HR 8340 United States House · 119th Congress

Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act

The Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act aims to improve financial management and accountability across federal agencies by strengthening the roles of agency Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and revising government-wide financial planning. It expands CFO responsibilities to include overseeing internal controls over financial reporting and requires them to create public agency-specific plans for effective financial management, which must align with a new 4-year government-wide financial management plan developed by the Office of Management and Budget. The bill mandates that agencies annually assess and report on the effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting and key financial data. These changes are intended to provide greater transparency and ensure that performance and cost information are linked for better decision-making within the federal government.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Apr 16, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026
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Introduced in House Engrossed in House · 7 edits · Jun 10, 2026
MODERATE
The Engrossed version of HR 8340 makes several substantive changes to federal financial management requirements. Most notably, it adds a requirement that the governmentwide 4-year financial management plan include strategies for data sharing and joint fraud prevention with state and local governments, broadens the consultation requirements for developing that plan to include additional councils and GAO, requires certain reports to be made publicly available and sent to the Comptroller General and Congress, and removes OMB's specific role in determining accounting standards for agency financial statements.
REQUIREMENT

The governmentwide 4-year financial management plan must now include strategies for enabling data sharing in accordance with applicable law and joint fraud prevention initiatives with state and local governments (including DC, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes) that administer federally funded programs or disburse federal funds.

Development of the 4-year financial management plan must now be done in consultation with additional entities: the Chief Information Officers Council, the Chief Data Officer Council, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, and the Government Accountability Office, in addition to the existing requirement to consult the CFOs Council.

SCOPE

The 4-year financial management plan is now required to be included within the Federal Government performance plan described in section 1115, rather than within the President's Management Agenda.

The list of senior agency personnel with whom CFOs must coordinate is now explicitly 'including but not limited to' the named positions (Chief Data Officer, Chief Information Officer, etc.), broadening the scope beyond just those listed roles.

ENFORCEMENT

Reports under section 902 must now be made publicly available and submitted to the Comptroller General and appropriate committees of Congress, in addition to the Director of OMB.

DEFINITION

Removed the requirement that annual agency financial statements be prepared in accordance with accounting standards 'as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget consistent with section 3512.' Now simply requires preparation in accordance with applicable accounting standards, removing OMB's explicit role in setting those standards.

TECHNICAL

Various grammatical and punctuation fixes throughout, including changing 'coordinate' to 'coordinating' in paragraph (10), capitalizing 'Public Law,' and adjusting semicolons and commas in multiple provisions.

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

Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Jun 11, 2026
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
lower
Jun 10, 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 8, 2026
Introduced
Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
Apr 29, 2026
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
lower
Apr 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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