Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act

Chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall establish and maintain a Federal Government-wide program for antifraud and improper payment prevention training (in this section referred to as the Program).

The Program shall include comprehensive instruction on—

(1) identifying and assessing fraud and improper payment risks in Federal programs;

(2) implementing resources, including the Government Accountability Office’s Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs and the Office of Management and Budget’s Circular A–123 and its applicable appendices, the Department of the Treasury’s Anti-Fraud Playbook, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Identity Guidelines, and data analytics tools in agency program administration;

(3) using systems and resources maintained by the Department of the Treasury, including the Do Not Pay system established under 3354 of title 31, and any other payment, account, and payee validation programs (including government-wide antifraud data sharing programs) and services to prevent and address fraud and improper payments in Federal programs;

(4) reporting mechanisms for suspected fraud, waste, and abuse; and

(5) the establishment and use of internal controls designed to prevent improper payments and fraud in Federal programs.

The head of each agency shall ensure that any employee serving as a program administrator, program officer, financial administrator or manager, disbursement certifying official under section 3528 of title 31, auditing official, grants manager, or in a similar oversight capacity of Federal programs or Federal financial assistance completes the Program—

(A) not later than 180 days after the date of appointment to such position or, for any employee occupying such a position on the effective date of this section pursuant to section 2(c) of the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, within 180 days of such effective date; and

(B) not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter.

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall provide a system for certifying completion of the Program and maintaining records of such certifications.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the Program available to employees of State (including the District of Columbia), local (including territories of the United States), and Tribal governments who are responsible for the administration of Federally funded programs.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide technical assistance to State, local, or Tribal entities to integrate the Program’s standards into the respective administrative frameworks of such entities.

The head of an agency may, as a condition of a Federal grant or award, require that State, local, or Tribal administrators of such funds complete the Program.

Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall submit, to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report on the implementation of the Program, including participation rates and an assessment of the Program’s effectiveness in reducing fraud.

For fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section.

The table of sections for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

Except as provided in paragraph (2), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Not later than the effective date described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such regulations as necessary to implement or administer the training program established under section 4122 of title 5, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section.