HR 8466
Passed a chamber
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance that lets federal agencies prepare fraud and improper-payment controls in advance, so the controls are ready before emergency spending begins.
Official title: TRUE Accountability Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
23-APR-2026
Referred
23-APR-2026
Approved by committee
29-APR-2026
Passed
08-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
09-JUN-2026
- Requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for internal control plans that agencies can use right away in a future disaster, pandemic, or other emergency.
- Requires each covered agency to assess improper payment and fraud risks, adopt real-time payment monitoring, and submit its plan to the Office of Management and Budget within 1 year of enactment.
- Requires agencies to submit after-action reviews within 180 days of first obligating emergency funds, and requires the Office of Management and Budget to report the plans to Congress annually.
- Authorizes no additional funds to carry out the Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (23-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 08-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Emergency Management
■ 1 D
1 Democrat