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The bill creates a federally run antifraud training and certification program (with funding and reporting) that should reduce improper payments and improve oversight but adds training requirements, administrative complexity, and modest new federal costs that may burden recipients and administrators.
State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments will be able to use a standardized antifraud Program and technical assistance to reduce improper payments in federally funded programs they administer.
Federal program administrators and financial officials will receive standardized antifraud training with OPM certification and recordkeeping, improving detection and prevention of improper payments and creating accountable proof of completion for oversight.
Authorizing $5 million annually to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service provides dedicated funding to run and maintain the Program, supporting implementation and technical assistance.
State, local, territorial, and Tribal recipients could face new administrative conditions—completion of the Program—to receive certain federal grants, which may create extra paperwork and potentially delay access to funds.
Implementing, certifying, and tracking training across federal, state, local, territorial, and Tribal entities will impose administrative complexity and require agency resources to manage compliance.
Covered federal employees and officials will have added mandatory training requirements (initial within 180 days and biennially thereafter), costing them time to complete.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a government-wide antifraud and improper-payment training program, requires covered officials to complete initial and biennial training, mandates OPM certification, authorizes $5M/year starting FY2027, and requires reporting.
Introduced April 22, 2026 by Glenn Grothman · Last progress April 22, 2026
Creates a government-wide antifraud and improper-payment prevention training program run by Treasury and OMB (with OPM consultation) and requires designated federal program administrators, financial and oversight officials, and similar staff to complete initial training within 180 days and refresher training at least every two years. OPM must certify and keep completion records; Treasury must offer the training to state, local, territorial, and Tribal administrators, may tie grant conditions to completion, and Treasury/OMB must report to congressional oversight committees. The law authorizes $5,000,000 annually starting in FY2027 and generally takes effect 180 days after enactment.