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Title 31 of the U.S. Code § 3358 - Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement

Full text of § 3358 from Title 31 of the United States Code.

§ 3358. Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement

(a) Working Group.—

(1) Establishment.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, there is established an interagency working group on payment integrity—

(A) to improve—

(i) State-administered Federal programs to determine eligibility processes and data sharing practices;

(ii) the guidelines described in section 3357(b) and other best practices and techniques for detecting, preventing, and responding to improper payments, including improper payments that are the result of fraud; and

(iii) the sharing and development of data analytics techniques to help prevent and identify potential improper payments, including those that are the result of fraud; and


(B) to identify any additional activities that will improve payment integrity of Federal programs.


(2) Composition.—The interagency working group established under paragraph (1) shall be composed of—

(A) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(B) 1 representative from each of the agencies described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of this title; and

(C) any other representatives of other executive agencies determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, which may include the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Procurement Officer, the Chief Risk Officer, or the Chief Operating Officer of an executive agency.


(b) Consultation.—The working group established under subsection (a)(1) may consult with Offices of Inspectors General and Federal and non-Federal experts on fraud risk assessments, administrative controls over payment integrity, financial controls, and other relevant matters.

(c) Meetings.—The working group established under subsection (a)(1) shall hold not fewer than 4 meetings per year.

(d) Report.—Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this section, the working group established under subsection (a)(1) shall submit to Congress a report that includes—

(1) a plan containing tangible solutions to prevent and reduce improper payments; and

(2) a plan for State agencies to work with Federal agencies to regularly review lists of beneficiaries of State-managed Federal programs for duplicate enrollment between States, including how the Do Not Pay Business Center and the data analytics initiative of the Department of the Treasury could aid in the detection of duplicate enrollment.

(Added Pub. L. 116–117, §2(a), Mar. 2, 2020, 134 Stat. 132.)


Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (d), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–117, which was approved Mar. 2, 2020.

CHAPTER 35—ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL

Sec.
3501.
Definition.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND INFORMATION

3511.
Prescribing accounting requirements and developing accounting systems.
3512.
Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports and plans.
3513.
Financial reporting and accounting system.
3514.
Discontinuing certain accounts maintained by the Comptroller General.
3515.
Financial statements of agencies.
3516.
Reports consolidation.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—AUDITING AND SETTLING ACCOUNTS

3521.
Audits by agencies.
3522.
Making and submitting accounts.
3523.
General audit authority of the Comptroller General.
3524.
Auditing expenditures approved without vouchers.
3525.
Auditing nonappropriated fund activities.
3526.
Settlement of accounts.
3527.
General authority to relieve accountable officials and agents from liability.
3528.
Responsibilities and relief from liability of certifying officials.
3529.
Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General.
3530.
Adjusting accounts.
[3531.
Repealed.]
3532.
Notification of account deficiencies.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—COLLECTION

3541.
Distress warrants.
3542.
Carrying out distress warrants.
3543.
Postponing a distress warrant proceeding.
3544.
Rights and remedies of the United States Government reserved.
3545.
Civil action to recover money.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—PROCUREMENT PROTEST SYSTEM

3551.
Definitions.
3552.
Protests by interested parties concerning procurement actions.
3553.
Review of protests; effect on contracts pending decision.
3554.
Decisions on protests.
3555.
Regulations; authority of Comptroller General to verify assertions.
3556.
Nonexclusivity of remedies; matters included in agency record.
3557.
Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—RECOVERY AUDITS 1

[3561.
Repealed.]
3562.
Disposition of recovered funds.1
[3563 to 3567. Repealed.]

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–204, §2(h)(6)(B)(i), July 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 2231, struck out subchapter VI heading "RECOVERY AUDITS" and items 3561 "Identification of errors made by executive agencies in payments to contractors and recovery of amounts erroneously paid", 3562 "Disposition of recovered funds", 3563 "Sources of recovery services", 3564 "Management improvement programs", 3565 "Relationship to authority of Inspectors General", 3566 "Privacy protections", and 3567 "Definition of executive agency".

2008—Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, §1061(c)(3), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4613, struck out item 3557 "Expedited action in protests for public-private competitions", as added by Pub. L. 110–161.

Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, §326(b)(2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 63, added item 3557 "Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions".

2007—Pub. L. 110–161, div. D, title VII, §739(c)(1)(B)(ii), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2031, added item 3557.

2001—Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VIII, §831(a)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1188, added subchapter VI heading and items 3561 to 3567.

2000—Pub. L. 106–531, §3(c), Nov. 22, 2000, 114 Stat. 2539, added item 3516.

1996—Pub. L. 104–316, title I, §115(f)(2), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3834, struck out item 3531 "Property returns".

1990—Pub. L. 101–576, title III, §§301(b), 303(f), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2848, 2852, substituted "and other financial management reports and plans" for "systems" in item 3512 and added item 3515.

1984—Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VII, §2741(b), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1203, added subchapter V heading and items 3551 to 3556.

1 Editorially supplied.

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL

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