H.R. 2277

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2277 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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>