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H.R. 8312119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
Sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Received in the Senate.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate13 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 10, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFraud Prevention and Accountability Act
This bill (1) assigns financial integrity, improper payment prevention, and spending transparency functions to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS) within the Department of the Treasury; (2) establishes an Office of the Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery (OIGFAR) within Treasury; and (3) requires Treasury to enter into data sharing agreements with other federal agencies and allowable private entities to prevent fraud and improper payments.
Functions assigned to BFS by the bill include
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administering the Do Not Pay system (which provides federal agencies and federally funded state-administered programs the ability to verify recipient identity and eligibility before making an award or issuing a payment);
maintaining a voluntary governmentwide program to provide data sharing and analysis to federal agencies and to state, local, or tribal governments responsible for administering a federally funded program in order to detect fraud and prevent improper payments that result in financial loss; and
supporting OIGFAR by providing access to information technology and data.
The duties of OIGFAR include auditing and investigating the use of certain federal funds, such as
funds, loans, and tax credits made available by various coronavirus response laws;
any federal award of $50,000 or more; and
emergency spending related to disaster relief or economic recovery.
OIGFAR must ensure the expeditious reporting of suspected violations of federal criminal law to the Department of Justice. OIGFAR is authorized to provide investigative support to prosecutive and enforcement authorities to protect program integrity and prevent, detect, and prosecute fraud.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed240 yea, 181 nayJune 10, 2026 · Roll call 218
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 41 | 16 | 39% |
| Middle | 264 | 12 | 5% |
| Entrenched | 112 | 0 | 0% |
| Insufficient data |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Accounting and auditing
- Advisory bodies
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Department of the Treasury
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 13Swing 70–100
- 61Middle 30–70
- 26Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- William R. Timmons (R-SC-4)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
