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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.
Summary
This bill would extend the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, originally created by the CARES Act, through December 31, 2026 (instead of ending September 30, 2025) and rename it the Fraud Prevention and Accountability Committee. The bill updates all references to the committee throughout federal law, executive orders, and regulations to use the new name. It also makes technical corrections to align committee authorities with updated sections of federal law.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Pete Sessions’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BANKERS LIFE $12,400
- ELEMENTS MASSAGE $12,400
- DEASON CAPITAL SERVICES $11,900
- NULL $10,900
- HIGHLANDER PARTNERS $9,900
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Actions (4)
- Mar 25, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0. · house
- Mar 25, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Mar 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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