Improper Payments Transparency Act

The Improper Payments Transparency Act (S 747) requires U.S. executive agencies to include detailed explanations in the President’s annual budget about improper payments in their programs. It mandates agencies to provide narrative descriptions explaining why improper payment rates increased, decreased, or stayed stable over the past three years for each affected program, along with status updates on incomplete corrective actions. This directly affects agencies already required to submit improper payment reports under existing law (Section 3351). The bill aims to increase transparency by making budget submissions more informative about payment error trends and agency efforts to address them.