H.R. 4053 · 112th Congress · enacted
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-248.
Latest official action 2013-01-10 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 30, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) identify, annually, a list of high-priority federal programs for greater levels of oversight and review in which the highest dollar value or highest rate of improper payments occur or for which there is a higher risk of improper payments; (2) coordinate with agencies responsible for administering high-priority programs to establish annual targets and semi-annual or quarterly actions for reducing improper payments; and (3) provide guidance to agencies for improving estimates of improper payments. Requires federal agencies to report annually to their Inspectors General on any high-dollar improper payments identified. Requires OMB to make such reports available to the public on a central website. Requires the Inspectors General to: (1) review the assessment of the level of risk associated with agency programs and the quality of the improper payment estimates and agency methodologies in making such estimates, (2) review the oversight or financial controls to identify and prevent improper payments, and (3) submit recommendations to Congress for improving improper payment information and estimatio…
Congressional Research Service · 2013-01-10
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
House · GA District 2 · Democratic
$792,250PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Mike Thompson
House · CA District 4 · Democratic
$1,885,724PAC receipts · 2025–2026
20 of 20 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$20,000
BLUE DOG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$20,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$17,500
COX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC.$17,500
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$17,500
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON$17,000
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC)$16,500
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$16,500
AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$15,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$15,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$15,000
AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$15,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)$15,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC)$15,000
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$13,000
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$13,000
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$12,500
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,200
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$11,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT$11,500
WITH HONOR PAC$11,500
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$11,000
MOTORSPORTS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SPEED PAC)$11,000
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NAFO PAC)$11,000
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMA$10,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY BRAINPAC$10,000
Mike Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC)$10,000
Mike Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
Mike Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
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Measured outcome: not established
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