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H.R. 428: Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Official title

Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026

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Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025 This bill expands the awards program for cost-saving identifications by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement to include identifications of certain operational expenses that are wasteful (i.e., that are identified as wasteful by an employee and that an agency determines are not required for the purposes for which the amounts were made available). An agency must propose any identified wasteful expenses for rescission. The bill also doubles the maximum cash award that may be made under the program.

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Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026

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Sponsor: Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] · 2 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr428 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills