Protecting American Taxpayers Act

This bill sets out a range of rules meant to detect and recover fraud and improper payments in federal programs. It would require child care subsidies to be paid based on recorded attendance, require federal and state health agencies to report sudden payment or provider increases of more than 100 percent in a zip code and county, and require federal investigations when payments under certain state health programs rise 10 percent or more in six months. It would cancel unspent COVID-era funds and unspent Afghanistan reconstruction funds and use them for deficit reduction. It would also bar small businesses linked to people convicted of fraud involving pandemic loans or grants from most Small Business Administration aid, and bar entities controlled by agents of listed foreign nations from receiving federal financial assistance. Other parts expand federal spending reporting, allow cash awards to federal employees who identify unneeded funds, and require reports on aid to the Taliban.

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Sponsors

• Joni Ernst Republican sponsor
• 21 cosponsors