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 116 STAT. 2350 PUBLIC LAW 107-300—NOV. 26, 2002 Public Law 107-300 107th Congress Nov. 26, 2002 [H.R. 4878] Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. 31 USC 3321 note. 31 USC 3321 note. Deadline. An Act To provide for estimates and reports of improper pa3mients by Federal agencies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Improper Pa3anents Information Act of 2002". SEC. 2. ESTIMATES OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS AND REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE THEM. (a) IDENTIFICATION OF SUSCEPTIBLE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI- TIES.— The head of each agency shall, in accordance with guidance prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, annually review all programs and activities that it administers and identify all such programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments. (b) ESTIMATION OF IMPROPER PAYMENT.— W ith respect to each program and activity identified under subsection (a), the head of the agency concerned shall— (1) estimate the annual amount of improper payments; and (2) submit those estimates to Congress before March 31 of the following applicable year, with all agencies using the same method of reporting, as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (c) REPORTS ON ACTIONS TO REDUCE IMPROPER PAYMENTS.— With respect to any program or activity of an agency with estimated improper payments under subsection (b) that exceed $10,000,000, the head of the agency shall provide with the estimate under subsection (b) a report on what actions the agency is taking to reduce the improper payments, including— (1) a discussion of the causes of the improper payments identified, actions taken to correct those causes, and results of the actions taken to address those causes; (2) a statement of whether the agency has the information systems and other infrastructure it needs in order to reduce improper payments to minimal cost-effective levels; (3) if the agency does not have such systems and infrastructure, a description of the resources the agency has requested in its budget submission to obtain the necessary information systems and infrastructure; and (4) a description of the steps the agency has taken to ensure that agency managers (including the agency head) are held accountable for reducing improper payments.

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