HR 826 United States House · 119th Congress

COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026

Summary

COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026 This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General to report quarterly to Congress about fraud cases involving certain COVID-19 loans (e.g., Paycheck Protection Program loans). The report must include the number and total dollar amount of such loans, number of new cases of fraud and suspected fraud, number of fraud cases resolved, and types of such cases of fraud. The reporting requirements terminate two years after this bill is enacted.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2026

House Passage

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action Jun 24, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Jun 23, 2026

MINOR

Two minor changes were made between the introduced and engrossed versions of HR 826: the short title year was updated from 2025 to 2026, and the CUTGO compliance language was slightly reworded. These are technical adjustments with no substantive policy impact.

TECHNICAL

The short title changed from 'COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2025' to 'COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026', likely reflecting the expected enactment year.

FISCAL

The CUTGO compliance statement was reworded from 'No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated' to 'No such funds are authorized to be appropriated.' This is a minor stylistic change with no effect on actual funding authorization.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 24, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

upper

Jun 23, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4141)

lower

Jun 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

lower

Jun 23, 2026

Introduced

Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Jun 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-677.

lower

May 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors