HR-8428 — Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act

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Transparency & AccountabilityWorkers & Jobs

Federal grant and payment staff would need fraud training every two years — if Treasury chooses to build the program.

Transparency & Accountability

Free fraud training for state workers — local and tribal staff too

Treasury could open the same course free to state, local, and tribal staff who run federally funded programs. It could also help those governments build the standards into their own systems.

Proof-of-completion records for anti-fraud training — kept by OPM

The federal personnel office would run a system that confirms who finished the training and keeps the records. That makes it possible to check whether agencies followed the rule.

Yearly report to Congress on results — starting two years in

Two years after the bill becomes law, and every year after that, Treasury and the budget office must report to two committees in Congress. The report must give training rates and judge whether fraud and bad payments went down.

Certainty this fraud program happens — Treasury and OMB choose

The bill says the Treasury Department and the White House budget office "may" set up the training program. That word leaves the choice to them, so the program might never start.

Workers & Jobs

Training required for federal oversight jobs — repeated every two years

Agency heads must make sure program managers, grants managers, auditors, and payment-approving staff finish the course within 180 days of taking the job. People already in those jobs would get 180 days from the day the law starts.

More about this bill

Most people would see no change in daily life from this bill. It aims at the federal staff who hand out grants and approve payments. Those workers would have to take fraud-prevention training within 180 days of starting the job. They would take it again every two years. The course teaches them to spot bad payments. It also covers Treasury's payment-check tools, such as the "Do Not Pay" list. Whether the training exists at all is a choice. The Treasury Department and the White House budget office may set up the program. The bill does not require them to. If they do, the rules start 180 days after the bill becomes law. States, cities, and tribes that run federally funded programs could get the same training free. Treasury would tell Congress each year how many people trained and whether fraud fell.

Congressional Summary

Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training ActThis bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of the Treasury to establish and maintain a mandatory antifraud and improper payment prevention training program for federal employees whose roles involve federal financial assistance or oversight of federal programs. The program must also be made available to state, local, and tribal governments to train relevant personnel.Under the bill, federal agencies must ensure that all federal employees in roles involving oversight of federal programs or federal financial assistance complete the training every two years. (Such positions include program administrator or officer, financial administrator or manager, disbursement certifying official, auditing official, and grants manager.) The Office of Personnel Management shall certify and maintain records of completion.Treasury must also provide the program and related technical assistance to state, local, and tribal governments for training employees who are responsible for the administration of federally funded programs. Federal agencies may make completion of the program a condition of a federal grant or award.The program curriculum must include comprehensive instruction on specified topics, including (1) identifying fraud and improper payment risks in federal programs; (2) using government-wide antifraud data sharing and other payee validation programs; and (3) reporting mechanisms for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse.No later than two years after the date of the bill's enactment, Treasury and OMB must provide Congress with a report on program implementation.Finally, Treasury may prescribe any regulations necessary to implement and administer the training program.

Legislative Subjects

Congressional oversightEmployment and training programsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementState and local government operations

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2026-04-22
Date Added: 2026-06-05
Source: Congress.gov →

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