Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§3355 Improving Recovery of Improper Payments
Title 31 › SUBTITLE III — FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT › CHAPTER 33 — DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY › SUBCHAPTER IV — IMPROPER PAYMENTS › § 3355
Summary
The OMB Director must calculate current and past rates and amounts recovered from improper payments, or give estimates when based on samples, and list agency recovery-audit programs with the amounts those audit contractors recovered. The Director must also set recovery targets and report amounts recovered by those contractors.
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Title 31, §3355
Money and Finance, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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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31 U.S.C. § 3355
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102