H.R. 8463 · Passed House · Government Operations and Politics

Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act

Sponsor: James Comer (R-KY)

What it does

• Requires federal agencies to verify payee information, payment details, and fund availability before directing Treasury to make any payment of federal funds.
• Mandates agencies verify the accuracy of payee bank account information to the extent practicable before payments are disbursed.
• Expands the Do Not Pay system by adding specified data assets and authorizing Treasury to designate additional data assets for inclusion.
• Authorizes Treasury to access certain taxpayer and Social Security information for the Do Not Pay system to verify payee eligibility and prevent improper payments.
• Requires executive agencies and state and local governments administering federally funded programs to screen payees against all appropriate Do Not Pay data assets.

Official summary

Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act This bill expands efforts to identify, prevent, and recover improper payments of federal funds (e.g., overpayments, underpayments, payments to ineligible recipients). Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish certain requirements that agencies must meet before directing Treasury to make a payment of federal funds. These pre-payment requirements must include verification of payee information, payment details, and fund availability. Further, agencies must, to the extent practicable, verify the accuracy of payee bank account information before directing Treasury to make a payment. The bill also expands the Do Not Pay system, which provides agencies with access to centralized data for the purpose of verifying payee eligibility, and provides statutory authority for Treasury’s role as administrator of the system. The bill requires specified data assets to be added to the system and authorizes Treasury to (1) designate additional data assets for inclusion, and (2) access certain taxpayer and Social Security information for the system. The bill specifies that information obtained through the system may only be…

Latest action

Jun 9, 2026: Received in the Senate.

Committee: House Ways and Means