YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityNo change to your benefits — a watchdog would report on where state-run federal money is at risk.
Transparency & Accountability
The Government Accountability Office checks how federal money is spent. It would have to tell Congress which state-run programs are most open to waste and fraud. The first report is due two years after the bill becomes law. More would follow.
The report must include ideas for Congress and federal agencies to fix the problems it finds. The bill singles out one area: how states decide who qualifies for benefits, and how people sign up. The ideas carry no force on their own.
More about this bill
You would see no change in your benefits, your taxes, or your paperwork. This orders a study, not a new rule. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the watchdog that checks federal spending for Congress, would take on a new job. Within two years, it would have to report on where federal money runs the highest risk of waste or fraud. The report would look at programs the federal government pays for but states and local governments run. It would name the weak spots. It would also point to methods that have worked to cut waste. Then it would suggest fixes to Congress and federal agencies. Some of those ideas would touch how people apply for benefits. None of it would change a rule by itself. GAO would repeat the review from time to time after the first one.
Congressional Summary
Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs ActThis bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on federally funded state-administered programs (including programs subject to federal single audit requirements) that are at high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse.Specifically, the report mustidentify program areas and administrative practices that make such programs systematically vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse;assess best practices that strengthen the administration of federally funded programs and prevent such vulnerabilities;identify federal tools, resources, and assistance to address vulnerability patterns; andinclude recommendations for addressing high-risk program areas and administrative practices.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-26
- Date Added
- 2026-06-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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