U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10922: Fraud Accountability and Mandatory Sentencing Act
Status: In committee, October 29, 2026
To impose liability on State officers and employees who fail to prevent fraud, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To impose liability on State officers and employees who fail to prevent fraud, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 29, 2026:
A BILL To impose liability on State officers and employees who fail to prevent fraud, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fraud Accountability and Mandatory Sentencing Act . SECTION 2. Personal liability for State officers and employees (a) Prohibition It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of a State who has knowledge of fraud in the administration of or use of a covered benefit within that State, and the power to prevent or aid in preventing the continuing commission of the same, to fail or refuse so to do. (b) Enforcement The Attorney General may bring a civil action against an officer or employee who violates subsection (a) in a United States district court for appropriate relief, including-- (1) in the case of aggregate loss to a governmental entity of $500,000 or less, damages in an amount not exceeding the amount of aggregate loss resulting from such violation; and (2) in the case of aggregate loss to a governmental entity exceeding $500,000, damages in an amount not exceeding 3 times the amount of aggregate loss resulting from such violation. (c) Immunity No immunity that would otherwise be available as a result of a defendant acting within the scope of their office or employment at the time of the violation …
Sponsors
- Ben Cline (R, HD-006) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB10922?
- HB10922 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Fraud Accountability and Mandatory Sentencing Act.
- What does HB10922 do?
- In its own words: To impose liability on State officers and employees who fail to prevent fraud, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10922?
- In committee as of October 29, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (October 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10922?
- Ben Cline (R, HD-006).
- Where is the official record for HB10922?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10922
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