Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act
Sponsored By: Representative Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
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Summary
This bill would require the Comptroller General to conduct a study of fraud prevention in federal early childhood education, child care, and child nutrition programs. It directs analysis of provider procedures, federal data use, and state program integrity and asks for recommendations to improve fraud controls.
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- Families: The study covers programs families use, including Head Start (and Early Head Start), the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, and would produce regulatory or legislative recommendations to strengthen fraud prevention.
- Providers: It analyzes how effective provider-level procedures are at preventing fraud and whether audits and reporting data are sufficient and used effectively to identify misuse.
- States and local managers: For the Child Care and Development Block Grant program the study would compare program integrity in States that delegate management to counties or local entities and review whether States implemented corrective action plans with measurable outcomes.
- Report: The Comptroller General must submit findings and any regulatory or legislative recommendations to the House Education and Workforce Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee within 2 years.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
UT • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
LA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
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