Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires a mandatory antifraud and improper payment prevention training program for certain federal employees.

Highlights:

• Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Treasury to establish and maintain a mandatory antifraud and improper payment prevention training program for federal employees whose roles involve federal financial assistance or oversight of federal programs (Sec. 2).

• Requires the program to be made available to state, local, and tribal governments to train relevant personnel (Sec. 2).

• Requires federal agencies to ensure that all federal employees in roles involving oversight of federal programs or federal financial assistance complete the training every two years (Sec. 2).

• Requires the Treasury to also provide the program and related technical assistance to state, local, and tribal governments for training employees who are responsible for the administration of federally funded programs (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes federal agencies to make completion of the program a condition of a federal grant or award (Sec. 2).

• Requires the program curriculum to include comprehensive instruction on specified topics, including (Sec. 2):

• Identifying fraud and improper payment risks in federal programs;

• Using government-wide antifraud data sharing and other payee validation programs; and

• Reporting mechanisms for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse.

• Requires the Treasury and OMB to provide Congress with a report on program implementation no later than two years after the date of the bill’s enactment (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the Treasury to prescribe any regulations necessary to implement and administer the training program (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text