Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act .
2: Establishment of antifraud and improper payment prevention training program
This section would add a new section 4122 to chapter 41 of title 5 of the United States Code, creating a federal government-wide antifraud and improper payment prevention training program (called "the Program"). The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, consulting with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, would establish and maintain the Program. The Program's curriculum would have to include comprehensive instruction on: identifying and assessing fraud and improper payment risks in federal programs; using resources such as the Government Accountability Office's Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs, the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-123 and its applicable appendices, the Department of the Treasury's Anti-Fraud Playbook, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Digital Identity Guidelines, and data analytics tools in agency program administration; using systems and resources maintained by the Department of the Treasury, including the Do Not Pay system established under section 3354 of title 31 and any other payment, account, and payee validation programs and services (including government-wide antifraud data-sharing programs), to prevent and address fraud and improper payments in federal programs; reporting mechanisms for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse; and the establishment and use of internal controls designed to prevent improper payments and fraud in federal programs. The head of each federal agency would have to ensure that any employee serving as a program administrator, program officer, financial administrator or manager, disbursement certifying official under section 3528 of title 31, auditing official, grants manager, or in a similar oversight role over federal programs or federal financial assistance completes the Program not later than 180 days after being appointed to that position, or, for an employee already occupying such a position on the date this section takes effect, within 180 days of that effective date. Every such employee would also have to complete the Program again not less often than once every 2 years after that. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management would have to provide a system for certifying completion of the Program and for keeping records of those certifications. The Secretary of the Treasury would have to make the Program available to employees of state governments (including the District of Columbia), local governments (including U.S. territories), and tribal governments who are responsible for administering federally funded programs, and would have to provide technical assistance to help those state, local, or tribal entities build the Program's standards into their own administrative frameworks. The head of a federal agency could choose, as a condition of a federal grant or award, to require that state, local, or tribal administrators of that funding complete the Program, but the Act would not make this mandatory. Not later than 2 years after this Act is enacted, and every year after that, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, consulting with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, would have to submit a report to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on how the Program is being carried out, including participation rates and an assessment of how effective the Program has been at reducing fraud. This section would authorize $5,000,000 to be appropriated for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, for fiscal year 2027 and every fiscal year after that, to carry out the Program. This section would also add a matching entry to the table of sections for that chapter, listing the new section 4122 by its title. Finally, this section sets the effective date for the Act: except as described below, the Act and its amendments would take effect 180 days after the date the Act is enacted. Before that effective date, the Secretary of the Treasury could issue any regulations needed to implement or administer the training program created under the new section 4122 of title 5.
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2. Establishment of antifraud and improper payment prevention training program (a) In general Chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 4122. Federal Government-wide antifraud and improper payment prevention training program (a) Establishment The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall establish and maintain a Federal Government-wide program for antifraud and improper payment prevention training (in this section referred to as the Program ). (b) Curriculum requirements The Program shall include comprehensive instruction on— (1) identifying and assessing fraud and improper payment risks in Federal programs; (2) implementing resources, including the Government Accountability Office’s Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs and the Office of Management and Budget’s Circular A–123 and its applicable appendices, the Department of the Treasury’s Anti-Fraud Playbook, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Identity Guidelines, and data analytics tools in agency program administration; (3) using systems and resources maintained by the Department of the Treasury, including the Do Not Pay system established under 3354 of title 31, and any other payment, account, and payee validation programs (including government-wide antifraud data sharing programs) and services to prevent and address fraud and improper payments in Federal programs; (4) reporting mechanisms for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse; and (5) the establishment and use of internal controls designed to prevent improper payments and fraud in Federal programs. (c) Mandatory participation (1) In general The head of each agency shall ensure that any employee serving as a program administrator, program officer, financial administrator or manager, disbursement certifying official under section 3528 of title 31, auditing official, grants manager, or in a similar oversight capacity of Federal programs or Federal financial assistance completes the Program— (A) not later than 180 days after the date of appointment to such position or, for any employee occupying such a position on the effective date of this section pursuant to section 2(c) of the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, within 180 days of such effective date; and (B) not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter. (2) Certification The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall provide a system for certifying completion of the Program and maintaining records of such certifications. (d) Availability to State, local, or Tribal-Administered programs (1) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the Program available to employees of State (including the District of Columbia), local (including territories of the United States), and Tribal governments who are responsible for the administration of Federally funded programs. (2) Technical assistance The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide technical assistance to State, local, or Tribal entities to integrate the Program’s standards into the respective administrative frameworks of such entities. (3) Optional requirement The head of an agency may, as a condition of a Federal grant or award, require that State, local, or Tribal administrators of such funds complete the Program. (e) Reporting Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall submit, to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the implementation of the Program, including participation rates and an assessment of the Program’s effectiveness in reducing fraud. (f) Authorization of appropriations For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 4122. Federal Government-wide antifraud and improper payment prevention training program. . (c) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Regulations Not later than the effective date described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as necessary to implement or administer the training program established under section 4122 of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section.