YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityRequires federal employees who manage grants or payments to complete anti-fraud training within 180 days, repeated every two years.
Transparency & Accountability
- Mandatory anti-fraud training for federal program staff — Administrators, financial managers, and grants officers must complete training within 180 days of appointment
- Biennial re-certification requirement — Covered employees must repeat the training every 2 years
- Annual effectiveness reporting — Treasury and OMB must report to Congress on participation rates and program outcomes
The details
Federal employees who oversee government programs, disburse funds, or manage grants would be required to complete anti-fraud and improper-payment prevention training within 180 days of starting those roles. The curriculum covers how to identify fraud and payment risks, use Treasury Department verification tools (including the "Do Not Pay" database), report suspected waste, and build internal safeguards. Workers must repeat the training every two years to stay current. State, local, and tribal employees who run federally funded programs can access the same training for free, along with technical support to integrate it into their own systems. The Treasury Department and OMB must report to Congress on completion rates and outcomes every 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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