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Protecting American Taxpayers Act

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The Protecting American Taxpayers Act is a comprehensive anti-fraud bill that establishes mechanisms to detect, prevent, and recover fraudulent payments across federal programs. It requires attendance-based billing for child care services, mandates notification to inspectors general when healthcare payments or provider numbers spike dramatically in specific geographic areas, and extends statutes of limitations for prosecuting fraud in pandemic-era relief programs and Small Business Administration loans. The bill also rescues unused COVID funding, strengthens welfare program integrity measures, restricts assistance to foreign agents and Taliban supporters, expands whistleblower protections for contractors, and creates new reporting requirements for federal spending transparency.

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Bill details

Congress
119
Bill type
s
Introduced
April 22, 2026
Sponsor
Joni ErnstRIA
Cosponsors
14
Last action
April 27, 2026— Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.

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