YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityRequires GAO to report every two years on which state-run federal programs, like Medicaid, are most at risk for waste and fraud.
Transparency & Accountability
- GAO vulnerability assessments — Comptroller General required to periodically report to Congress on high-risk areas in federally-funded state-administered programs
- Federal fund integrity reporting — Assessments must include best-practice findings and actionable recommendations to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse
The details
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) would be required to submit to Congress, within two years and periodically thereafter, a comprehensive assessment of which federal programs and administrative practices carry the greatest risk of waste, fraud, and abuse when managed by state and local governments. Each assessment must identify specific systemic vulnerabilities, highlight what practices have worked to reduce improper payments, describe available federal tools, and offer concrete recommendations for improvement. The goal is to give Congress and federal agencies a clearer, regularly updated picture of where federally funded state-run programs — such as Medicaid or block grant programs — face the most integrity risk.
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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