Title 31 — Money and FinanceRelease 119-73not60

§3355 Improving Recovery of Improper Payments

Title 31 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT › Chapter 33— DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY › Subchapter IV— IMPROPER PAYMENTS › § 3355

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must find and report current and past rates and dollar amounts for recovering improper payments. If improper payments are found only by a sample, the Director must estimate recovery rates and amounts from that sample and list agency recovery-audit contract programs with details on what recovery audit contractors have recovered. The Director must also set targets for how much to recover and include the same contractor recovery details with those targets.

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Title 31, §3355

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The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine—

(1)current and historical rates and amounts of recovery of improper payments, or, in cases in which improper payments are identified solely on the basis of a sample, recovery rates and amounts estimated on the basis of the applicable sample, including a list of executive agency recovery audit contract programs and specific information of amounts and payments recovered by recovery audit contractors; and

(2)targets for recovering improper payments, including specific information on amounts and payments recovered by recovery audit contractors.

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 3355

Title 31 — Money and Finance

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60