Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2026-04-23
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act” Read the full text
Government Operations and Politics
What it does
Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act This bill establishes requirements to prevent fraudulent or improper payments from federal programs. 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
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Where it is
Introduced · 2026-04-23
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-06-10
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version eh (Engrossed in House), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
3
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
GRANT PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATIONvia UNCORKED ADVOCATES
2 filingsAFL-CIOvia AFL-CIO
1 filingAMERICAN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS AND RESOURCESvia AMERICAN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS AND RESOURCES
1 filingAMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION
1 filingNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERSvia MASON CONSULTING, LLC
1 filingNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAREvia MARIA FREESE
1 filingNATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAREvia NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
1 filingNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NONPROFITSvia CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
1 filingFrom 15 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate. (2026-06-11).