Welfare Fraud Deterrence and Recovery Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3 and reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Welfare fraud recovery task force and civil actions for welfare fraud In this section— the term Federal welfare program— means a program providing a Federal. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, appropriations, and grants. The main policy areas are Healthcare and Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3.
- Reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Welfare fraud recovery task force and civil actions for welfare fraud In this section— the term Federal welfare program— means a program providing a Federal...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3 and reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Welfare fraud recovery task force and civil actions for welfare fraud In this section— the term Federal welfare program— means a program providing a Federal.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3 and reduces a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 4. Welfare fraud recovery task force and civil actions for welfare fraud In this section— the term Federal welfare program— means a program providing a Federal.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Welfare Fraud Recovery Fund established under subsection (d)(1)
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