# 119-hr-8466: TRUE Accountability Act

119-hr-8466, TRUE Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8466
- Congress: 119
- Title: TRUE Accountability Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 384 | 0 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger checks on emergency aid spending: benefit, high. 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 spo…
- Post-emergency reviews to recover wasted funds: benefit, medium. 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 ri…
- No new money to run oversight: cost, low. 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…

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- 119-hr-3493: Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act
- 119-hr-3921: STOP CSAM Act of 2025
- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-507: Veterans Member Business Loan Act
- 119-hr-4700: PRIME Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8466 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8466)

## Related
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- [119-hr-3921: STOP CSAM Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3921)
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-507: Veterans Member Business Loan Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-507)
- [119-hr-4700: PRIME Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4700)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8466 (as of 2026-09-21).