House Advances 2 Bills Expanding Treasury Power Over Safety-Net Payments
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Updated · Bloomberg Government · Jun 10
House Advances 2 Bills Expanding Treasury Power Over Safety-Net Payments
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg Government · Jun 10
Summary
218-200 and 240-181 House votes advanced two bills that would let the Trump administration withhold federal safety-net payments on suspected fraud and create a new Treasury-based inspector general for fraud.
H.R. 8464 would sharply broaden the administration’s authority to disallow program payments, extending Treasury oversight deeper into federal benefit flows when fraud is suspected.
H.R. 8312 would set up a government-wide fraud watchdog inside the Treasury Department, taking over existing fraud-tracking functions, analytics tools and resources.
The measures mark a significant push by House Republicans to tighten payment controls across federal aid programs, with the bills now moving ahead in the legislative process.