House Approves Measure To Crack Down on Wasteful Schemes

Introduced by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), the bill directly tackles the absurd “pay and chase” approach that has allowed federal agencies to cut checks first and ask questions later—if ever.

Under the current failed system, billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars flow out the door to fraudsters, ineligible recipients, and outright criminals, only for bureaucrats to play an expensive game of catch-up that rarely recovers the full amount.

The Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act flips the script. It empowers federal agencies to pause, condition, or segment suspicious payments before they are issued when there is an elevated risk of fraud or improper payment.