days after enactment, and review it every 3 years, on agency internal control plans for future disaster, pandemic, economic relief, or other emergency supplemental appropriations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}},{"text":"Requires each plan to name a senior official responsible for it and to include policies and procedures to assess improper payment and fraud risks, develop mitigation strategies, and adopt real-time, data driven payment monitoring such as anomaly detection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}},{"text":"Requires the head of each covered agency to submit its plan to the Director within 1 year after enactment, and to review, revise if necessary, and submit the plan at least once every 3 years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}},{"text":"Requires the Director, within 15 months after enactment and at least annually after that, to submit the agency plans and a summary to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}},{"text":"Requires each covered agency that obligates emergency supplemental funds to submit an after-action review to the Director within 180 days after the initial obligation, prepared in consultation with the agency's Inspector General.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}},{"text":"States that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text/eh#H6797E8EDE1104778AE55C6866531CE03"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-06-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/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/8466","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-8466.png","v":"0bf9a2ed1a78","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8466, 119th Congress: TRUE Accountability Act. House: 384 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Jun 2026."}}