Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.

Declares improper federal payments (about $186 billion in FY2025 alone) a fiscal emergency and calls for verifying eligibility before payment.

The details

This resolution expresses the House of Representatives' view that fraud and improper payments in federal programs have reached a national fiscal emergency requiring urgent legislative reform. Citing Comptroller General findings, the House notes that the federal government has made approximately $3 trillion in improper payments since 2003 and about $186 billion in fiscal year 2025 alone — an increase of $24 billion from the prior year. The resolution highlights ongoing committee investigations into fraud schemes in Minnesota's social services programs, California's federally funded hospice programs, and Medicaid personal care programs in Ohio, and notes that a White House task force has already identified billions in suspected fraudulent contracts and suspended hundreds of providers. The House calls for requiring eligibility verification and payment checks to happen before funds are disbursed rather than trying to recover money after fraud has already occurred.