Federal Accountability Committee for Transparency Act or the FACT Act
This bill delays termination of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee until December 31, 2026. (This committee, part of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, was established to promote transparency and support oversight of the coronavirus response and certain coronavirus-related funds.)
The bill also renames the committee as the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2277 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2277
To amend the CARES Act to extend the Pandemic Response Accountability
Committee through December 31, 2026, and to change the name of such
Committee to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2025
Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Comer, and Mr. Connolly) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform
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A BILL
To amend the CARES Act to extend the Pandemic Response Accountability
Committee through December 31, 2026, and to change the name of such
Committee to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Accountability Committee for
Transparency Act'' or the ``FACT Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND NAME CHANGE OF PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY
COMMITTEE.
(a) In General.--Section 15010 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136; 134 Stat. 540; 5 U.S.C. 424 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``Pandemic Response
Accountability Committee'' and inserting ``Fraud Prevention and
Accountability Committee''; and
(2) in subsection (k), by striking ``September 30, 2025''
and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 15010 of the
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 540; 5 U.S.C. 424 note), as
amended by the preceding subsection, is further amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``pandemic response
accountability committe'' and inserting ``fraud prevention and
accountability committee''; and
(2) by striking ``section 6 of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)'' and inserting ``section 406 of title 5,
United States Code'' each place such phrase appears in such
section;
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting
``Government'' before ``Reform'';
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``section 11 of
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App)'' and
inserting ``section 424 of title 5, United States
Code''; and
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``Pandemic
Response Accountability Committee'' and inserting
``Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee''; and
(4) in subsection (e)(3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``section 6 of
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App)'' and
inserting ``section 406 of title 5, United States
Code''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section
4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.)'' inserting ``section 404(b)(1) of title 5,
United States Code''.
(c) References.--Any reference to the Pandemic Response
Accountability Committee in any other Federal law, Executive order,
rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or
pertaining to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, shall be
deemed to refer to the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
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