Establishes an Office of Whistleblower Awards within the Small Business Administration that pays rewards to people who report COVID loan fraud leading to convictions or settlements.

Official title: Put America on Commission Act of 2026

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 05-FEB-2026

Referred 05-FEB-2026

Approved by committee 11-FEB-2026

Reported 20-FEB-2026

On the calendar 20-FEB-2026

Key points

Creates the Office of Whistleblower Awards within the Small Business Administration, run by an employee in the competitive service
Pays whistleblowers 10 percent of amounts collected when the person charged is a U.S. national or U.S.-based entity, and 15 percent when the person is a foreign national or foreign-based entity
Imposes a civil monetary penalty of 30 percent of the principal amounts of the covered COVID loans
Sets up a Whistleblower Award Fund in the Treasury and requires anti-retaliation protections for people who make disclosures
Ends the office's authority once all timely filed COVID loan actions and any appeals are resolved

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Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor Roger Williams (R-TX) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Democrat

congress.gov page Reported in House (20-FEB-2026) Introduced in House (05-FEB-2026)