# 119-hr-7720: Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026

119-hr-7720, Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7720
- Congress: 119
- Title: Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## Summary

**Adds fraud to the federal definition of child care overpayments and requires states to report improper payments by category each year.** - State agencies: Must submit an annual report to the Secretary showing dollar amounts and the share of improper payments, disaggregated into categories the Secretary specifies, including suspected and verified fraud, non-fraud overpayments, underpayments, and technical errors. - Federal oversight: The Secretary receives standardized, category-by-category data to track suspected and verified fraudulent payments separately from other improper payments. - Program transparency: Overpayments are explicitly identified to include fraudulent payments, so fraud becomes a distinct, reportable component of child care payment integrity.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New fraud rules for child care payments: mixed, low. This bill would change federal child care subsidy rules. It would treat fraudulent payments as a type of "overpayment." It would require each State to send the Secretary an annual report showing the dollar and percentage amounts of improper payments, disaggregated by standardized categories the Sec…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8615: FLEETS Now Act
- 119-hr-7613: ALERT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7720 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7720)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-8615: FLEETS Now Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8615)
- [119-hr-7613: ALERT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7613)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7720 (as of 2026-06-13).