S. 4952
Protecting American Taxpayers Act
Sponsor: Joni Ernst
29 cosponsors
- Ashley Moody
- Bernie Moreno
- Chuck Grassley
- Cynthia M. Lummis
- David McCormick
- Eric Schmitt
- James C. Justice
- James Lankford
- Jim Banks
- John Barrasso
- John Cornyn
- John Kennedy
- Jon Husted
- Katie Boyd Britt
- Kevin Cramer
- Pete Ricketts
- Roger Marshall
- Steve Daines
- Ted Budd
- Tim Sheehy
- Todd Young
- Bill Hagerty
- Marsha Blackburn
- Roger F. Wicker
- Mike Crapo
- Darline Graham
- James E. Risch
- Alan Armstrong
- Mike Lee
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Text of the bill
A Recovering stolen funds
I Improper Payments
II Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters
III Welfare Abuse and Laundering Zillions
IV Returning Unspent COVID Funds
V Bonuses for cost-cutters
VI Improper payments transparency
B Protecting taxpayers
I Strengthening TANF Program Integrity
II Restriction on United States assistance for foreign agents
III Opposing international support for the Taliban
(a) In general. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding United States Government-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan during the period beginning on August 1, 2021, and ending on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Matters to be included. The report required under subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct cash assistance programs, include—
(1) a general description of the types of implementing partners and recipients;
(2) a description of method of payments;
(3) a description of how and where currency exchanges occur;
(4) a description of how hawalas are used and the oversight mechanism in place regarding use of hawalas to transfer funds;
(5) concealment of all personally identifiable information of individuals or groups that received United States Government-funded direct cash assistance; and
(6) a description of how oversight is conducted, including information on how the Department of State prevents the Taliban from accessing cash assistance under such programs.
(c) Defined term. In this section, the term hawala’ means a system of transferring money through a network of money lending brokers.
C Catching fraudsters
I Preventing deep fake scams
II SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
III Recover Fraudulent COVID Funds
IV Fraud Alert Systems
V Stopping Transfers of Public Funds Abroad
VI Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Act of 2026
VII Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2026
D Severability