# 119-hr-1533: PIIA Reform Act

119-hr-1533, PIIA Reform Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1533
- Congress: 119
- Title: PIIA Reform Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Overpayment Czar** would lead a government-wide push to find, prevent, and fix improper federal payments. The bill would also expand reporting, add penalties, and require states to adopt payment-integrity tools. - Federal agencies would get a Director of Improper Payment Mitigation inside the Office of Federal Financial Management to help identify and reduce improper payments. The Czar would submit annual corrective-action reports and could recommend policy changes to agency chief financial officers. - Agencies would face a new automatic penalty for persistent noncompliance that trims an agency's highest-level administrative account by 5 percent after one year and 10 percent after two or more years. Annual reporting would also have to show progress on fraud controls and adoption of GAO fraud-risk practices. - States and major programs would face new rules. The bill would expand the improper-payment framework to new programs with outlays above $100 million in their first three years and require states to use listed payment-integrity tools for TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, Federal-State unemployment, and WIC, certify compliance each year by September 30, and remit identified overpayments to Treasury where required.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Overpayment Czar and agency fraud reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, OMB would create an Overpayment Czar to help agencies find and stop improper payments and fraud. The Czar would give the Controller a yearly report with fixes across government, and agencies would include plans to cut improper payments in their management plans. Starting with the first…
- Stronger checks and budget cuts for agencies: cost, high. If enacted, upon enactment, agencies would have to flag more new programs as at risk for improper payments. This would include any new program with over $100 million in its first year, or over $100 million in any of its first three years within its first four years. Programs with open Inspector Gen…
- States must use anti-fraud tools for benefits: mixed, high. If enacted, one year after enactment, States that get TANF, Medicaid, SNAP, unemployment, or WIC funds would have to use OMB-listed anti-fraud tools. By September 30 each year, States would send OMB a report on how they used the tools and what changed. OMB would publish the list of required tools.…
- Broader Do Not Pay data checks: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would remove the 3-year limit and allow broader, ongoing Social Security data sharing for the Do Not Pay system. Agencies could use it for authorized checks to stop improper payments. This would take effect upon enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1533 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1533)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1533 (as of 2026-04-21).