No More SCAMS Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The No More SCAMS Act establishes a Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force within 90 days. The President must appoint a Director with at least 10 years of fraud investigation or federal law enforcement experience and appoint subject-matter experts from covered agencies including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Labor, HHS, HUD, DOT, Energy, Education, VA, DHS, and other agencies the President designates. The Task Force investigates federal-dollar fraud, coordinates with State and local law enforcement, develops best practices and training, shares data and resources, integrates existing federal anti-fraud initiatives, and reports annually. The Comptroller General must audit Task Force operations and spending each year.
Who Benefits and How
Federal taxpayers benefit if the Task Force recovers misused federal funds and reduces losses in grants, procurement, payment, and interagency funding streams. Covered agency fraud offices benefit from shared data, common training, and best-practice development. State law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement agencies benefit from federal coordination when fraud schemes cross program or jurisdictional lines. Congress and the President benefit from annual reporting on investigations, prosecution referrals, recovered funds, agency activities, and sector fraud trends.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President must stand up the Task Force, appoint a qualified Director, and name agency members on short deadlines. Covered federal agencies must provide fraud experts, share information, coordinate resources, and report activities. The Task Force Director must maintain annual reporting. The Comptroller General must audit Task Force operations and spending each year. Fraud defendants face greater investigation, referral, and recovery risk.
Key Provisions
- Creates a Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force within 90 days of enactment.
- Requires a Director with at least 10 years of fraud investigation or federal law enforcement experience.
- Directs covered agencies to coordinate fraud investigations, data sharing, best practices, and training.
- Requires annual reports on investigations, prosecution referrals, funds recovered, agency contributions, fraud trends, and prevention recommendations.
- Requires the Comptroller General to audit Task Force operations and spending each year.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a presidentially appointed Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force to investigate fraud involving federal dollars, coordinate covered agency anti-fraud work, recover misused funds, and report annually on investigations, prosecution referrals, recoveries, agency activities, fraud trends, and prevention recommendations.
Key Policy Areas
Government Oversight, Law Enforcement, Federal Budget
Primary Purpose
Creates a presidentially appointed Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force to investigate fraud involving federal dollars, coordinate covered agency anti-fraud work, recover misused funds, and report annually on investigations, prosecution referrals, recoveries, agency activities, fraud trends, and prevention recommendations.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Federal taxpayers
- Covered agency fraud offices
- State law enforcement agencies
- Local law enforcement agencies
- Congress
Identified Costs
- President
- Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force
- Covered federal agencies
- Comptroller General
- Fraud defendants
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Mrs. Kim (for herself and Mr. Stauber) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Comptroller General, Covered agency fraud offices, Federal Fraud Interagency Task Force
Fraud defendants, Local law enforcement agencies, State law enforcement agencies
Positive-direction: Local law enforcement agencies, State law enforcement agencies
Negative-direction: Fraud defendants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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