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S. 4952119th CongressPlaced on the calendarLatest action Jul 14, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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The Protecting American Taxpayers Act adds fraud monitoring across federal programs and rescinds unspent COVID and Afghanistan relief funds.
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The bill requires child care providers to be paid by actual attendance instead of enrollment, and directs Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA marketplace plans to flag unusual payment or provider spikes for HHS Inspector General investigation. It also bars SBA assistance to those convicted of loan or grant fraud, cancels unspent COVID-relief funds, extends the fraud prosecution deadline to 10 years for COVID-era programs, and adds new welfare, foreign-funding, and Afghanistan-related oversight rules.
Affects Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and child care recipients and providers; small businesses seeking SBA loans; state agencies running TANF welfare programs; federal employees; and organizations receiving federal funds linked to certain foreign governments or the Taliban.
The changes increase monitoring, reporting, and eligibility restrictions across multiple programs, creating new compliance burdens for providers, states, and organizations receiving federal funds.
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Right now: it was placed on the Senate floor calendar, and the official record shows no floor action on it since. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 452.