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Yes: 384 • No: 0
119-hr-8466119th Congress
TRUE Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Passed House
Summary
Establishes mandatory internal-control plans and reporting to curb improper and fraudulent emergency spending. Agencies must assess risks, use real-time payment monitoring, and run after-action reviews to strengthen emergency spending oversight.
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- Covered federal agencies must adopt internal-control plans that identify a senior accountable official, assess fraud and improper-payment risks, and implement real-time, data-driven payment monitoring. Plans are due within 1 year and must be reviewed at least every 3 years.
- The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance within 180 days and every 3 years. The Director also compiles agency plans and sends summaries to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee within 15 months and annually thereafter.
- Within 180 days after initial emergency fund obligations, agencies must submit after-action reviews documenting control gaps, the number and amount of improper payments, recovery plans, and recommendations to improve controls. The Act does not authorize additional funds to implement these requirements.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Stronger checks on emergency aid spending
If enacted, covered federal agencies would have to set fraud and payment controls before spending emergency aid. OMB would issue guidance within 180 days and review it at least every 3 years. Each agency would name a senior official, run risk checks, and use real-time, data-driven monitoring to spot bad payments. Agency plans would be due to OMB within 1 year, then reviewed and updated at least every 3 years. OMB would send the plans and a summary to Congress within 15 months of enactment and every year after.
Post-emergency reviews to recover wasted funds
If enacted, any covered agency that uses emergency supplemental funds would file an after-action review within 180 days of first obligating money. The agency Inspector General would help prepare the review. It would show improper payment counts and amounts by program, list control gaps and fraud risks, and outline plans to recover lost funds. It would also recommend fixes for the next emergency. OMB would use these findings in its annual submissions to Congress.
No new money to run oversight
If enacted, the bill would not authorize any extra money to carry out these rules. Agencies and OMB would have to use current funds to meet the new planning, monitoring, and reporting duties. This could limit how fast or how fully the controls are put in place. It would not change taxes or benefit amounts.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 4/23/2026
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 6/8/2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 384 • No: 0