The Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act mandates that every federal employee who manages, disburses, audits, or oversees federal programs or grants complete a standardized anti-fraud and improper-payment training course within 180 days of starting the role and at least every two years after that. The Treasury Department and OMB must build and maintain the curriculum — covering fraud-risk identification, data analytics tools, reporting channels, and internal controls — and make it available voluntarily to state, local, and tribal employees who administer federally funded programs. An annual report to Congress on participation rates and effectiveness is required, and Congress authorizes up to $5 million per year starting in fiscal year 2027 to fund the program.
Transparency & Accountability
- Mandatory biennial anti-fraud training for federal program administrators — requires completion within 180 days of appointment
- Annual effectiveness report to Congress — Treasury and OMB must report participation rates and fraud-reduction outcomes each year
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
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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